Samarinda, capital of East Borneo Province, Indonesia. (MR Halal, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Local officials in East Borneo Province, Indonesia refused to approve construction of a church building even though the congregation had met all requirements for a permit, sources said. In Samarinda, capital of East Borneo Province, the Samarinda Ministry of […]
Parents of the slain Farhan Ul Qamar with attorney Lazar Allah Rakha after verdict on March 27, 2025. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A judge in Pakistan on Thursday (March 27) sentenced to death a Muslim who murdered a 20-year-old Christian in the presence of his family members, […]
Doreen Nairuba, six months pregnant, was poisoned to death on March 16, 2025 along with a Muslim woman she led to faith in Christ in eastern Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim woman in eastern Uganda this month killed a Christian couple and accidentally took her own daughter’s life with […]
Somali family in Lower Juba Region breaking daily Ramada fast in March 2025. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim husband of a woman in Somalia sent her back to her parents for accepting Christ – without their three young children – and then her parents drove her away for sharing the […]
Madani city, on the Blue Nile River in Jazirah state, Sudan. (Wadalyemen, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – At least 19 Christians were arrested in Sudan’s city of Madani on various occasions in January and February, area sources said. Seven Christians were arrested by security personnel associated with the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) […]
Waqas Masih was attacked in the Sharaqpur area of Sheikhupura District, Punjab Province, Pakistan on March 21, 2025. (HARDS Pakistan) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Pakistan on Friday (March 21) slashed the throat of a Christian co-worker on allegations that he had committed blasphemy by touching an Islamic textbook “with […]
Akash Karamat has been in jail on blasphemy charges in Pakistan since Aug. 27, 2023. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An 18-year-old Christian is still languishing in jail a month after winning bail in all three blasphemy cases against him as a trial court is delaying his release, […]
Christian apologist Edwin Hutabarat interviewed on Diaspora TV. (Morning Star News screenshot) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A rash of complaints to police in Indonesia accusing Christians of blasphemy on social media has driven several of them abroad to seek refuge, sources said. Christian apologist Edwin Hutabarat, also known as “Metatron,” is now in […]
Event on religious rights during U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 11, 2025. (Jubilee Campaign USA) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Religious freedom advocates this month strongly condemned deterioration of human rights in Pakistan, particularly continued abuse of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws and forced conversions of minority girls. They delivered […]
Shahida Bibi. (ADF International) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a significant legal victory against forced conversions/marriages in Pakistan, a civil court has annulled the marriage of a Christian woman who was given to a Muslim man as a child and coerced to convert to Islam and marry him, sources said. Bahawalpur Civil […]