Location of North Sumatra Province, Indonesia (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Police on Thursday (Oct. 17) arrested a Christian for comments he made about Islam on social media that had led hundreds of angry Muslims to besiege his home, according to local reports. The Muslim mob surrounded the home of florist Rudi […]

Destroyed home of Christian assaulted on outskirts of Kismayo, Somalia in May 2024. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A convert from Islam in Somalia who was attacked in May and July was again assaulted on Oct. 5 after Muslim relatives suspected him of leading Christian prayer meetings, he said. Mohammad Abdul was […]

Adam Smith-Connor was convicted of breaching U.K. “buffer zone” with prayer. (ADF International) LONDON – A British army veteran who served in Afghanistan was found guilty today (Oct. 16) for praying silently near an abortion clinic in England. Adam Smith-Connor breached a Public Spaces Protection Order by this action, according to the ruling at Poole […]

Location of Gezira state in Sudan. (Map data © Google 2024) (Christian Daily International) – Christians in Sudan are caught between two fighting factions, with each military group accusing them of siding with the other, an advocacy group said. In Gezira state southeast of Khartoum, where rebel militants of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are […]

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 two Christians in central Nigeria’s Benue state on Wednesday (Oct. 9) and two others in another part of the state on Oct. 3, local sources said. In northeastern […]

Greg Scarlatoiu, executive director of the HRNK, addresses USCIRF hearing on North Korea on Sept. 26, 2024 by video link. (Christian Daily International screenshot of USCIRF video)) (Christian Daily International) – China has subjected hundreds of North Koreans to atrocities since last year by forcibly returning them to a country whose leaders hold that religion, […]

Location of Benue state, Nigeria. (Profoss, derived from original by Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (Oct. 1), attacked a predominantly Christian village in central Nigeria, killing seven people, area residents said. The herdsmen raided Egwuma village, Agatu County, Benue state at about 5 p.m., said […]

Samsoon Javed, forced to convert and held by Muslim employers in Sheikhupura District, Punjab Province, Pakistan, her mother says. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslim employers of a 17-year-old Christian who works at their gas company in Pakistan have forcibly converted him to Islam and […]

Shrine of Shah Cheragh in Shiraz, Iran. (Herbert Karim Masihi) LONDON (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman held without charges in Iran since Sept. 9 wept uncontrollably during the five minutes her mother was allowed to visit her on Monday (Sept. 30), a relative said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested Mojdeh Falahi, 36, […]

Kadish Kenneth Gbiang, one of six Christians killed on Sept. 15, 2024 in Bokkos County, Plateau state, Nigeria. (David Zino, Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian on Thursday (Sept. 26) in one area of Plateau state after the killing of eight others on Sept. 15 in another part […]