The Rev. Markus Nyam, killed by Fulani terrorists in Kawel village, Plateau state, Nigeria on June 22, 2026. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen guided toward Christian leaders on Monday (June 22) killed 28 Christians, including a pastor, in a raid on a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The Fulani […]
Great Mosque of Central Java. (Chris Woodrich, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims on June 11 protested a second time against plans for a church building in Central Java, Indonesia, sources said. Citing lack of construction permits, few Christians in the area and fear of proselytizing, the Muslims spread banners rejecting the plans […]
Location of Plateau state in Nigeria. (Himalayan Explorer based on work by Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Monday (June 22) killed more than 20 Christians in an attack in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The assailants raided predominantly Christian Kawel village, Bokkos County, […]
Church building demolished in Khartoum North, Sudan on July 8, 2025. (CSW) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan have warned leaders of a church in Khartoum that their church building could be demolished at any time, sources said. The director of planning of Jebel Aulia District, accompanied by an engineer from the […]
Maryam Asif Masih, 13, was abducted in Vehari District, Pakistan on April 23, 2026, her mother says. (Courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christian relatives of a 13-year-old girl in Pakistan allegedly abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married to an older Muslim man fear she could be trafficked, as they […]
Borno state Gov. Babagana Umara Zulum. (BScar23625, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (June 16) killed five Christians in a mining site Plateau state, central Nigeria, sources said. The five Christians were working at a mining site in the Gero area of Gyel village, in Jos South Local […]
Location of Riyom County, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors 2026) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen Wednesday through Friday (June 10-12) killed four Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. Herdsmen attacked Torok village, Riyom County, on Friday (June 12), said resident Danladi Fom. “Torok village, a predominantly Christian community, […]
Location of Lower Juba Region, Somalia. (Map data © 2026 Google) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A 22-year-old woman is recovering from serious injuries in a hospital in Somalia’s Lower Juba Region after Muslim relatives beat her for putting her faith in Christ, sources said. Sofia Ahmed suffered a broken nose and significant loss of […]
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 […]