Rwadari Tehreek Chairman Samson Salamat addresses sit-in demonstration in Jaranwala marking two years since Aug 16, 2023 attacks on Christians in the area. (Victims Committee photo for Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Two years after Islamist attacks on Christians in the Jaranwala area in Punjab Province, Pakistan, hopes […]
Mosque in the desert town of Ghadames, Libya. (Roberdan, Creative Commons) (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Amnesty International this week called for annulment of the convictions of 11 Christians in Libya sentenced to prison under charges ranging from “insulting Islam” to calling for changes in principles of the constitution by promoting Christianity. The trials […]
Minorities Rights March in Karachi, Pakistan on Aug. 10, 2025. (Minorities Rights March Facebook) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – On the eve of Pakistan’s annual National Minorities Day, a human rights advocate on Sunday (Aug. 10) called on parliament to address an alarming increase in false blasphemy allegations. With most rallies and seminars […]
Changing religion on ID cards through NADRA in Pakistan is not allowed for converts from Islam. (Screenshot from My Urdu World on YouTube) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a rare development, a high court in Pakistan last month ordered the government to issue a new identity card reflecting a woman’s conversion from […]
Christians in Nigeria continue to ask why the Nigerian military does not protect them. (U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Castellano, public domain) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Monday morning (Aug. 4) killed a Christian woman in a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, the latest of 17 Christians slain in […]
Shiva temple in Deobaloda, Durg District, Chhattisgarh state, India. (Abhi91m, Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Five of six pastors jailed in central-eastern India on July 20 after false allegations of forcible conversion were assaulted in custody so severely they have laceration scars, sources said. Pastor Moses Logan of Bhilai, Durg District, Chhattisgarh state […]
Attack on prayer house in Padang Sarai village, Padang City, West Sumatra Province, Indonesia on July 27, 2025. (Screenshot from video on Facebook) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – As police officers looked on, a group of Muslims on Sunday (July 27) stormed a prayer house in Indonesia, injuring two children, sources said. The Muslims shouted the […]
Shamraiz Masih, 14, of Sultan Town, Sargodha, Pakistan, was forcibly converted to Islam by his Muslim employer on July 21, 2025. (CDI-MSN courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Muslim employer of a Christian boy forcibly converted him to Islam and is keeping him in his illegal custody, the family’s attorney […]
Sukra Madi was beaten for his faith on June 21, 2025 in Kotamateru village, Malkangiri District, Odisha state, India. (Manglu Madi for Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The father of one of 20 pastors ambushed in eastern India last month was soaked in blood from the attack as he told his son, […]
Coffins of 27 Christians slain in Bindi, Plateau state, Nigeria on July 15, 2025 on truck for procession. (Screenshot from TVC New report) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Residents in Plateau state, Nigeria on Friday (July 25) held a funeral procession for 27 Christians massacred in one village 10 days earlier despite warning […]