SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Officials in Indonesia sealed a prayer hall on Saturday (April 19), prohibiting the congregation from celebrating Easter, according to local sources. Citing a lack of permit – though officials have failed to respond to a church application filed since 2023 – six Tangerang Regency staff members sealed shut the doors […]
Officials in Indonesia Seal Christian Worship Site before Easter
Local authorities who refuse to reply to permit application cite lack of permit.
April 25, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
Killer of Staines and Sons Released as Hero in India
Life sentence set aside on grounds of ‘good behavior.’
April 24, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – One of the Hindu extremists sentenced to life in prison for burning Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons to death in India 25 years ago was given a hero’s welcome after he was released on April 16. Mahendra Hembram walked out of Keonjhar jail last week, freed […]
Radical Muslims in Indonesia Disrupt Maundy Thursday Mass
Demonstrators say multipurpose building is not place of worship.
April 23, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A group of Muslims disrupted the Maundy Thursday Mass of a church in Indonesia last week, the latest in a series of protests at the site, sources reported. In the village of Sukamiskin, Arcamanik Subdistrict, Bandung, capital of West Java Province, radical Muslims of the Arcamanik Diversity in Unity Citizens Communication […]
Christian Sentenced to Death under Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law
Punishment criticized as excessive.
April 22, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian accused of writing blasphemous content that sparked violent riots in Jaranwala, Pakistan in August 2023 was sentenced to death along with other harsh penalties on Good Friday (April 18). Pervaiz Masih had been arrested and charged under Pakistan’s widely condemned blasphemy statutes, including 295-A against inciting […]
Pastor’s Son Fighting India’s Failure to Create Christian Cemeteries
Officials have taken no action on Supreme Court directive.
April 16, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Ramesh Baghel has become the face of a struggle for securing dignity in death for Christians across Chhattisgarh state, India, as he prepares a new petition to the Supreme Court of India. More than two and a half months after the Supreme Court ordered the Chhattisgarh government to “demarcate exclusive […]
Dozens of Christians Slain and Kidnapped in Benue State, Nigeria
Thousands flee unchecked violence since March 28.
April 15, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani attacks on predominantly Christian areas of Benue state, Nigeria have killed dozens of Christians since March 28, area sources said. In Otobi village, Otukpo County, herdsmen on the evening of April 5 forced thousands of residents to flee as the assailants killed three Christians and kidnapped dozens […]
More than 50 Christians Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria
Dawn attack today terrorizes another community.
April 14, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Following the killing of more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria earlier this month, the death toll of a dawn attack today (April 14) on a predominantly Christian community in the state has risen to 51, according to reports. Fulani herdsmen attacked Zikke village in Kwall District, […]
Fulani Militias Kill 28 Christians in Central Nigeria
Intelligence and security deficiencies cited.
April 9, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani terrorists killed nine Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria in the past month, after killing 19 in another area of the state in March, sources said. In Bassa County, Fulani herdsmen attacked Hwrra village on Monday (April 7), killing three Christians identified as Yakubu Mali, […]
Arson Attempt on Church Building in Pakistan Thwarted
Police fraudulently portray attack as robbery, pastor says.
April 9, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Two unidentified men attempted to set fire to a church building in Pakistan on Saturday night (April 5), but timely intervention by the pastor thwarted the attack, sources said. Pastor Tanveer Boota of the Bethaniya Pentecostal Church in Gulshan Basti, in the Musharraf Colony area of Phoolnagar, Kasur […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill more than 60 Christians in ‘Genocide’ in Nigeria
Plateau state governor asserts Fulanis aim to displace local farmers.
April 8, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani terrorists on Wednesday and Thursday (April 2-3) killed more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria in what the governor called a “genocide,” sources said. The attacks were carried out against seven Christian communities in Bokkos County, including Hurti village, where more than 40 Christians were slain, […]