ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor and five other Christians in Nasarawa state, central Nigeria in attacks on Friday (March 22) and Sunday (March 24), sources said. In Keana County’s Kadarko area, community leader Denis Utsa said Fulani herdsmen on Friday attacked the predominantly Christian village of Tse-Abir Azer […]
Herdsmen Kill Pastor, Five other Christians in Central Nigeria
Dozens of others sustain gunshot wounds.
March 26, 2024 By -
Unsafe Conditions Kill Christian Sewer Workers in Pakistan
Lack of protective gear takes two lives.
March 26, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News)– Rukhsana Asif, a Christian mother of two children in Faisalabad, Pakistan, was devastated when she learned that her husband and his cousin had died from poisonous gas while cleaning a clogged sewer manhole. Her husband, Asif Masih, was off work on March 17 when he received a call to […]
Hope for Christian 22 Years on Death Row for ‘Blasphemy’
Supreme Court seeks Islamic body’s opinion on evidence.
March 25, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a significant move, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the country’s top Islamic body to advise on whether content that has left a Catholic on death row for 22 years was in fact blasphemous, sources said. Attorney Rana Abdul Hameed said the top court on March […]
Muslim Extremists Kill Christian Convert in Kenya
Assailants injure three other evangelists from Uganda.
March 22, 2024 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists on March 8 ambushed and killed an evangelist from Kenya and severely injured three others from Uganda near a town on Kenya’s border with Uganda, sources said. The four Christian workers were returning to Bugiri, Uganda after a four-day outreach in Kenya when they were attacked near Busia, […]
Muslims in Indonesia End Church’s Meetings in Home
Local residents object to use of house for worship.
March 22, 2024 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslim residents objecting to house-church worship in western Indonesia on Sunday (March 17) compelled the pastor to discontinue using her home for services, sources said. On the western tip of Java Island, dozens of Muslim residents gathered outside the house after worship ended in Saga Bunar, Balaraja Sub-District, Tangerang […]
Muslim ‘Suitor’ Kidnaps 13-Year-Old Christian Girl in Pakistan
Muslim father fulfills threat to kidnap Christian’s daughter.
March 21, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Two months after a Muslim told a Christian in Pakistan he could not stop him from taking the Christian’s 13-year-old daughter for marriage to his 28-year-old Muslim son, the girl was kidnapped on March 13, her father said. Shakeel Masih said his daughter, Roshni Shakeel, had spurned the […]
Christian Slain for Leading Muslims to Faith in Christ
Body found with note in Arabic saying he was warned.
March 18, 2024 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda on March 8 killed a Christian for leading Muslims to faith in Christ, sources said. Kiisa Masolo, 45, had returned to his home in Nakitiku village, Bunabuka parish, Bubeza Sub-County in Sironko District at 7 p.m. after preaching on the streets of Nakaloke and Busajjabwankuba […]
Christian, 18, Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan Wins Bail
Former classmate accused him for not converting to Islam.
March 15, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An 18-year-old Christian charged with blasphemy was released on bail on Thursday (March 14), saying his faith sustained him during a week of solitary confinement. Ashbeel Ghauri was arrested on March 6 after a former classmate, Muslim Sheraz Gulistan, accused him of blaspheming Islam in a WhatsApp discussion […]
Officials in Egypt Abet Kidnappers of Christian Woman, Father Says
Muslim Brotherhood ring behind abduction, sources say.
March 14, 2024 By -
(Christian Daily International) – Authorities in Egypt have abetted the kidnapping and forcible conversion to Islam of a Coptic Christian woman, according to a widely published expert on the Middle East and Islam. Irene Ibrahim Shehata, a 21-year-old medical student at Asyut National University, disappeared on Jan. 22 between mid-term exams in Asyut, according to […]
Christian in Pakistan Accused of Blasphemy for Refusing to Convert, He Says
Former classmates engaged him in religious discussion.
March 12, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A former classmate of an 18-year-old Christian in Pakistan accused him of blasphemy after failing to convert him to Islam, impeding the accused’s college studies and his family’s hopes for a better future, sources said. Police arrested Ashbeel Ghauri from his home in Attock city, Punjab Province on […]