Maria Shahbaz’s parents Shahbaz Masih and Erum Shahbaz with attorney Saqib Jillani and rights activist Safdar Chaudhry (R) at Federal Constitutional Court building. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) ISLAMABAD (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Friday (July 24) agreed to revisit its controversial ruling that upheld the marriage of a […]
Pastor Bernard Mulongo was slain near Mbale, Uganda on July 18, 2026. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – An imam who debated a pastor at an interfaith dialogue in Uganda is a suspect in the killing of the church leader after the event on Saturday (July 18), sources said. Bernard Mulongo, a 25-year-old […]
Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. (Screenshot from YouTube) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan has handed custody of a 16-year-old Christian girl to an unrelated Muslim woman after the minor was recovered from a Muslim accused of abducting, forcibly converting and marrying her, her family’s attorney said. The ruling came […]
Mahakaleshwar Temple, dedicated to Hindu god Shiva in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. (Ashverse, Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Six pastors and another Christian in India have begun serving their five-year prison sentences under an “anti-conversion” law, two years after they were falsely accused at a child’s birthday party, sources said. The Christians were […]
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 […]
International Christian Concern (ICC) has released its 2026 Global Persecution Index (GPI), offering an in-depth analysis of the persecution Christians face in more than 20 countries, including personal testimonies from believers, titled Faces of the Persecuted. The comprehensive report reveals what it means to follow Christ in each of these countries through in-depth analysis, relevant […]
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 […]