Maryam Asif Masih, 13, was abducted in Vehari District, Pakistan on April 23, 2026, her mother says. (Courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christian relatives of a 13-year-old girl in Pakistan allegedly abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married to an older Muslim man fear she could be trafficked, as they […]
Borno state Gov. Babagana Umara Zulum. (BScar23625, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (June 16) killed five Christians in a mining site Plateau state, central Nigeria, sources said. The five Christians were working at a mining site in the Gero area of Gyel village, in Jos South Local […]
Location of Riyom County, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors 2026) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen Wednesday through Friday (June 10-12) killed four Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. Herdsmen attacked Torok village, Riyom County, on Friday (June 12), said resident Danladi Fom. “Torok village, a predominantly Christian community, […]
Location of Lower Juba Region, Somalia. (Map data © 2026 Google) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 22-year-old woman is recovering from serious injuries in a hospital in Somalia’s Lower Juba Region after Muslim relatives beat her for putting her faith in Christ, sources said. Sofia Ahmed suffered a broken nose and significant loss of […]
Muslims stop Prosperous Mission Church (GMS) service in Panggungharjo village, Bantul Regency, Special Capital Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia on May 24, 2026. (Screenshot from video on Facebook) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob in Indonesia led by members of the Islamic extremist Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) on Sunday (May 24) stopped a church […]
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Hindu nationalist organization widely regarded as the ideological backbone of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has launched an international outreach campaign aimed at countering growing criticism over its role in religious persecution and sectarian violence. According to a recent Reuters report, RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale confirmed that […]
Location of Kwara state, Nigeria. (Himalayan Explorer based on work by Uwe Dedering) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Gunmen on Saturday night (May 23) killed three Christians and kidnapped 15 others in an attack on a church prayer vigil in western Nigeria’s Kwara state, sources said. The attacked occurred in Ori-Oke Ajaiye, on the […]
Location of Sironko District, Uganda. (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Jarry1250, NordNordWest-Wikipedia) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim in-laws of a recent convert to Christianity in eastern Uganda on May 2 lured him to their home and beat him unconscious after learning that he had left Islam, he said. Ochora Awali, a 28-year-old father of one child, […]
Jia Liaqat. (Photo courtesy of Albert Patras) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian family in Pakistan accused police of failing to recover their 16-year-old daughter after they said she was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married online to a Muslim in the United Arab Emirates. Liaqat Masih of Chak No. 505/WB […]
Funeral for the Rev. Ayuba Choji, wife Chundung Choji and his two children, Cyril and Endurance, killed in Rim area of Plateau state on April 26, 2026. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Slaughters of Christians continued in Plateau state, Nigeria on Friday (May 8) as Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Bassa County, […]