The Rev. Ezekiel, ECWA pastor slain on Jan. 30, 2025 in Kwassam village, southern Kaduna state, Nigeria. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday (Feb. 5) killed three Christians in Kaduna state, a week after three others were slain in the same area, sources said. The assailants killed one […]
Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo fled persecution in Yemen. (ADF International) LONDON (Morning Star News) – Two Christian converts from Islam who were locked in an Egyptian prison and held for three years without trial have been released, religious rights advocates said. Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo and Nour Girgis were released on Jan. 25. Both had been held in […]
Peter Youngren at prior evangelistic event in Indonesia. (World Impact Ministries) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Muslims from various Islamic groups last week protested the presence of two evangelists at a major gospel event in Indonesia’s Central Sulewesi Province, according to local reports. After protests on Jan. 17 and Jan. 24, Islamic groups […]
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar with EU Special Representative for Human Rights Olof Skoog. (EU Delegation to Pakistan) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s preferential trade status could be jeopardized if it does not address human rights concerns, including controversial blasphemy laws, forced marriages/conversions of minority girls and freedom of […]
Farhan Javed Masih. (Christian Daily News-Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan this week arrested a mentally challenged Christian on blasphemy charges despite being aware of his condition, sources said. In Sahiwal, Punjab Province, Ghala Mandi police on Monday (Jan. 26) arrested Farhan Javed Masih, 28, […]
The Shambat Bridge in Khartoum was destroyed in Sudan’s civil war on Nov. 11, 2023. (Petr Adam Dohnalek, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan has sentenced seven Christians to prison terms of five and seven years on false charges of theft, sources said. The displaced Christians in Shendi, River […]
Sahil Shahid and Raheel Shahid (center) after release with defense team on Jan. 25, 2025. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (Jan. 25) acquitted Christian twin brothers of a false blasphemy accusation as the prosecution failed to prove charges against them, their attorney […]
Insignia of the Sudanese Armed Forces. (Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Intelligence agents of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Jan. 14 arrested and tortured at least seven Christians in Shendi, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of Khartoum, sources said. The members of the Sudanese Church of Christ had sought refuge […]
(Politico) President Donald Trump on Thursday issued pardons for nearly two dozen people who were convicted for blocking access to and temporarily shutting down abortion clinics, some of whom are currently serving federal sentences. “They should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people,” Trump said. “This is a great honor to sign […]
Christian activities seen as crimes in Iran in graphic from Article 18 report. (Article 18) LONDON (Morning Star News) – Bent on suppressing Christianity in Iran, Islamic courts handed down six times more prison time to persecuted Christians in 2024 than the previous year, according to advocacy group Article 18. Iranian courts last year sentenced 96 […]