ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremist militants on Wednesday (June 5) killed three Christians and kidnapped another after intercepting them on a highway in northeast Nigeria, Christian leaders said. The suspected Boko Haram terrorists stopped a commercial passenger vehicle along the Damaturu-Biu Highway in Yobe state and separated out four Christians, […]
Islamic Extremists Kill Three Christians in Northeast Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists kidnap one other.
June 11, 2024 By -
Muslim Employer in Pakistan Tortures Christian Worker to Death
Catholic employee had quit against owner’s wishes.
June 11, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim factory owner in Pakistan on Thursday (June 6) tortured to death an 18-year-old Catholic worker for leaving the job against his wishes, family members said. Waqas Salamat had started working at the plastic bottle manufacturing factory owned by Haji Muhammad Saleem in Lahore’s Islampura area two […]
Priest Kidnapped in Kaduna State, Nigeria
‘Armed Muslim bandits’ suspected.
June 10, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Armed “Muslim bandits” abducted a Roman Catholic Church priest in the early hours of Sunday (June 9), in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The Rev. Gabriel Ukeh was sleeping at his home on the premises of St. Thomas Catholic Parish, Zaman Dabo village, in Zango Kataf County when […]
Mentally Ill Catholic Woman Jailed on Blasphemy Charge in Pakistan
Those of ‘unsound mind’ cannot be tried, law states.
June 7, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 60-year-old Catholic woman who has been treated for mental illness was jailed on blasphemy charges this week in Lahore, Pakistan, her son said. Jameela Khatoon was arrested on Tuesday (June 4) from her house in Lahore’s Cantonment area on a complaint of Muslim shopkeeper Asif Ali, said […]
Report Calls Sargodha, Pakistan Attack, ‘Calculated, Manipulated’
Religious fervor played key role in attack that killed Christian.
June 6, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The May 25 Muslim mob attack that killed a Christian in Sargodha, Pakistan was a “calculated assault, manipulated through religious fervor to gain maximum leverage,” according to a report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). The attack in Sargodha’s Mujahid Colony, Punjab Province led to the […]
Christian Woman in Pakistan Jailed on Blasphemy Charges
Family faces intense pressure from Muslims to drop defense.
June 5, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Pakistan remains in jail on baseless charges of blasphemy after a judge rejected her bail application on Monday (June 3), sources said. Stella Khawar, 28, was arrested on May 12 in Kharota Syedan, in the Kotli Loharan area of Sialkot District, Punjab Province, and […]
Christian Accused of Blasphemy Dies from Injuries in Pakistan
Muslim mob incited by mosque announcement over false accusation.
June 3, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An elderly Christian attacked by a Muslim mob in Pakistan over a false blasphemy accusation succumbed to his injuries at 12:30 a.m. Monday (June 3), his son said. Sultan Gill, son of 74-year-old Nazeer Masih Gill, said his father passed away after the government had moved him to […]
Hardline Muslims Beat Christians Unconscious in Uganda
Two evangelists were working in heavily Islamic area.
May 31, 2024 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists are still receiving hospital treatment two weeks after hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda beat them unconscious for proclaiming Christ, sources said. Samuel Mukiibi, 27, and 25-year-old Ephraim Duula in the last six years have led several Muslims to Christ. They were attacked on May 16 near Naigombwa swamp […]
Suspects Unprosecuted in Death by Torture of Christian in Pakistan
Police decline to arrest accused Muslims who pressured relatives.
May 30, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – With suspects in a homicide case pressuring the victim’s relatives to make false statements, police in Pakistan are declining to arrest them in the case of a Catholic tortured to death by his Muslim employers, sources said. Sonia Shahid, widow of 35-year-old Shahid Masih and mother to their […]
Court in Pakistan Forces ‘Islam’ Designation on Christian’s ID Card
Employer fraudulently ‘converted’ worker, attorney says.
May 30, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan denied a Christian victim of fake conversion to change the religious designation of Islam and the Muslim name that his Muslim employers fraudulently registered on his National Identity Card, sources said. “Islam teaches that everyone is Muslim at birth but the parents and society […]