Rhoda Jatau with ADF International attorney Sean Nelson. (ADF International) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian mother of five children in Nigeria who spent 19 months in jail on baseless blasphemy charges was acquitted last week, according to legal advocacy group ADF International. Rhoda Jatau was imprisoned in Bauchi state in May […]

Sudanese family at Gorom Refugee Settlement in South Sudan in July 2023. (Manyang David Mayar, VOA) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese refugee in South Sudan who suffered a knife attack by her Muslim husband four months ago for converting to Christianity faces daily pressure to renounce her faith, sources said. Halima Mohammed […]

Location of West Java Province, Indonesia. (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Indonesia on Sunday (Dec. 8) prevented Christians from holding a Christmas service at a pastor’s home, sources said. At the Cipta Graha Permai housing complex on Tegar Beriman street in Cibinong, West Java Province, Muslim residents blocked the road to […]

Woman in traditional attire in Bokkos LGA, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Dotun55, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani terrorists killed a Christian in Plateau state, Nigeria on Dec. 1 after prior attacks in the state left 18 other Christians dead, sources said. A band of six gunmen “believed to be Fulani […]

Fulani herdsman in north-central Nigeria in screenshot from video obtained by Morning Star News. (Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed 48 Christians in central Nigeria’s Benue state between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, sources said. The gunmen killed 18 Christians, including women and children, who were on their […]

Entrance and exit, Nasarawa state, Nigeria. (Kambai Akau, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked villages in central Nigeria on Sunday (Dec. 1) and the days prior, killing two Christians, wounding another and kidnapping a pastor among others, sources said. Barnabas Para was killed in Gwanje village, Akwanga County, Nasarawa […]

Sufyan Masih (L) with parents and counsel after court hearing in Punjab Province, Pakistan. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star New) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A judge in Pakistan has overturned a verdict that denied a Christian’s effort to correct his name and religion on his national identity card as he was a victim […]

Sheikhupura Fort, built in 1607 in Sheikhupura city, Pakistan. (Bhaur, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A pastor and his family have gone into hiding after a Muslim neighbor who raped his 14-year-old daughter tried to kidnap her and force her to convert to Islam and marry her, he said. The daughter […]

Apostasy laws worldwide. (RLoutfy, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim teacher at an Islamic school in eastern Uganda who became a Christian on Oct. 4 was killed on Oct. 21, area sources said. Wanjala Hamidu was a teacher at Swidiki Islamic School in Nankoma, Bugiri District, four kilometers from his home in […]

Maj.-Gen. Zamani Lekwot released book on 1992 religious violence. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A former Army general in Nigeria said his death sentence following riots more than 30 years ago was the result of Muslim military leaders controlling a sham tribunal. Maj.-Gen. Zamani Lekwot, a Christian, spoke […]