Panel Ordered for Investigating Blasphemy Law Abuse in Pakistan

Panel Ordered for Investigating Blasphemy Law Abuse in Pakistan

Sahil Shahid and Raheel Shahid (in white shirt) after acquittal of blasphemy charges on Jan. 25, 2025. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In what attorneys in Pakistan termed a “huge ray of hope,” a federal high court on Tuesday (July 15) directed the government to form an inquiry […]

Protests over Church Construction in Indonesia despite Permits

Protests over Church Construction in Indonesia despite Permits

Dian Al Mahri mosque in Depok, West Java, Indonesia. (Alamnirvana, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Muslims in Indonesia on July 5 protested the construction of a church building in West Java Province, local media reported. In Kalibaru village, Depok City, Cilodong District, local residents shouting for construction to be halted displayed two large […]

Sudan Destroys Church Building in Khartoum North

Sudan Destroys Church Building in Khartoum North

Church bulding demolished in Khartoum North, Sudan on July 8, 2025. (CSW) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan on July 8 demolished a church complex in Khartoum North, sources said. With no prior warning, bulldozers and trucked accompanied by police and armed forces personnel arrived at the compound of the Pentecostal Church […]

Fulanis Kill Five Christians, Kidnap 110 Others in Northwest Nigeria

Fulanis Kill Five Christians, Kidnap 110 Others in Northwest Nigeria

Remains of home set aflame in Unguwar Rogo village, Kajuru County, Nigeria, on Jan. 1, 2025. (Facebook Kaduna Political Affairs) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Friday (July 11) killed five Christians and wounded three others in an area of northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state where at least 110 others have been […]

Muslim Who Raped Christian Girl Receives Life Sentence

Muslim Who Raped Christian Girl Receives Life Sentence

Attorney Hanif Hameed (L) with rape victim’s father, Razzaq Masih, after court verdict on July 9, 2025. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A judge on Wednesday (July 9) handed a life sentence to a Muslim found guilty of abducting and raping a Christian girl but ignored accusations of […]

Fulani Herdsmen Kill, Kidnap Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Fulani Herdsmen Kill, Kidnap Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Stephen Alhassan, chased down and executed by Fulani assailants in Kajuru County, Kaduna state, Nigeria on June 6, 2025. (Alhaji Ishaya Onussim) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked two villages in Kaduna state, Nigeria on Monday (July 7), killing two Christians and wounding three others, after terrorizing villagers in another area […]

Pastor, Worshipper Gunned Down in Northwest Nigeria

Pastor, Worshipper Gunned Down in Northwest Nigeria

The Rev. Emmanuel Na’allah Auta was shot to death in Bege Baptist Church service in Yaribori, Katsina state, Nigeria on Juy 7, 2025. (Darius Musa, CAN Secretary Katsina) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – During an evening worship service on Monday (July 7), suspected Islamic extremists gunned down a Baptist pastor and another worshipper […]

After Massacre, Nigeria’s Benue, Plateau States Attacked Anew

After Massacre, Nigeria’s Benue, Plateau States Attacked Anew

Villagers protest massacre in Yelwata, Guma County, Benue state, Nigeria in mid-June 2025. (Screenshot from Channels Television report on YouTube) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Less than three weeks after a large-scale massacre in Benue state’s predominantly Christian Yelwata village in Nigeria, four Christians were slain in the same county, sources said. “Four […]

Church Members in India Fear Attending Worship after Assault

Church Members in India Fear Attending Worship after Assault

Chairs smashed in attack on church in Borsi village, Dhamtari District, Chattisgarh, India on June 8, 2025. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in central India on June 8 ransacked a church’s worship building, burned Bibles and assaulted every member, causing one to lose consciousness, sources said. In Chhattisgarh state’s Dhamtari […]

Fate of Christian Refugees India Cast into Sea Still Unknown

Fate of Christian Refugees India Cast into Sea Still Unknown

Rohingya Christian refugee John Anwar was detained on May 6, 2025. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Relatives of ethnic Rohingya Christian refugees cast into the sea by India’s navy have yet to hear from them nearly two months after the cast-offs swam ashore to their native Myanmar (Burma). “If someone could just […]

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