LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslims upset with a Christian sanitation worker in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday (May 25) beat him and left him chained in blistering heat for hours, sources said. Hussain Masih, father-in-law of Yasir Masih, said he found the 35-year-old sanitation worker in the Gujjarpura area of Lahore chained to […]
Christian Sanitation Worker Tortured in Pakistan
Sweeper beaten, chained for not granting request soon enough.
May 29, 2024 By -
Christian Convert in Somalia Wounded, Loses Family
Muslim relatives attack him after learning of his faith.
May 27, 2024 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Somalia was seriously wounded for putting his faith in Christ this month and lost his wife and five children, sources said. Mohammad Abdul, 40, survived a knife attack by his Muslim relatives on the outskirts of Kismayo, a port city in southern Somalia’s Lower Juba region, on […]
Christian Wounded in Attack in Pakistan in Stable Condition
Police arrest 26 of 44 Muslim suspects.
May 27, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian in Sargodha, Pakistan who was critically wounded in a mob attack on Saturday (May 25) due to false allegations of blasphemy is in stable condition, sources said. The mob of rioting Muslims beat Nazeer Masih Gill, 74, vandalized his house and burned his shoe factory in Sargodha […]
Elderly Christian Critically Wounded in Pakistan after False Blasphemy Charge
Angry Muslim mob also burns his factory.
May 25, 2024 By -
SARGODHA, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An elderly Christian was fighting for his life in the hospital after a Muslim mob in Pakistan attempted to kill him due to a neighbor falsely accusing him of burning pages of the Quran, his family said. The mob also ransacked the house and burned the shoe factory […]
Ad Targeting Christians in Pakistan Criticized
Notice for sanitation workers is discriminatory, they say.
May 21, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An ad for sanitation workers targeting Christians in Pakistan has prompted objections that it signals only Christians should work such low-paying jobs. The ad soliciting candidates for sweepers at health facilities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province states, “Christian community will be preferred.” It was posted by Trans-Continental Pharma, a […]
Justice Denied Christian Woman Cast into Chaff Cutter in Pakistan
Police refuse to prosecute influential Muslim employer.
May 15, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Saima Bibi was serving tea to guests at her quarters in Punjab Province, Pakistan when her Muslim employer dragged her outside and pushed her towards an electric chaff cutter, tearing off her ear and cutting most of her scalp, her husband said. The 24-year-old Christian mother of two […]
Christians, Others Increasingly Targeted in Plateau State, Nigeria
Amnesty International reports 1,336 people killed in three months.
May 14, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Following a rights group report that 1,336 people were killed in Plateau state, Nigeria between December and February, residents reported 18 Christians killed since mid-April. In Plateau state’s Kayarda village, near Namu in Qua’an Pan County, Fulani herdsmen killed four Christian farmers on May 7, council official Christopher […]
Muslim Family Disrupts Christian Worship in Indonesia
Local official, wife and son yell bad names at house church members.
May 13, 2024 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A local official and his Muslim family last week disrupted house church worship in an area of Java island, Indonesia where it has never happened before. In East Java Province’s Betiting village, in Cerme Sub-Regency of Gresik Regency, the head of the citizen association (Ketua Rukun Warga, or RW) […]
Video Shows Pastoral Couple Kidnapped a Year Ago in Nigeria
Pastor pleads with government, church leaders for rescue.
May 9, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A video of a pastor and his wife kidnapped in March 2023 appeared on Sunday (May 5) in which he pleaded for help from the government of Nigeria and Christian leaders. No one took responsibility for the March 14, 2023 kidnapping of the Rev. Paul Musa and his […]
Muslims Attack Catholic Students with Knives in Indonesia
Two young women slightly wounded.
May 8, 2024 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Two young women were slightly wounded when a mob of Muslims on Sunday (May 5) assaulted a group of 15 students engaged in a Catholic ritual prayer at a rented house in Banten Province, on the Indonesian island of Java, sources said. Enraged at the Catholic group praying the […]