LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – After multiple setbacks for a Christian family in Pakistan striving to recover their forcibly married/converted 13-year-old daughter, a federal court on Friday (Jan. 9) ordered police to find and present her and the Muslim who kidnapped her, sources said. A two-judge bench of the newly constituted Federal Constitutional […]
Court in Pakistan Orders Recovery of Kidnapped Christian Girl
Family of forcibly converted/married 13-year-old hopeful.
January 15, 2026 By -
Missing Christian Girl in Nigeria Held by Islamic Police
Family, pastor fear 15-year-old could be forcefully converted to Islam.
January 14, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim police force in Kano state, Nigeria is holding a 15-year-old Christian girl missing since Dec. 1 amid fears that she may be forcefully converted to Islam, sources said. Pastor Kabiru Usman said he discovered that the Kano State Hisbah Board, a Muslim police force charged with enforcing […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 13 Christians in Central Nigeria
Massacres in January follow attacks in December.
January 13, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in Benue state, Nigeria killed four Christians on Monday (Jan. 12) and nine others on Jan. 5-6, sources said. In Otobi Akpa village, Otukpo County, Fulani herdsmen arrived at midnight on Monday and shot four Christians who had been asleep in their homes, said resident Franca Akipu, […]
Muslims in Indonesia Oppose Christian Worship Service
Protesters claim wrongdoing in use of ‘public facility.’
January 13, 2026 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in West Java, Indonesia demonstrated against a Christian revival worship service on Jan. 6 attended by a staff member of an official in the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Carrying banners and a truck full of loudspeakers, Muslims from the Bandung City-based Ahlus Sunnah Defenders group protested the service of […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 10 Christians in Eastern Nigeria
Four villages attacked and burned.
January 12, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in eastern Nigeria killed 10 Christians in four villages on Saturday night (Jan. 10) and into the predawn hours of Sunday, sources said. The assailants attacked the predominantly Christian villages of Iornem, Kyahar, Uhula and Samgambe in Taraba state’s Donga County, said Orlaer William, a resident of […]
Christian Refugee from Sudan, 18, Expelled for Her Faith
Young Sudanese woman came to Christ by reading Bible.
January 9, 2026 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Muslim family of an 18-year-old Sudanese refugee in the northern border region of South Sudan on Thursday evening (Jan. 8) expelled her from their home for her faith in Christ, sources said. Amona Ibrahim Kaki, a refugee from Sudan’s Nuba Mountains area living in the Ajoung Thok refugee […]
Pastor Wounded in Attack at Church Site in Uganda
Five Muslim suspects at large.
January 5, 2026 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Five Muslims wielding sharp objects attacked a pastor in eastern Uganda on Dec. 21, seriously injuring him, sources said. Pastor Joseph Kanooni of Revival Mission Centre Church was attacked in Kaliro at about 6 p.m. while alone inside his church compound preparing for an all-night prayer service, he said. Five […]
Drone Strike on Christmas Day Kills Christians in Sudan
Others in procession to worship service seriously wounded.
January 2, 2026 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) drone strike on Dec. 25 killed at least 11 Christians on their way to Christmas celebrations in South Kordofan state, Sudan, sources said. At least 18 other people were seriously wounded in the attack on congregation members making their way to the Episcopal Church […]
Church in Indonesia Celebrates Christmas despite Ban, Threat
Muslims force pastor to say services were cancelled.
December 31, 2025 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News ) – A pastor came under pressure from local Muslims in Indonesia on Christmas Eve to announce that Christmas services were cancelled even though his church won approval to hold the celebrations, sources said. The Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services of the 70-member Indonesian Evangelical Mission Church (Gereja Misi Injili […]
Muslim Rapes Christian Girl in Pakistan, Family Says
Assailants threatened 14-year-old after dispute with her brother.
December 30, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim abducted and raped a 14-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan this month, according to her brother, who believes the assault was an act of revenge over a prior dispute. Sahil George, a 21-year-old member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Sahiwal, Punjab Province, said his sister […]