The 99-dome mosque in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. (Kementerian Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif Indonesia, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Indonesia on July 7 protested construction of a church building in South Sulawesi Province, falsely claiming it had not fulfilled legal requirements, sources said. The Muslims also baselessly accused the church […]

Maria Shahbaz’s parents with rights activist Safdar Chaudhry after federal court ruling on Feb. 3, 2026. (Facebook) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – After multiple legal setbacks, relatives of a Christian girl who was forcibly converted to Islam and married to her Muslim kidnapper are hoping Pakistan’s highest constitutional court will revisit a controversial […]

Street in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland. Clay Gilliland, Creative Commons NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a father of five in Somaliland who recently became a Christian poisoned him to death this month for converting, sources said. Sharif Ali came to faith in Christ in April in an undisclosed town in Somaliland, a […]

Document signed by Muslim clerics pardoning family of Pastor Sajeel Robin. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – More than two dozen Christian families were forced to flee their homes in Pakistan last week after allegations of blasphemy against a pastor living in the United States triggered fears of mob […]

Uwem Cosmos, national general director of the Scripture Union of Nigeria. (Scripture Union of Nigeria) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Three weeks after the kidnapping of Scripture Union Nigeria’s national general director in southeast Nigeria, he and seven other fellowship leaders remain missing, according to reports. Gunmen abducted Uwem Cosmos and the seven others […]

Pastor Prakash Singh (L), Pastor Puran Shafri (center) and Jatinder Masih Gaurav of the Punjab State Minority Commission. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The wife of a pastor falsely named in a criminal case in India this week sought the arrest of a Sikh man suspected of setting their church […]

Nadeem Masih and wife Nadia Nadeem plead for recover of daughter Amber Nadeem. (Screenshot from video) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has ordered a medical examination to determine the age of a Christian girl abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim, sources said. Amber Nadeem, 13, […]

Christian woman attacked in Sadrapal village, Chhattisgarh state, on May 31, 2026. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Nine tribal people in India have been released on bail after they sent 13 Christians to the hospital with severe injuries, sources said. The followers of traditional tribal religion were released on bail on June […]

The Rev. Markus Nyam, killed by Fulani terrorists in Kawel village, Plateau state, Nigeria on June 22, 2026. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen guided toward Christian leaders on Monday (June 22) killed 28 Christians, including a pastor, in a raid on a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The Fulani […]

Great Mosque of Central Java. (Chris Woodrich, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims on June 11 protested a second time against plans for a church building in Central Java, Indonesia, sources said. Citing lack of construction permits, few Christians in the area and fear of proselytizing, the Muslims spread banners rejecting the plans […]