Great Mosque of Central Java, Indonesia. (Chris Woodrich, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Christian organization in Indonesia is appealing a decision to revoke its construction permits, asserting the revocations were unlawful, sources said. The Surakarta Blessed Family Foundation (YKAS), an affiliate of the Bethel Indonesia Church, filed the administrative appeal against the […]

Tribal villagers attack Rajman Salam’s house and church in Bedetevda village, Chhattisgarh state, India on Dec. 18, 2025. (Morning Star News screenshot). NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Officials in India exhumed the body of a tribal man without his sons’ consent after villagers attacked Christians for burying it on land of Christian relatives, arguing that […]

Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. (Screenshot from YouTube) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – After multiple setbacks for a Christian family in Pakistan striving to recover their forcibly married/converted 13-year-old daughter, a federal court on Friday (Jan. 9) ordered police to find and present her and the Muslim who kidnapped her, sources said. A […]

Kano State Hisbah Board headquarters in Kano state, Nigeria. (Usmanmaifada, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim police force in Kano state, Nigeria is holding a 15-year-old Christian girl missing since Dec. 1 amid fears that she may be forcefully converted to Islam, sources said. Pastor Kabiru Usman said he discovered that […]

Ochi Igbade, one of the four Christians killed in attack on Otobi Akpa village, Benue state, Nigeria on Jan. 12, 2026. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in Benue state, Nigeria killed four Christians on Monday (Jan. 12) and nine others on Jan. 5-6, sources said. In Otobi Akpa village, Otukpo County, […]

Muhammad Farhan, mayor of Bandung City, affirmed the GRII church’s right to worship. (Kota Bandung, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in West Java, Indonesia demonstrated against a Christian revival worship service on Jan. 6 attended by a staff member of an official in the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Carrying banners and a […]

Location of Taraba state, Nigeria. (Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in eastern Nigeria killed 10 Christians in four villages on Saturday night (Jan. 10) and into the predawn hours of Sunday, sources said. The assailants attacked the predominantly Christian villages of Iornem, Kyahar, Uhula and Samgambe in Taraba […]

Location of Ajuang Thok Refugee Camp in South Sudan. (Map data © 2026 Google) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Muslim family of an 18-year-old Sudanese refugee in the northern border region of South Sudan on Thursday evening (Jan. 8) expelled her from their home for her faith in Christ, sources said. Amona Ibrahim […]

Muslims attacked Pastor Joseph Kanooni in Kaliro, Uganda on Dec. 21, 2025. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Five Muslims wielding sharp objects attacked a pastor in eastern Uganda on Dec. 21, seriously injuring him, sources said. Pastor Joseph Kanooni of Revival Mission Centre Church was attacked in Kaliro at about 6 p.m. […]

Christians killed in drone strike in South Kordofan, Sudan on Dec. 25, 2025. (Splmn.net) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) drone strike on Dec. 25 killed at least 11 Christians on their way to Christmas celebrations in South Kordofan state, Sudan, sources said. At least 18 other people were seriously […]