Location of Plateau state, Nigeria. (Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Thursday (Nov. 30) killed seven Christians in attacks on two villages in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The assailants attacked Puka and Dinter villages in Mangu County at about 1 a.m., said Yohanna Markus of […]

Oluwakemi Moses, slain in Taraba state, Nigeria on Nov. 17, 2023. (Courtesy of family for Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A funeral was held in southwest Nigeria on Saturday (Nov. 25) for a pastor’s wife shot to death in Taraba state a week earlier, sources said. Oluwakemi Moses, wife of a Redeemed […]

Haroon Shahzad (right) with attorney Aneeqa Maria. (The Voice Society for Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan this month granted bail to a Christian falsely charged with blasphemy, but he and his family have separated and gone into hiding amid threats to their lives, sources said. Haroon Shahzad, 45, […]

Location of Taraba state, Nigeria. (Derivative work Profoss, original Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Friday (Nov. 24) attacked villages in Taraba state, Nigeria, killing at least 10 Christians, sources said. The assailants attacked an area from the Yangtu Special Development Area near Takum to […]

Farhan Ul Qamar was killed in Talwandi Inayat Khan village, Pakistan on Nov. 9, 2023. (Morning Star News courtesy of family). LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The father of a 20-year-old Christian who was gunned down in Pakistan this month said the confessed killer was driven by a strong hatred for Christians and Jews. Farhan […]

Musa Kirongosa received hospital treatment for five days after hardline Muslims beat him in eastern Uganda on Nov. 13, 2023. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two Christians in eastern Uganda were hospitalized after hardline Muslims beat them for their presentation at a religious dialogue, one of the victims said. Musa Kirongosa, 32, […]

The Rev. Joshua Amako Maraya of an ECWA church in Damakasuwa, Kaduna state, Nigeria, was killed on Nov. 17, 2023. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed assailants in Kaduna state, Nigeria on Friday (Nov. 17) killed a pastor and kidnapped his wife, sources said. The Rev. Joshua Amako Maraya of the Evangelical Church Winning […]

Damage to Gulberg Presbyterian Church building, burned in Lahore, Pakistan on Nov 16, 2023. (Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Christians in Lahore, Pakistan were shocked to learn on Saturday (Nov. 18) that a church elder confessed to setting fire to their worship structure after initially blaming it on a Muslim extremist group, […]

Farhan Ul Qamar was killed on Nov. 9, 2023. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim gunned down a 20-year-old Christian in Pakistan on Nov. 9, the latest case of a religious minority victimized for unknown reasons with police slow to act, sources said. In Talwandi Inayat Khan village, […]

The Rev. David Musa of the ECWA in Obajana, Kogi state, Nigeria was killed on Nov. 14, 2023. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pastor kidnapped on Saturday (Nov. 11) in Nigeria’s central state of Kogi was killed on Tuesday (Nov. 14) after church members paid a ransom for his release, sources said. The […]