Christian Parents Regain Custody of Three Girls in Pakistan

Christian Parents Regain Custody of Three Girls in Pakistan

Rescued sisters with Christians True Spirit Executive Director Katherine Sapna. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Three girls illegally detained by their employers were forced to testify that they had converted to Islam and wished to return to their captors, but a judge in Pakistan returned them to their […]

Celebrating 40 Years: The World’s Longest-Standing International Deaf Ministry Hosts Global Gatherings

Celebrating 40 Years: The World’s Longest-Standing International Deaf Ministry Hosts Global Gatherings

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — For 40 years, DOOR International has been furthering Christian ministry among Deaf communities. DOOR, the world’s longest-standing international Deaf ministry organization, kicked off its 40th anniversary this month with a Deaf-led celebration in Kenya under the direction of Africa Director, Paul Njatha. In the coming months, DOOR will host gatherings around the globe […]

One Year Later, Jaranwala, Pakistan Still Reeling from Attacks

One Year Later, Jaranwala, Pakistan Still Reeling from Attacks

Faisalabad Police Chief Kamran Adil shows solidarity with Christians in Jaranwala, Pakistan on Aug. 16, 2024. (CDI-MSN) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – One year after one the worst attacks on Christians in Pakistan, Christians on Friday (Aug. 16) called for justice regarding the rioting in Jaranwala as most of those arrested have been […]

North Carolina Woman Dies During Haiti Vodou Retreat to Become Manbo Priestess

North Carolina Woman Dies During Haiti Vodou Retreat to Become Manbo Priestess

(USA Today) — A North Carolina man is asking for answers after his mom died while on a Vodou retreat in Haiti. Dana Jackson, 51, wanted to become a Manbo priestess. A Manbo priestess “is a female ritual specialist in the Haitian Vodou tradition. Like her male counterpart, the oungan (or houngan), she performs ceremonies, initiations, healings, and divinations,” […]

Opposition Emerges to Easing Worship Permits in Indonesia

Opposition Emerges to Easing Worship Permits in Indonesia

Indonesia Indonesian Vice President Ma’ruf Amin. (Bureau of Press, Media and Information Presidential Secretariat) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Opposition has emerged to a proposal by Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs to do away with the role of a Muslim-dominated body that has complicated efforts by minority religions to build houses of worship. Indonesia’s vice […]

Muslims Burn Down Church Building in Central Nigeria

Muslims Burn Down Church Building in Central Nigeria

Location of Niger state in Nigeria. (Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslims burned down a church building in the early hours of Saturday (Aug. 10) in central Nigeria’s Niger state, sources said. The razing of the building of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) congregation in Kontagora town […]

Christian Family in Pakistan Pressured to Drop Murder Charges

Christian Family in Pakistan Pressured to Drop Murder Charges

Salma Munir died two days after being rescued in June 2024. LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Pakistan who kidnapped and raped a mentally handicapped Christian woman who died from her injuries two days after her release is pressuring her family to drop charges, sources said. Salma Munir, 20, was held […]

Authorities Try to Thwart Christian, Minority Protests in Pakistan

Authorities Try to Thwart Christian, Minority Protests in Pakistan

Minorities at rally shout slogans outside the Lahore Press Club on Aug. 11, 2024. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Despite attempts by the Pakistani government and Islamist groups to thwart protest rallies and marches, Christians in several cities came out in large numbers to mark National Minorities Day […]

Breaking NewsICC Files Human Rights Sanctions Request Against Azerbaijan

Breaking NewsICC Files Human Rights Sanctions Request Against Azerbaijan

8/9/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern (ICC) recently sent U.S. government officials a formal sanctions request against Azerbaijan and prisons where Armenian prisoners of war and Christians were allegedly tortured.  ICC filed the sanctions request with the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Global Magnitsky Human […]

Herdsmen, Criminal Gang Kill at least 50 Christians in Nigeria 

Herdsmen, Criminal Gang Kill at least 50 Christians in Nigeria 

Bodies of Christians slain in Ayati village, Ukum County, Benue state, Nigeria on Aug. 8, 2024. (Abraham Waroh Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen teamed up with a criminal gang to attack a village in central Nigeria on Thursday (Aug. 8), killing at least 50 Christians, sources said. Officials who found […]