NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal relatives killed three members of a Christian family in India’s Odisha state last month, leaving three children, including a preteen and a teenager, orphaned and forcing them into hiding, sources said. Jitendra Soren, 35, his wife Malati Soren, 32, and their 15-year-old daughter Sasmita were killed on Jan. 25 […]
Three Christians, including 15-Year-Old Girl, Slain in India
Tribal relatives believed their faith caused illness in family.
February 20, 2026 By -
Police Said to Enable Abuse of Christian Girl in Pakistan
Officers, courts ignore evidence of forced conversion/marriage.
February 20, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan allegedly failed to act after a 14-year-old Christian girl was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man despite official documents showing she is a minor, her father and legal counsel said. Basharat Masih, a daily wage laborer from Chak 47/12-L village […]
Muslim in Uganda Kills Adult Son for Accepting Christ
Father of four stabbed to death.
February 19, 2026 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Uganda stabbed his son to death with a long knife for converting to Christianity last month, sources said. Hamba Ahammada, 62, of Butaleja District killed his 33-year-old son, Hamba Juma, with a long knife known locally as a panga on Jan. 28 in Iganga District along the Kaliro-Iganga […]
Christian’s Poverty Used to Force Conversion to Islam in Pakistan
Children stuck with Muslim designation on ID cards.
February 18, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A brick kiln worker’s forced conversion to Islam in Pakistan’s national database has left his five children unable to have their Christian faith designated on their national identity cards, his son said. Sufyan Masih, who works at a kiln in Phoolnagar, Kasur District in Punjab Province, said that […]
Blind Christian Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan Denied Bail
Attorney cites discrepancies in false charge.
February 16, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court in Pakistan this month rejected bail for a blind Christian charged with blasphemy despite significant discrepancies in the police report and prosecution testimonies, his attorney said. Attorney Javed Sahotra said Justice Muhammad Jawad Zafar of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Feb. 4 dismissed the […]
Legislation to Combat Child Marriages Signed in Punjab, Pakistan
Landmark ordinance sets minimum age at 18 for both sexes.
February 12, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a landmark move welcomed by Christian rights advocates, the governor of Pakistan’s Punjab Province on Wednesday (Feb. 11) signed into law an ordinance raising the minimum legal age of marriage to 18 and making child marriage a non-bailable offense punishable by up to seven years in prison. […]
Muslim Extremists Beat Two Pastors in Eastern Uganda
Assailants accuse them of blasphemy and trying to convert Muslims.
February 11, 2026 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two pastors were discharged from a hospital in eastern Uganda on Sunday (Feb. 8) after a group of Muslim extremists beat them more than a week before, sources said. Pastor John Michael Okoel and Assistant Pastor Abraham Omoding of New Life Church in Pallisa, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) northeast […]
Christians in Nigeria Live in Fear amid Kidnappings, Killings
Abducted Catholic priest regains freedom after two month in captivity.
February 10, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christians in a village in Nigeria remain traumatized by violence even as a priest held hostage for 61 days was released last month, sources said. The Rev. Bobbo Paschal of St. Stephen Catholic Parish in Kushe Gugdu village, Kagarko County, Kaduna state was released on Jan. 17 after terrorists […]
Pastor, Daughter and Son-in-Law Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria
3-month-old granddaughter left with severe machete wound.
February 6, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple’s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria. The Christian family was ambushed as they traveled on the Jos-Barkin Ladi highway to a village in Barkin Ladi County on Jan. 16, the […]
Two Christian Nurses in Pakistan Acquitted of Blasphemy
Verdict comes after nearly four years in hiding.
February 5, 2026 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has acquitted two Catholic nurses who have been in hiding for nearly four years after they were charged with blasphemy in 2021, rights advocates said. Nurse Mariam Lal and student nurse Navish Arooj were arrested on April 9, 2021, and charged under Section […]