Video Shows Pastoral Couple Kidnapped a Year Ago in Nigeria

Pastor pleads with government, church leaders for rescue. 

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.

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 […]

Six Christians Killed, Eight Wounded in Kaduna State, Nigeria 

Fulani herdsmen attack at midnight.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (May 5) raided a village in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, killing six Christians, area residents said. A large number of herdsmen raided predominantly Christian Ambe village, Sanga County, at about midnight as residents were sleeping, said Zachariah Sanga. “They were armed with deadly weapons […]

Herdsmen Kill 28 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria 

Dozens of others wounded, area sources say.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed 28 Christians from April 20 to April 22 in an area of Benue state, Nigeria, residents said. “Some groups of Muslim Fulanis have attacked three Christian villages in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue state,” said area resident Florence Aaka, who said 28 Christians […]

Police Help Assailants Seize Christians’ Land in Pakistan

Officers damage property and refuse to arrest attackers.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan are refusing to arrest Muslims who attacked a Catholic family and seized their farm land, and officers also damaged property, sources said. Shahnaz Yousaf, a resident of Chak 694/36 GB village in Toba Tek Singh District, Punjab Province, said that dozens of armed Muslims […]

Attacks on Christians in Egypt Were Preventable, Group Says

State security services at fault, rights observers say

CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Attacks on two predominantly Christian villages in Egypt last week came after days of rising tensions, which the state’s security services did nothing to quell despite being notified of impending danger to Christians, according to a human rights group. On April 23 and then again on Friday (April 26), hundreds […]

Fulani Herdsmen Kill 12 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria 

Assailants unprovoked in 2 a.m. raid.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked residents of a village in central Nigeria’s Plateau state as they slept at 2 a.m. on April 19, killing 12 Christians, sources said. In the farming community of Mangu County’s Tilengpan Pushit, the Fulanis attacked with “deadly weapons” without provocation, said resident Israel Bamshak. “Most […]

Bill in Pakistan Would Outlaw Child Marriages

Christians hope it will help prevent forced marriages/conversions.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A bill designed to prevent child marriages in Pakistan’s most populated province has raised hope for protection of Christian girls and others from Muslims abducting and forcibly marrying and converting them, sources said. The Punjab Province government on Thursday (April 25) submitted the draft of the Punjab Child […]

Muslim Soldiers Detain, Torture Christians in Sudan

Refugees stopped at checkpoint for Bible possession.

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Three Christians were detained and tortured for weeks in southern Sudan after soldiers at a Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoint found one of them carrying a Bible, one of the victims said. Hamza Haroon Ahmed is still recovering from injuries he suffered after SAF soldiers at a military checkpoint […]

Slaughter of Christians Continues in Central Nigeria 

Scores killed in Benue state since January.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (April 28) killed two Christians in one area of Benue state after killing five Christians the previous day in another area, sources said. The killings on Sunday in Agatu County were the latest of 30 slayings in the same area since January, sources said. […]