ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Gunmen in an area of Nigeria where Fulani herdsmen are active attacked a Catholic school on Tuesday night (May 7), wounding a security guard in an apparent kidnapping attempt. In Adeke, a suburb of Makurdi, capital of Benue state, the assailants fired shots at the Father Angus Frazer […]
Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Attack Catholic School in Nigeria
Security guard shot, wounded at institution in Benue state.
May 10, 2024 By -
Video Shows Pastoral Couple Kidnapped a Year Ago in Nigeria
Pastor pleads with government, church leaders for rescue.
May 9, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A video of a pastor and his wife kidnapped in March 2023 appeared on Sunday (May 5) in which he pleaded for help from the government of Nigeria and Christian leaders. No one took responsibility for the March 14, 2023 kidnapping of the Rev. Paul Musa and his […]
Muslims Attack Catholic Students with Knives in Indonesia
Two young women slightly wounded.
May 8, 2024 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Two young women were slightly wounded when a mob of Muslims on Sunday (May 5) assaulted a group of 15 students engaged in a Catholic ritual prayer at a rented house in Banten Province, on the Indonesian island of Java, sources said. Enraged at the Catholic group praying the […]
Six Christians Killed, Eight Wounded in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen attack at midnight.
May 7, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (May 5) raided a village in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, killing six Christians, area residents said. A large number of herdsmen raided predominantly Christian Ambe village, Sanga County, at about midnight as residents were sleeping, said Zachariah Sanga. “They were armed with deadly weapons […]
Police Help Assailants Seize Christians’ Land in Pakistan
Officers damage property and refuse to arrest attackers.
May 3, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan are refusing to arrest Muslims who attacked a Catholic family and seized their farm land, and officers also damaged property, sources said. Shahnaz Yousaf, a resident of Chak 694/36 GB village in Toba Tek Singh District, Punjab Province, said that dozens of armed Muslims […]
Couple’s Ordeal Highlights Injustices Faced by Christians in Northern Nigeria
Church leaders jailed without trial for three years.
May 2, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The ordeal of a pastoral couple jailed without trial for three years for taking in a runaway Muslim girl shows the injustices that Christians suffer in northern Nigeria, church leaders said. The Rev. Jonah Gangas and his wife Josephine, pastors of an Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) congregation […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 12 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
Assailants unprovoked in 2 a.m. raid.
May 1, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked residents of a village in central Nigeria’s Plateau state as they slept at 2 a.m. on April 19, killing 12 Christians, sources said. In the farming community of Mangu County’s Tilengpan Pushit, the Fulanis attacked with “deadly weapons” without provocation, said resident Israel Bamshak. “Most […]
Bill in Pakistan Would Outlaw Child Marriages
Christians hope it will help prevent forced marriages/conversions.
May 1, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A bill designed to prevent child marriages in Pakistan’s most populated province has raised hope for protection of Christian girls and others from Muslims abducting and forcibly marrying and converting them, sources said. The Punjab Province government on Thursday (April 25) submitted the draft of the Punjab Child […]
Muslim Soldiers Detain, Torture Christians in Sudan
Refugees stopped at checkpoint for Bible possession.
April 30, 2024 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Three Christians were detained and tortured for weeks in southern Sudan after soldiers at a Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoint found one of them carrying a Bible, one of the victims said. Hamza Haroon Ahmed is still recovering from injuries he suffered after SAF soldiers at a military checkpoint […]
Slaughter of Christians Continues in Central Nigeria
Scores killed in Benue state since January.
April 30, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (April 28) killed two Christians in one area of Benue state after killing five Christians the previous day in another area, sources said. The killings on Sunday in Agatu County were the latest of 30 slayings in the same area since January, sources said. […]