Families of victims of false blasphemy cases protest outside National Press Club in Islamabad, Pakistan on Jan. 10, 2025. (CDI-MSN screenshot of video). LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Efforts to curb abuse of Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws suffered a major setback on Thursday (July 24) when judges suspended a prior court order to […]
Javed Masih comforts his daughter as he and his wife speak with legal aid group Christians’ True Spirit. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News courtesy CTS) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Relatives of a Muslim in Pakistan who raped a 14-year-old Christian girl are threatening her family to compel them to drop charges, sources […]
Location of Kaliro District in Uganda. (OpenStreetMap contributors, Jarry1250, NordNordWest) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a Christian convert in eastern Uganda on Friday (July 18) forced their way into his locked home and killed him, sources said. As he had done since accepting Christ in April, Kasajja Abdul Maliki of Kaliro village, […]
Location of Bassa County near Jos in Plateau state, Nigeria. (Wikimedia maps, Mapa data © OpenStreetMap contributor) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – As terrorism-scarred Christians in Nigeria await help from the government and the international community, within and outside of the country they prayed for God’s intervention this month. Christians in an area […]
Sahil Shahid and Raheel Shahid (in white shirt) after acquittal of blasphemy charges on Jan. 25, 2025. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In what attorneys in Pakistan termed a “huge ray of hope,” a federal high court on Tuesday (July 15) directed the government to form an inquiry […]
Dian Al Mahri mosque in Depok, West Java, Indonesia. (Alamnirvana, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Muslims in Indonesia on July 5 protested the construction of a church building in West Java Province, local media reported. In Kalibaru village, Depok City, Cilodong District, local residents shouting for construction to be halted displayed two large […]
Church bulding demolished in Khartoum North, Sudan on July 8, 2025. (CSW) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan on July 8 demolished a church complex in Khartoum North, sources said. With no prior warning, bulldozers and trucked accompanied by police and armed forces personnel arrived at the compound of the Pentecostal Church […]
Remains of home set aflame in Unguwar Rogo village, Kajuru County, Nigeria, on Jan. 1, 2025. (Facebook Kaduna Political Affairs) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Friday (July 11) killed five Christians and wounded three others in an area of northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state where at least 110 others have been […]
Attorney Hanif Hameed (L) with rape victim’s father, Razzaq Masih, after court verdict on July 9, 2025. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A judge on Wednesday (July 9) handed a life sentence to a Muslim found guilty of abducting and raping a Christian girl but ignored accusations of […]
Stephen Alhassan, chased down and executed by Fulani assailants in Kajuru County, Kaduna state, Nigeria on June 6, 2025. (Alhaji Ishaya Onussim) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked two villages in Kaduna state, Nigeria on Monday (July 7), killing two Christians and wounding three others, after terrorizing villagers in another area […]