LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan refused to file charges in the case of a Christian mother who lost her unborn child in a Muslim co-worker’s attempt to rape her, sources said. Rakhil Nadeem Masih was eight months pregnant when a co-worker at a brick kiln near Clarakabad village in Kasur […]
Assault on Christian Mother in Pakistan Goes Unprosecuted
Unborn child dies in beating, attempted rape, sources say.
January 16, 2024 By -
Christian in Pakistan Loses Job, Home after False Charge
Widow continues to suffer in spite of acquittal.
January 12, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Acquittal after a false blasphemy charge has not kept a Christian widow in Pakistan from being driven from her job and village amid threats to her life. Musarrat Bibi was acquitted along with Muslim gardener Muhammad Sarmad on Dec. 8 after they were charged with desecrating pages of […]
Terrorists Slaughter 41 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Many others kidnapped.
January 8, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 8, 2024 (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani terrorists on Wednesday (Jan. 3) killed 41 Christians and kidnapped many others in two counties of southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The assailants in the early morning attacked Dokan Karji, Ungwan Sako and Kunkurai villages in the Dawaki area of Kauru […]
Three Christian Family Members Slain on Christmas Day
Muslim extremists shouting jihadist slogan kill grandmother and two children.
January 4, 2024 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists killed a 75-year-old woman and her two grandchildren in western Uganda on Christmas Day, sources said. The bodies of Edrine Ngwabize and her two grandchildren, 5-year-old Emoni Niwalindwa and 13-year-old Mathias Byamukama, were found inside their home in Nyabitutsi village, Kamwenge Sub-County in Kamwenge District after Muslim extremists […]
Pastor in Sri Lanka Criminally Charged for Sermon Comments
Church leader spent Christmas in jail.
January 3, 2024 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Sri Lanka was granted bail on Wednesday (Jan. 3) after being jailed since Dec. 1 on a charge of “outraging religious feelings” for comments in a sermon that appeared online, sources said. Authorities arrested Pastor Jerome Fernando, senior overseer of The Glorious Church in Colombo, after a […]
Terrorists Kill Eight Christians in Taraba State, Nigeria
Hundreds slain by assailants based in Cameroon, lawmakers say.
December 31, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Unidentified terrorists on Thursday (Dec. 28) killed eight Christians in Taraba state, Nigeria, after 13 others were slain the previous week, sources said. The assailants attacked four predominantly Christian villages in Ussa County at about at about 4 p.m., residents said. “While we are still celebrating Christmas, an […]
Mauritania Releases Christians Arrested after Baptism Video
Authorities tell them to worship discreetly.
December 29, 2023 By -
(Christian Daily International) – Officials in Mauritania have released all Christians arrested after a video of a baptism ceremony in November prompted Muslims to call for their punishment, Christian leaders in the region said. The Christians do not appear to have been charged with any crime, the Christian leaders indicated. “They have been asked to […]
Muslim Allegedly Kills His Mother for Accepting Christ
Convert described assault before succumbing to injuries.
December 28, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Before Sawuba Naigaga succumbed to injuries her 25-year-old son inflicted on her in Uganda this month, she described the assault to a friend from her hospital bed. The friend said Naigaga’s son, Ashirafu Basalirwa, returned home to Busia town, Busia District from four years of working in Saudi Arabia on […]
160 People Massacred in Christian Areas of Plateau State, Nigeria
Coordinated attacks launched across three areas over Christmas.
December 26, 2023 By -
(Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Terrorists massacred 160 people, many of them preparing for church Christmas programs, Saturday night (Dec. 23) through Monday (Dec. 25) in coordinated attacks on predominantly Christian areas in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. Church pastors were killed and hundreds of houses were destroyed in the massacres in villages of […]
Two Christians Jailed under Blasphemy Law in Uganda
Muslims upset that they quoted from the Koran.
December 22, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda will spend Christmas in jail, charged under a blasphemy law after Muslims upset at their street preaching beat them and summoned police, sources said. On the final day of a three-day evangelistic campaign in the city of Soroti, police on Nov. 21 arrested Joseph Omadi […]