Rasheed Masih in handcuffs on blasphemy charges in Okara District, Punjab Province, Pakistan. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian in Pakistan with mental health issues has been arrested and charged under blasphemy, terrorism and sedition laws, sources said. Police arrested Rasheed Masih, 48, on Aug. 6 and […]

Funeral for one of nine Christians killed in Wereng village, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Celine Ntyang for Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani assailants and other terrorists in Nigeria killed nine Christians in Plateau state and a pastor in Kaduna state in the past week, sources said. In the […]

Location of Rajasthan state, India. (Filpro, Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When a Hindu extremist mob assaulted Christian men, women and children during a church service in India in late September, police jailed the pastor and charged him and four other Christians, sources said. In Rajasthan state’s Hanumangarh District, several Hindu women intruded […]

Location of Rajasthan state, India. (Filpro, Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When a Hindu extremist mob assaulted Christian men, women and children during a church service in India in late September, police jailed the pastor and charged him and four other Christians, sources said. In Rajasthan state’s Hanumangarh District, several Hindu women intruded […]

Early sixth century Dashavatara Hindu temple in Deogarh, Lalitpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India. (byron aihara, Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – India’s Supreme Court on Oct. 17 quashed all criminal proceedings against Christians falsely accused of mass religious conversions, delivering a scathing rebuke to authorities for using the criminal justice system as a “tool […]

The Rev. Daud Fudul Kachu of Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Atbara, River Nile state, Sudan. (Morning Star News) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In an apparent attempt by a Muslim businessman in Sudan to seize church property, police on Tuesday evening (Oct. 28) arrested and jailed overnight a pastor in River Nile state, […]

Great Mosque of Palembang, South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. (fitri agung, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Muslims on Sumatra Island, Indonesia on Oct. 14 protested against construction of a church building based on the area being predominantly Muslim, according to various sources. The protestors in Palembang, capital of South Sumatra Province, also […]

Fit for Jesus Evangelical Church building was demolished on Oct. 15, 2025 in Muguti village, Budaka District, Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda this month severely beat his wife and two children for putting their faith in Christ and demolished their church building, sources said. Hospitalized for […]

Faisalabad Police Chief Kamran Adil shows solidarity with Christians in Jaranwala, Pakistan on Aug. 16, 2024. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News)) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A massive crackdown on an Islamist religio-political party and a recent announcement by Pakistan’s law minister suggest authorities have resolved to make procedural changes to controversial blasphemy […]

Location of Upper Nile state, South Sudan. (Ivan25, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – South Sudanese children separated from their parents in deportations from the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, have been reunited with their families in South Sudan, according to media reports. At least 71 children have been reunited with their families in […]