ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fears of another large-scale attack on Christians are growing in Benue state, Nigeria, where Fulani herdsmen slaughtered up to 200 people in Yelwata village on June 13-14, sources said. Initial reports confirmed 100 people had died in the attack on predominantly Christian Yelwata, but later data collected by the […]
Fears Heightened of More Carnage in Benue State, Nigeria
Another Christian killed in county where June 13-14 slaughter occurred.
June 26, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
Christian Acquitted after 23 Years on Death Row for ‘Blasphemy’
Muslims in Pakistan used his merely factual letter to silence him.
June 25, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan today (June 25) ordered the acquittal of an elderly Christian on death row for 23 years on a blasphemy conviction, declaring that a person of unsound mind could not be held liable for such a crime, his lawyer said. Supreme Court attorney Rana […]
Christian Girl Kidnapped for Two Years in Pakistan Escapes
Torture, sexual assault and forcible conversion at hands of Muslim ‘husband.’
June 24, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian girl who this month escaped the Muslim who kidnapped her said he forcibly converted her to Islam and repeatedly sexually assaulted her as his “wife.” Muskan Liaqat was 14 years old when she was kidnapped at gunpoint from her home in Muridke, Sheikhupura District, by Muhammad […]
Christian Mother in Pakistan Raped at Gunpoint
Muslim pressured her to convert to Islam and marry her, she says.
June 24, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian mother of five children in Pakistan was raped at gunpoint by a Muslim who had been harassing and pressuring her to convert to Islam and marry him, her husband said. The 36-year-old woman was alone in her house in Chak No. 134/16L village in Mian Channu, […]
Christian Girl in Pakistan Abducted, Forcibly Converted/Married
Police take no action, rights advocate says.
June 23, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police have taken no action in the forcible conversion/marriage of a Christian girl kidnapped in Pakistan on June 11, a rights advocate said. Elishba Adnan, 14, was taken from her home by a 26-year-old Muslim, Babar Mukhtar, said Albert Patras, a rights advocate based in Vehari District of […]
Massacre in Benue, Nigeria Elicits Rare Response from President
Traditional tribal ruler refutes “herder-farmer clash” narrative.
June 20, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
(Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Days after a massacre of more than 100 people in a predominantly Christian village in Benue state, Nigeria, the country’s president called for action against the assailants even as a local traditional ruler tried to correct him and others about the nature of such attacks. With President Bola Ahmed […]
Mother in Somalia Loses Husband, Home for Accepting Christ
Former Muslim showed Jesus Film to relatives.
June 18, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A mother of three children in Somalia is struggling to survive after her Muslim relatives drove her from their home and threatened to kill her for accepting Christ, she said. The 31-year-old woman’s husband recently divorced her following her expulsion from the family homestead in Jamaame village, Kismayo in March, […]
Bullied 8-Year-Old Christian Boy Dies after Assault in Indonesia
Ruptured appendix is official cause of death.
June 18, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – An 8-year-old Christian boy in Indonesia died from a ruptured appendix on May 26, days after older Muslim students beat him so severely he required hospital treatment, sources said. It was unclear whether the beating of second-grade student Khristopel Butarbutar in Buluh Rampai village, Seberida Sub-District, Riau Province, Sumatra on […]
Blasphemy Laws Misused to Seize Religious Minorities’ Property in Pakistan: HRW
Vulnerable communities displaced.
June 16, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being systematically misused to target religious minorities, dispossess the poor and settle personal and economic disputes, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report. Blasphemy accusations are increasingly weaponized to incite mob violence, displace vulnerable communities and seize their property with impunity, states […]
Christian Falsely Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan Is Acquitted
28-year-old entrapped in false complaint.
June 13, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A judge in Pakistan on Thursday (June 12) acquitted a Christian of blasphemy and terrorism charges after the prosecution failed to prove its case against him, his lawyer said. Attorney Kashif Nemat said that Sahiwal District and Sessions Judge Zia Ullah Khan, who also presides over the anti-terrorism […]