Plateau state Gov. Caleb Mutfwang. (Screenshot from Arise News interview on YouTube) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed more than 30 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria in the past month, sources said. The latest attack in Mangu County took place on Saturday (Sept. 5), where three Christians were […]

Body of Saba Mehboob after Sept. 3, 2026 shooting. (Tariq Chaman for Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A married, 21-year-old Christian woman was shot dead inside her home in Rawalpindi last week by a Muslim neighbor whose advances she had rejected, reflecting an attitude among many Pakistan Muslims […]

EU Ambassador to Pakistan Raimundas Karoblis. (Screenshot from Voicepk.net podcast) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s continued access to a lucrative European Union trade preference could be jeopardized if Islamabad fails to demonstrate meaningful progress in protecting human rights, including the rights of religious minorities, the EU ambassador to Pakistan warned. Raimundas Karoblis […]

Kibirige Abumusa after sons beat him on Aug. 9, 2026 for accepting Christ in Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 52-year-old Christian in eastern Uganda was recovering from injuries after his Muslim sons attacked him for leaving Islam, sources said. In Nakalama village, Iganga Town Council, Kibirige Abumusa returned home on […]

Maria Shahbaz’s parents Shahbaz Masih and Erum Shahbaz with attorney Saqib Jillani and rights activist Safdar Chaudhry at Federal Constitutional Court building. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christian leaders and attorneys this week welcomed a Lahore High Court (LHC) ruling that says living in a marital relationship with […]

Blasphemy laws were among oppressive measures opposed in protest in Faisalabad, Pakistan on National Minorities Day on Aug. 11, 2026. (Minorities Alliance Pakistan) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – One Christian in Pakistan was arrested and charged with blasphemy on Saturday (Aug. 29) and another faced the same accusation on Aug. 11 under laws […]

Minorities Alliance Pakistan’s Akmal Bhatti speaks alongside other rights advocates and Nadia Nadeem at press conference on Aug. 29, 2026. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christian rights advocates on Saturday (Aug. 29) condemned a Pakistani court’s decision to give custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a Muslim […]

Neha Faqir (R) in Islamic dress on way to court in Lahore, Pakistan. (CSI) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Members of the U.S. Congress have urged the Pakistani government to take steps to protect an 18-year-old Christian woman who her family says was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam. In an Aug. 20 […]

Al-Akbar National Mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (Lasthib, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslim residents of a village in East Java Province, Indonesia have pressured officials into halting a church’s use of its building, claiming worship services there could cause social tension, sources said. The church held worship services in a […]

Location of Afmadow District in Somalia. (SandMan25, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in Somalia on Saturday (Aug. 15) beat a mother of eight children unconscious after learning she had converted from Islam to Christianity, sources said. A former member of an underground Christian fellowship who returned to Islam, Fatuma Osman, directed […]