Muslim Attacks His Family and Demolishes Church Building

Muslim Attacks His Family and Demolishes Church Building

Fit for Jesus Evangelical Church building was demolished on Oct. 15, 2025 in Muguti village, Budaka District, Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda this month severely beat his wife and two children for putting their faith in Christ and demolished their church building, sources said. Hospitalized for […]

Moves to Curb Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Surface

Moves to Curb Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Surface

Faisalabad Police Chief Kamran Adil shows solidarity with Christians in Jaranwala, Pakistan on Aug. 16, 2024. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News)) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A massive crackdown on an Islamist religio-political party and a recent announcement by Pakistan’s law minister suggest authorities have resolved to make procedural changes to controversial blasphemy […]

Parents Deported from Sudan Reunited with Children

Parents Deported from Sudan Reunited with Children

Location of Upper Nile state, South Sudan. (Ivan25, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – South Sudanese children separated from their parents in deportations from the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, have been reunited with their families in South Sudan, according to media reports. At least 71 children have been reunited with their families in […]

Religious Favoritism, Discrimination Surface in Indonesia

Religious Favoritism, Discrimination Surface in Indonesia

Al-Khoziny Islamic Traditional Boarding School in Sawahan village, East Java Province, Indonesia collapsed on Sept. 29, 2025. (Screenshot from YouTube) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A job ad by a regional Religious Affairs Office in Indonesia discriminating against non-Muslims has been modified following objections, sources said. The Oct. 10 ad by the Tarakan Regency Ministry of Religious […]

Police in Pakistan Clash with Islamic Extremist Party

Police in Pakistan Clash with Islamic Extremist Party

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) members on Oct. 13, 2025 march in protest of Israeli-Hamas ceasefire. (Screenshot from YouTube News18) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christians in Pakistan expressed cautious relief after a massive crackdown last week on a Muslim extremist political party that has wreaked violence on Christians and other religious minorities. The Punjab […]

Sudan Separates, Deports South Sudanese Women and Children

Sudan Separates, Deports South Sudanese Women and Children

Sudan border with South Sudan. (Map data © 2025 Google) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudan last week deported more than 100 predominantly Christian, South Sudanese women from Khartoum in what critics say was for both religious and political reasons. At least 61 of the deported women were separated from their children, according […]

Doves or dollars? Forrest Frank says ‘no trophy for Jesus’ and sparks award show debate

Doves or dollars? Forrest Frank says ‘no trophy for Jesus’ and sparks award show debate

(FOX News) — Christian singer Forrest Frank said he will no longer attend music award shows — including this week’s GMA Dove Awards — citing a personal faith conviction about seeking worldly recognition. On Monday, ahead of the 56th annual GMA Dove Awards in Nashville, Tenn., Frank posted a video on social media explaining he would not […]

Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Slain after Ransom Payment

Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Slain after Ransom Payment

The Rev. James Audu Issa, ECWA pastor in Ekati, Kwara state, Nigeria, was found dead on Oct. 2, 2025. (ECWA church, Ekati) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani criminals in western Nigeria kidnapped and killed a Christian pastor despite receiving 5 million naira ($3,125 USD) in ransom, sources said. The Rev. James Audu […]

Wrongly Imprisoned Christian in Pakistan Dies after Release

Wrongly Imprisoned Christian in Pakistan Dies after Release

Zafar Bhatti with wife Nawab Bibi after his release from prison. (British Asian Christian Association) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A pastor acquitted of a false blasphemy charge after 13 years of languishing in prison tragically died two days after his release, a rights group said. Pastor Zafar Bhatti, 62-year-old founder of the […]

Christians in India Say Pastor’s ‘Accidental’ Death was Murder

Christians in India Say Pastor’s ‘Accidental’ Death was Murder

Pastor Praveen Pagadala was a well-known evangelist in southern India. (Morning Star News) HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – More than six months after police in southern India dismissed the death of a pastor as a road accident, Christians in the region say there is strong evidence the continually threatened evangelist was murdered. Pastor Praveen Pagadala’s […]