Location of Toba Tek Singh District in Pakistan. (Imagery © 2024 TerraMetrics, Map data © 2024 Google) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Pakistan has been arrested and charged with blasphemy after a Muslim prayer leader accused her of burning passages of Islamic scripture, sources said. Gojra Saddar police in […]
Akash Karamat has been in jail on blasphemy charges in Pakistan since Aug. 27, 2023. (Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 17-year-old Christian who has been incarcerated for 16 months for charges in three blasphemy cases will spend Christmas in jail, but he obtained bail in one of the cases, […]
Baptist church building bombed in Al-Azba area in Khartoum North, Sudan on Dec. 20, 2024. (Morning Star News) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Another church building was targeted in Sudan on Friday (Dec. 20) in an air strike by the Sudanese Air Force (SAF) that also destroyed at least five houses of civilians, the […]
Rhoda Jatau with ADF International attorney Sean Nelson. (ADF International) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian mother of five children in Nigeria who spent 19 months in jail on baseless blasphemy charges was acquitted last week, according to legal advocacy group ADF International. Rhoda Jatau was imprisoned in Bauchi state in May […]
Sudanese family at Gorom Refugee Settlement in South Sudan in July 2023. (Manyang David Mayar, VOA) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese refugee in South Sudan who suffered a knife attack by her Muslim husband four months ago for converting to Christianity faces daily pressure to renounce her faith, sources said. Halima Mohammed […]
Location of West Java Province, Indonesia. (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Indonesia on Sunday (Dec. 8) prevented Christians from holding a Christmas service at a pastor’s home, sources said. At the Cipta Graha Permai housing complex on Tegar Beriman street in Cibinong, West Java Province, Muslim residents blocked the road to […]
Woman in traditional attire in Bokkos LGA, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Dotun55, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani terrorists killed a Christian in Plateau state, Nigeria on Dec. 1 after prior attacks in the state left 18 other Christians dead, sources said. A band of six gunmen “believed to be Fulani […]
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 48 Christians in central Nigeria’s Benue state between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, sources said. The gunmen killed 18 Christians, including women and children, who were on their […]
12/5/2024 Algeria (International Christian Concern) — Suleiman Bouhafs, an Algerian Christian convert, gained his freedom from prison on Sept. 1 after serving three years for blasphemy against Islam and alleged ties to terrorism. Bouhafs has denied the terrorism allegations. A judge remanded Bouhafs to prison on Sept. 1, 2021, based on several allegations, including “insulting […]
Entrance and exit, Nasarawa state, Nigeria. (Kambai Akau, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked villages in central Nigeria on Sunday (Dec. 1) and the days prior, killing two Christians, wounding another and kidnapping a pastor among others, sources said. Barnabas Para was killed in Gwanje village, Akwanga County, Nasarawa […]