SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Muslims from various Islamic groups last week protested the presence of two evangelists at a major gospel event in Indonesia’s Central Sulewesi Province, according to local reports. After protests on Jan. 17 and Jan. 24, Islamic groups again took to the streets in the provincial capital of Palu […]
Muslims in Indonesia Protest Evangelists at Gospel Event
Islamists object to campaign as threat to ‘security and harmony.’
February 4, 2025 By -
Christian in Somalia Loses Voice in Attack by Wife
In-laws demand divorce from father of four.
February 3, 2025 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian convert from Islam in Somalia has lost his speech after his Muslim wife hit him with a heavy metallic object for practicing his faith, sources said. In a town in Somalia’s Lower Juba Region undisclosed for security reasons, 35-year-old Abdulai Ramadan suffered the attack on Jan. 20 after […]
EU Issues Warning to Pakistan about Human Rights
Preferential trade status could be in jeopardy.
January 31, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s preferential trade status could be jeopardized if it does not address human rights concerns, including controversial blasphemy laws, forced marriages/conversions of minority girls and freedom of religion, a European Union (EU) delegation said on Friday (Jan. 31). The delegation led by EU Special Representative on Human Rights […]
Mentally Challenged Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy
Muslim, police file case despite knowing his condition.
January 29, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan this week arrested a mentally challenged Christian on blasphemy charges despite being aware of his condition, sources said. In Sahiwal, Punjab Province, Ghala Mandi police on Monday (Jan. 26) arrested Farhan Javed Masih, 28, after a local villager, Muhammad Bilal Khan, accused him of speaking […]
Displaced Christians in Sudan Sentenced to Prison
Rights advocates say they were targeted with false charges.
January 28, 2025 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan has sentenced seven Christians to prison terms of five and seven years on false charges of theft, sources said. The displaced Christians in Shendi, River Nile state, who had been tortured by Military Intelligence agents after they were arrested on Jan. 14, are now serving […]
Christian Brothers in Pakistan Acquitted of Blasphemy
Defense shows evidence was fabricated, attorney says.
January 27, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (Jan. 25) acquitted Christian twin brothers of a false blasphemy accusation as the prosecution failed to prove charges against them, their attorney said. Kasur Additional Sessions Judge Farzana Shahzad ordered that 18-year-olds Sahil Shahid (known as Kalu) and Raheel Shahid (known as […]
Authorities in Sudan Arrest, Torture Seven Displaced Christians
Military Intelligence falsely accuses them of theft, sources say.
January 24, 2025 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Intelligence agents of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Jan. 14 arrested and tortured at least seven Christians in Shendi, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of Khartoum, sources said. The members of the Sudanese Church of Christ had sought refuge in areas controlled by the SAF from the […]
Prison Terms for Christians in Iran Shot Up in 2024, Group Says
Report on sham judiciary released as regime faces international review.
January 22, 2025 By -
LONDON (Morning Star News) – Bent on suppressing Christianity in Iran, Islamic courts handed down six times more prison time to persecuted Christians in 2024 than the previous year, according to advocacy group Article 18. Iranian courts last year sentenced 96 Christians across the country to 263 years in prison for practicing their faith – compared […]
Five Muslims Abduct Christian Girl, 14, in Pakistan
Family fears she is forcibly converted to Islam for ‘marriage.’
January 21, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Five Muslims on Jan. 9 abducted a 14-year-old Christian girl from outside her home in Pakistan, her father said. Sharif Masih, of the Korpur area of Sialkot, Punjab Province, said he fears the kidnappers may try to forcibly convert his daughter, Saneha Sharif, to Islam and force her […]
Christian Woman Miscarries after Assault in India
Village head and family assault her on expectation she would pray for relative.
January 20, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in central India suffered a miscarriage this month after tribal relatives who practice traditional religion beat and strangled her, sources said. Kunika Kashyap was more than six weeks pregnant when she was admitted to Government District Hospital-Maharani in Jagdalpur, Bastar District, Chhattisgarh state in serious condition on […]