ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – After slaughtering at least 50 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria in April, Fulani herdsmen this week killed five more in the same county, sources said. In Bassa County, residents said Fulani herdsmen killed two Christians on Wednesday (June 4) in Nkienwhie village and three on […]
Slaughter of Christians Escalates in Plateau State, Nigeria
Survivors appeal for help as relatives are slain and homes burned.
June 6, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
Court in Pakistan Acquits Muslims Accused in Jaranwala Attacks
Attorney cites defective police investigation.
June 6, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Defective police investigation resulted in the acquittal of 10 Muslims involved in burning a church building and ransacking a Christian’s home during the Aug. 16, 2023 riots in Jaranwala, Pakistan, an attorney said. Despite strong evidence against them, Faisalabad Anti-Terrorism Judge Javed Iqbal Sheikh on Wednesday (June 4) […]
Military Emergency Sought as Herdsmen Kill 86 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria
Prominent attorney petitions Nigerian president.
June 5, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A prominent attorney petitioned Nigeria’s president to declare a military emergency as Fulani herdsmen killed at least 86 people in predominantly Christian areas of Benue state in the past two weeks, including 46 on Sunday (June 1), sources said. Sebastine Hon, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), a prestigious […]
Herdsmen Kill 70-Year-Old Pastor, 35 other Christians in Nigeria
Slaughters carried out in one county of Plateau state.
June 4, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen this week killed at least nine Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, following the slaughter of 27 others days before, sources said. The attacks took place in Bokkos County in the predominantly Christian communities of Hokk, Pangkap, Fokoldep, Kopmur, Margif, Horop, Mbor, Mushere and Kwahas, residents said. […]
Order for Church to Leave Worship Site Overturned in Indonesia
Administrative court renders rare verdict.
June 3, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – In a rare move in Indonesia, an administrative court earlier this year overturned a local government order for a church to vacate its worship site, sources said. The Jombang Regency Government in East Java is appealing the March 19 ruling of Surabaya State Administrative Court that overturned the regency’s order […]
Bill to Curb Child Marriages Signed into Law in Pakistan
Proponents overcome fierce opposition from Islamists.
May 30, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Despite fierce opposition from Islamist groups in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari on late Thursday night (May 29) signed into law a landmark bill to curb child marriage, setting the minimum age for marriage for both genders at 18 years in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). “The Islamabad […]
One of Two Kidnapped Christian Workers Freed in NW Nigeria
Evangelists working among largely unreached people in Kebbi state.
May 29, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – One of two Christian workers kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on May 21 was freed this week, ministry leaders said. Ojo John and Silvanus Abu of Nupe Missions, who were working among the predominantly Muslim Zabarmawa people of Kebbi state, were abducted from their mission station at about 10 […]
Bill Criminalizing Child Marriage in Pakistan Rejected as ‘Un-Islamic’
Council of Islamic Ideology opposes legislation passed by parliament.
May 28, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s top Islamic body on Tuesday (May 27) rejected a bill that seeks to criminalize child marriages in Islamabad, describing it as “un-Islamic.” The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) also declared a similar bill presented by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provincial government to be in conflict with sharia (Islamic […]
Ex-Addict in Somalia Driven from Home for Accepting Christ
Once homeless convert finds himself living on the street again.
May 27, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslim parents in southern Somalia were overjoyed to see their missing 20-year-old son, a drug addict, return home free of substance abuse this month. When they discovered that his transformation sprang from putting his faith in Christ, however, they drove him from their home in Hararoba, near Afmadow […]
Christian Graves at Three Cemeteries Vandalized in Indonesia
Police say no religious motive, but Muslim burial sites untargeted.
May 27, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – More than a dozen Christian graves at three cemeteries in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia were vandalized from May 16 to 19, according to published reports. On the island of Java, at least 10 Christian graves at the Ngentak Public Cemetery in Baturetno village, Banguntapan, Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta were […]