LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court in Pakistan has ordered police to recover two Christian sisters, ages 13 and 18, who were forcibly converted to Islam and married to their abductors, the family’s attorney said. After police had refused to make efforts to recover Neha Javed and her older sister Saneha […]
Court Orders Recovery of Sisters Forcibly Converted, Married
Bogus marriage certificate lists 13-year-old’s age as 19.
September 13, 2024 By -
Fate of Pastor, Daughter Kidnapped in Nigeria Unknown
Captors receive ransom payment but demand another.
August 20, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The whereabouts of a pastor and his daughter kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria were unknown after their captors threatened to kill them even after receiving a ransom payment. Isa Andrew, chaplain with All Saints Protestant Church of the Zamfara State Police Command, and his 13-year-old daughter, Grace Isa Andrew, […]
Christian Family in Pakistan Pressured to Drop Murder Charges
Daughter kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery before death.
August 13, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Pakistan who kidnapped and raped a mentally handicapped Christian woman who died from her injuries two days after her release is pressuring her family to drop charges, sources said. Salma Munir, 20, was held captive for five months before she was rescued in June, said […]
Prominent Christian Woman Kidnapped from Church in Nigeria
Policeman, driver are killed in attack.
August 1, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Gunmen in southern Nigeria on Tuesday (July 30) kidnapped a prominent Christian woman and wife of the attorney general of Delta state from a church Bible study in an attack that left her driver and a policeman dead, according to various sources. Joan Onyemaechi, also known as Ada […]
Christian Girl, 14, Taken for Sham Conversion/Marriage in Pakistan
Neighborhood butcher, 27, arranged kidnapping, father told.
July 9, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Another Christian girl in Pakistan, this one 14 years old, has fallen victim to forced conversion/marriage by a Muslim kidnapper, sources said. Khalid Masih, a 48-year-old Catholic sanitation worker in Islamabad, said that a butcher in his neighborhood, Haider Ali, took his daughter Alina Khalid from their home in […]
Islamic Terrorists Threaten to Kill Kidnapped Clergymen in Nigeria
Pastor, priest said to face execution unless ransoms are paid.
July 1, 2024 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in northeastern Nigeria released a video early last week threatening to kill a kidnapped Christian pastor if they did not receive a large ransom payment, according to local reports. The same terrorists who displayed the flag of jihadist group Boko Haram in a video in May […]
Abducted Young Mother in Pakistan Refuses Forced Conversion
Suspects warn family to stop efforts to prosecute.
June 13, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A young Catholic mother’s eyes welled up with tears and her hands shook as she recalled how a Muslim in Pakistan kidnapped her and tried to force her to convert to Islam and marry him. A 20-year-old mother of a 3-year-old girl and an 18-month old boy in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kidnapper Wins Custody of 13-Year-Old Girl, Sources Say
High court refuses to heed evidence of forcible marriage.
March 27, 2024 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court in Pakistan on Monday (March 25) rejected a Christian woman’s attempt to recover her 13-year-old daughter, instead allowing the child to go with a Muslim who abducted, forcibly converted her to Islam and married her, sources said. Shakeel Masih’s daughter, Roshni Shakeel, was taken from […]