SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A rash of complaints to police in Indonesia accusing Christians of blasphemy on social media has driven several of them abroad to seek refuge, sources said. Christian apologist Edwin Hutabarat, also known as “Metatron,” is now in the Netherlands after radical Muslims from the Anti-Blasphemy Community Alliance on Nov. […]
Christian Apologists in Indonesia Flee ‘Blasphemy’ Prosecution
Expression of ideas on religion repressed in Muslim majority country.
March 21, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
Deterioration of Human Rights in Pakistan Condemned at UN Event
Trade and aid must be conditional on real reforms, advocates say.
March 19, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Religious freedom advocates this month strongly condemned deterioration of human rights in Pakistan, particularly continued abuse of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws and forced conversions of minority girls. They delivered the scathing rebukes during the 58th Regular Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva on […]
Christian Found Dead after Kidnapping in Central Nigeria
Suspected herdsmen abduct villagers in Abuja, Kaduna state.
March 18, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A village head kidnapped along with seven other Christians in central Nigeria was reportedly found dead on Monday (March 17). Yuda Garba, head of predominantly Christian Dnako village in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), had been kidnapped by suspected Fulani herdsmen on March 11. […]
Four Northern States in Nigeria Close All Schools for Ramadan
Christian leaders decry violation of educational, religious rights.
March 17, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christian leaders decried a decision by Muslim governors of four northern states in Nigeria to close all schools for five weeks for Ramadan. The decision to close all public and private schools in Bauchi, Katsina, Kano and Kebbi states further erodes an already hobbled educational system and threatens […]
Court Annuls Christian Woman’s Forced Marriage/Conversion
Ruling marks significant human rights victory in Pakistan.
March 17, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a significant legal victory against forced conversions/marriages in Pakistan, a civil court has annulled the marriage of a Christian woman who was given to a Muslim man as a child and coerced to convert to Islam and marry him, sources said. Bahawalpur Civil Judge Afzal Baig on […]
Herdsmen Kill One Christian, then Six Others in Nigeria
Herder who stabbed farmer to death returns with other assailants.
March 14, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Monday (March 10) killed at least six Christian villagers in central Nigeria after stabbing another to death the prior day because he objected to them grazing their cattle on his property, sources said. The assailants who invaded predominantly Christian Farin Dutse village, in Nasarawa state’s […]
Judge Implicated in Blasphemy Entrapment Ring Resigns
Lahore High Court justice cites 'personal reasons.'
March 13, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court judge in Pakistan resigned last week after a media report exposed his alleged close ties with a criminal gang falsely charging Christians and others with blasphemy, sources said. Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday (March 6) sent his resignation […]
Report Shows Increase in Anti-Christian Incidents in India
The 640 documented cases in 2024 are only a part of the actual total.
March 13, 2025 By - 1 Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in India suffered high levels of violence and discrimination in 2024, with 640 cases marking a continued increase over prior years, according to the Evangelical Fellowship of India’s Religious Liberty Commission (EFIRLC). The 640 incidents compared with 601 cases documented in 2023 and marked nearly a quadrupling of incidents […]
Death Sentence Upheld for Christian Defending against Attack
Farmer in Nigeria tried to ward off Fulani herdsmen.
March 12, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday (March 7) upheld the death sentence for a Christian who defended himself against an attack by Fulani herdsmen. Calling the ruling a “horrendous miscarriage of justice,” attorney and international human rights advocate Emmanuel Ogebe said in a press statement that the […]
Police Free Christian Girl from Kidnapper in Pakistan
12-year-old forcibly converted to Islam and coerced into sham marriage.
March 10, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 12-year-old Christian girl reunited with her parents last week after she was abducted two months prior by a Muslim neighbor who forcibly converted her to Islam and coerced her into marrying him, sources said. Saba Shafique was abducted by Muhammad Ali, 35, from outside her home in […]