Hindu extremist attack on church in Kanker District, Chhattisgarh state, India in December 2025. (Screenshot from video) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal villagers in India have prevented Christians from burying the body of a woman who died on Feb. 24, saying it would defile their land and deities. As the body of tribal Christian […]
Tablighi Jamaat Mosque in Montasik District, Aceh Besar Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia. (Si Gam, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Christian leader in West Kaliman Province was arrested on Feb. 18 for comments he made about Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, sources said. Police arrested Dedi Saputra as he and his wife were […]
Jameel Masih, forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan in February 2026, in Islamic attire in TikTok video. (Screenshot Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim landowner in Pakistan forcibly converted to Islam a 14-year-old Christian employee and is holding him in illegal custody, sources said. Sharif Masih, a daily […]
Juba, capital of the Republic of South Sudan. (Rigan123, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A church pastor near Juba, South Sudan was abducted on Thursday (Feb. 19) and later killed, a relative said. The body of Pastor Lino Pasquale of Hai Baraka Pentecostal Church was found on Wednesday (Feb. 25) after he […]
Location of Gorom Refugee Settlement in South Sudan. (Map data © 2026 Google) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese refugee in South Sudan is facing death threats for converting to Christianity, sources said. Former Muslim Mosab Haroon Ahmed, 31, fled the military conflict in Sudan two years ago, arriving at the Gorom Refugee […]
Location of Gorom Refugee Settlement in South Sudan. (Map data © 2026 Google) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese refugee in South Sudan is facing death threats for converting to Christianity, sources said. Former Muslim Mosab Haroon Ahmed, 31, fled the military conflict in Sudan two years ago, arriving at the Gorom Refugee […]
Shrine of Shah Cheragh in Shiraz, Iran. (Herbert Karim Masihi) LONDON (Morning Star News) – As leaders of Iran continue to blame and punish Christians for their alleged part in the regime’s political and military troubles of last year, a new report outlines the persecution that Christians in the Islamic Republic suffered in 2025. Calling Iran’s […]
Prayer meeting on Feb. 16, 2026 after killing of three Christians in Nialijharan village, Keonjhar District, Odisha state, India. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal relatives killed three members of a Christian family in India’s Odisha state last month, leaving three children, including a preteen and a teenager, orphaned and forcing them […]
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan. (Romero Maia, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan allegedly failed to act after a 14-year-old Christian girl was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man despite official documents showing she is a minor, her father and legal counsel said. Basharat Masih, […]
Location of Iganga District in Uganda. (OpenStreetMap contributors, Jarry1250, NordNordWest) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Uganda stabbed his son to death with a long knife for converting to Christianity last month, sources said. Hamba Ahammada, 62, of Butaleja District killed his 33-year-old son, Hamba Juma, with a long knife known locally as a […]