Prison Terms for Christians in Iran Shot Up in 2024, Group Says

Prison Terms for Christians in Iran Shot Up in 2024, Group Says

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 […]

Five Muslims Abduct Christian Girl, 14, in Pakistan

Five Muslims Abduct Christian Girl, 14, in Pakistan

Garrison Mosque of Sialkot, Pakistan. (Screenshot from YouTube) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Five Muslims on Jan. 9 abducted a 14-year-old Christian girl from outside her home in Pakistan, her father said. Sharif Masih, of the Korpur area of Sialkot, Punjab Province, said he fears the kidnappers may try to forcibly convert his […]

Christian Woman Miscarries after Assault in India

Christian Woman Miscarries after Assault in India

Kunika Kashyap after Jan. 2, 2025 assault by relatives who practice tribal religion in Bastar District, Chhattisgarh state, India. (Salim Hakku for Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in central India suffered a miscarriage this month after tribal relatives who practice traditional religion beat and strangled her, sources said. Kunika […]

Authorities in Sudan Ban Christmas Service

Authorities in Sudan Ban Christmas Service

Wadi Halfa, Sudan. (Bertramz, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan prevented Christians internally displaced by war from celebrating Christmas in a park where they had taken refuge, sources said. In Northern state’s town of Wadi Halfa, the internally displaced Christians were shocked when security officials at the park where they […]

Islamists Collude with Pakistani Officials in False Blasphemy Cases

Islamists Collude with Pakistani Officials in False Blasphemy Cases

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) – An Islamist gang trapped more than 450 people in false blasphemy charges in recent years in Pakistan, including five who were tortured death in custody, […]

Hindu Nationalists Tie Up, Brutalize Christian Women in India

Hindu Nationalists Tie Up, Brutalize Christian Women in India

Hindu nationalists tied Subhasini Singh and Sukanti Singh (R) to a tree in Chhankhanpur village, Odisha state, India on Dec. 26, 2024. (Morning Star News screenshot) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in eastern India on Dec. 26 stripped and beat a tribal Christian woman, tying her to a tree after she redressed and […]

Hindu Nationalists Tie Up, Brutalize Christian Woman in India

Hindu Nationalists Tie Up, Brutalize Christian Woman in India

Hindu nationalists tied Subhasini Singh and Sukanti Singh (R) to a tree in Chhankhanpur village, Odisha state, India on Dec. 26, 2024. (Morning Star News screenshot) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in eastern India on Dec. 26 stripped and beat a tribal Christian woman, tying her to a tree after she recovered her […]

Christians Slain in Attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria

Christians Slain in Attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria

Caskets of Christians slain in Jan. 6, 2025 attacks in Bokkos County, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday (Jan. 6) killed three Christians in an attack on a village in Plateau state, the latest of 11 killings in the area since early December, sources said. […]

Herdsmen Destroy Christian Worship Building, Homes in Nigeria

Herdsmen Destroy Christian Worship Building, Homes in Nigeria

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 began the new year by attacking a predominantly Christian community at dawn on Wednesday (Jan. 1) in Kaduna state, Nigeria, burning down a church building and […]