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, […]
Jinja, Uganda. (Ilona1001, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a man in eastern Uganda who accepted Christ in March cut off his hands on April 17 in an attack over his new faith, sources said. Kalegeya Faruku, 40, was recovering from severe injuries after the attack at about 7 p.m. at […]
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan. (Romero Maia, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Pakistan court on Wednesday (May 6) rejected the official birth record of a Christian girl allegedly forced to convert to Islam and ordered a medical exam to determine her age, according to the family’s lawyer. Supreme Court attorney Saqib […]
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) – In attacks on three villages over two weeks, Fulani herdsmen killed 11 Christians and injured five others in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria. On Sunday (May 3), Fulanis killed five Christians […]
Pastor Novel Pangemanan in video call with rights group about April 14, 2026 halt to construction of prayer house in Kappuna village, North Luwu Regency, Indonesia. (Screenshot from Tanparagi video) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Local officials in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia on April 14 halted construction of a prayer house due to protest banners […]