LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Despite attempts by the Pakistani government and Islamist groups to thwart protest rallies and marches, Christians in several cities came out in large numbers to mark National Minorities Day on Aug. 11, demanding an end to religious intolerance and abuse of blasphemy laws. The government in 2009 designated […]
Authorities Try to Thwart Christian, Minority Protests in Pakistan
Police block National Council of Churches in Pakistan.
August 12, 2024 By -
Herdsmen, Criminal Gang Kill at least 50 Christians in Nigeria
Fulanis team up with bandits who fraudulently ‘sold’ them farmers’ land.
August 9, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen teamed up with a criminal gang to attack a village in central Nigeria on Thursday (Aug. 8), killing at least 50 Christians, sources said. Officials who found 30 corpses said the toll was likely higher as many other villagers were taken to outlying areas and were […]
Mob Tries to Kill Christian Mother Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan
Police arrest victim, family flees.
August 8, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob in Pakistan on Wednesday (Aug. 7) attacked and tried to kill a Christian mother accused of blasphemy, sources said. The mob in Kathore village, in Gojra tehsil of Faisalabad District, Punjab Province tried to kill Saima Masih, a 32-year-old mother of two children, after Muhammad […]
Authorities in Indonesia Foil Plan to Bomb Churches
Student member of Islamic terrorist group and parents arrested.
August 5, 2024 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Indonesia last week arrested a 19-year-old member of an Islamic extremist group and his parents, foiling a plan to suicide bomb two church sites, officials said. The high school student identified only by his initials, H.O.K, was arrested on Wednesday (July 31) at about 7:15 p.m. as he […]
Muslim Father Burns Daughter for Turning to Christ
Student, 19, had converted one week prior.
August 1, 2024 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda burned his 19-year-old daughter with a flat iron on July 21 after learning that she had converted to Christianity, sources said. Naasike Maliyati of Nampologoma, Butaleja District said she attended an evangelistic crusade with a friend in the course of a visit to her grandmother […]
Prominent Christian Woman Kidnapped from Church in Nigeria
Policeman, driver are killed in attack.
August 1, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Gunmen in southern Nigeria on Tuesday (July 30) kidnapped a prominent Christian woman and wife of the attorney general of Delta state from a church Bible study in an attack that left her driver and a policeman dead, according to various sources. Joan Onyemaechi, also known as Ada […]
Muslim Relatives Attack Christian, Wife and Children in Somalia
Convert from Islam assaulted a second time.
July 31, 2024 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in Somalia attacked a second time in Lower Juba Region on July 8, wounding him in the stomach, breaking his wife’s ankle and beating his children. Mohammad Abdul had survived a May 5 knife attack by his Muslims relatives on the outskirts of […]
Family Seeks Justice after Rape of 15-Year-Old Girl in Pakistan
Police decline to arrest Muslim suspects, sources say.
July 30, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan have refused to arrest two Muslims who raped a 15-year-old Christian girl, and the suspects have threatened to harm her family members if they do not withdraw the case, relatives and attorneys said. Sonia Mehboob said her daughter was raped by Fahad Nasir and Muhammad […]
Video of Halted Christian Worship in March Surfaces in Indonesia
Officials lament appearance of incident they say is resolved.
July 29, 2024 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Officials in Indonesia said they regretted the surfacing of a video showing Muslims halting worship of a church service in March, as authorities have since provided a temporary site for the congregation’s services. Soma Atmaja of the Tangerang Regency government said on the agency’s website that his administration had […]
Attack in India Ends Church’s In-Person Worship Services
Members beaten and shunned; one fired from job.
July 26, 2024 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Members of a house church in northern India can no longer meet for worship after a mob of about 150 Hindu extremists attacked them on July 14, sources said. In the Nawada area of Uttarakhand state’s Dehradun District, 15 church members were immersed in worship when Pastor Rajesh Bhomi’s mother-in-law […]