LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Due to sloppy police investigation and pressure from an Islamist extremist party, a judge last week granted bail to at least 52 Muslims accused of killing a Christian man over a false blasphemy accusation, sources said. Special Judge Anti-Terrorism Court Sargodha Muhammad Abbas on Thursday (June 13), granted […]
Bail Granted to Suspects in Killing of Christian in Pakistan
Police deliberately obtain statements from false witnesses, attorney says.
June 17, 2024 By -
Five Christian Sanitation Workers Die in Pakistan
Relatives stage protest over lack of safety provisions.
June 13, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Five Christian sanitation workers in Pakistan have died since Tuesday (June 11) from inhaling toxic gases, highlighting how they are forced to work without proper safety equipment, sources said. Irfan Masih, Ratan Masih and Babar Masih succumbed on Wednesday (June 12) to the poisonous gases while cleaning […]
Abducted Young Mother in Pakistan Refuses Forced Conversion
Suspects warn family to stop efforts to prosecute.
June 13, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A young Catholic mother’s eyes welled up with tears and her hands shook as she recalled how a Muslim in Pakistan kidnapped her and tried to force her to convert to Islam and marry him. A 20-year-old mother of a 3-year-old girl and an 18-month old boy in […]
Massive Rally in Pakistan Backs Killing of Christian
Islamist party activists vow to lynch other ‘blasphemers.’
June 12, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In the wake of a mob lynching of a Christian falsely accused of defiling the Quran in Pakistan, Islamic extremists at a rally on Sunday (June 9) voiced support of the homicide and threatened others. At the rally organized by the Islamic extremist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in Sargodha, […]
Islamic Extremists Kill Three Christians in Northeast Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists kidnap one other.
June 11, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremist militants on Wednesday (June 5) killed three Christians and kidnapped another after intercepting them on a highway in northeast Nigeria, Christian leaders said. The suspected Boko Haram terrorists stopped a commercial passenger vehicle along the Damaturu-Biu Highway in Yobe state and separated out four Christians, […]
Pastor, Wife and Three Other Christians Slain in Nigeria
Gunmen attack again in Plateau state.
June 10, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor, his wife and three other Christians at about midnight on June 2 in Plateau state, central Nigeria, sources said. The raiders with heavy weaponry attacked a predominantly Christian village in Kwall District, Bassa County, killing Pastor Dauda Dalyop, 63, of the Assemblies […]
Priest Kidnapped in Kaduna State, Nigeria
‘Armed Muslim bandits’ suspected.
June 10, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Armed “Muslim bandits” abducted a Roman Catholic Church priest in the early hours of Sunday (June 9), in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The Rev. Gabriel Ukeh was sleeping at his home on the premises of St. Thomas Catholic Parish, Zaman Dabo village, in Zango Kataf County when […]
Pastor’s Ordeal Shows Challenges Christian Leaders Face in India
Hindu extremists continue to concoct bogus charges.
June 7, 2024 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Josemon Pathrose spent nearly all of February in jail and finally got his confiscated vehicle back after four months. The harassment and criminal charges he’s endured at the hands of Hindu extremists are not uncommon in India. Pastor Pathrose and another Christian were driving back to their base in […]
Mentally Ill Catholic Woman Jailed on Blasphemy Charge in Pakistan
Those of ‘unsound mind’ cannot be tried, law states.
June 7, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 60-year-old Catholic woman who has been treated for mental illness was jailed on blasphemy charges this week in Lahore, Pakistan, her son said. Jameela Khatoon was arrested on Tuesday (June 4) from her house in Lahore’s Cantonment area on a complaint of Muslim shopkeeper Asif Ali, said […]
Christian Woman in Pakistan Jailed on Blasphemy Charges
Family faces intense pressure from Muslims to drop defense.
June 5, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Pakistan remains in jail on baseless charges of blasphemy after a judge rejected her bail application on Monday (June 3), sources said. Stella Khawar, 28, was arrested on May 12 in Kharota Syedan, in the Kotli Loharan area of Sialkot District, Punjab Province, and […]