Shahzad Masih and wife Shama Bibi were burned alive in 2014 after being attacked by a Muslim mob over a false blasphemy accusation. (Morning Star News photo courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday (Aug. 13) provided details on the July 9 acquittal of three Muslims sentenced […]
Burial service for Christian youth leader Filibus Usman Kuje on Aug. 10, 2026 in Amaha village, Kokona County, Nasarawa state, Nigeria. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen have killed 16 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria since Aug. 2, in addition to slaughters in two other states, sources […]
Pastor Dedi Saputra was sentenced to prison in July 2026 under Indonesia’s blasphemy law. (USCIRF) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Christian pastor has been sentenced to prison for two years for violating Indonesia’s law against blasphemy and hate speech in a case that has drawn scrutiny over the speed of his arrest and trial. […]
In one study, the average age of girls forced to marry and convert to Islam in Pakistan was 12.8 years old, according to Jubilee Campaign. (Screenshot from Black Stone documentary) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Aneeqa Ishaq, a 16-year-old Christian girl in Lahore, Pakistan, took a job as a restaurant cashier for her […]
Sealing of Tafath church in Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria on Oct. 16, 2019. (Morning-Star News) (Morning Star News) – Following Algeria’s closure of nearly all evangelical churches in waves of repression that began in 2017, Christians have been forced underground in what they describe as an internal exile, sources said. Christians in the 99-percent Muslim country gather […]
Nadeem Masih and wife Nadia Nadeem plead for recovery of daughter Amber Nadeem. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News screenshot from video) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (July 25) handed custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to the Muslim accused of abducting her, forcibly converting her to Islam […]
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 […]