Location of Central Java Province, Indonesia. (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Officials in Central Java Province, Indonesia halted construction of a church and religious tourism compound following pressure from local council members and Muslim groups. The Karanganyar Regent on Sept. 2 suspended construction of the Immanuel Christian Church (Gereja Kristen Immanuel, GKIM) […]
Funeral of Christians killed on Aug. 28, 2025 in Kauru County, Kaduna state, Nigeria. (Iliya Tata for Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Aug. 24 attacked a predominantly Christian village in Kaduna state, Nigeria, killing seven people, including a 1-year-old infant, residents said. In Angwan Rimi village in […]
Sultan Bello Mosque in the city of Kaduna, Kaduna state, Nigeria. (Anasskoko, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked two villages in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state early on Sunday (Sept. 7), killing eight Christians and wounding nine others. Area resident Timothy Kimbe said herdsmen attacked Wakeh and Gadanaji villages in Kachia County […]
Shiva Temple, Renukoot, Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh state, India. (Sarvesh Mishra, Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in India left two young children of a pastor and his wife unattended when they arrested the couple on fabricated charges, and other officers later beat the children’s mother in custody, sources said. The couple was […]
The rebranding of the military effort in Nigeria’s North-Central Region to Operation Enduring Peace was announced on Aug. 29, 2025. (Facebook Nigerian military cruise) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen last week killed a Christian farmer and wounded three others in Bauchi state, Nigeria, sources said. Five Christians who went to check on their […]
Victims Committee Jaranwala Convener Robin Daniel announcing end of 17-day sit-in on Sept. 2, 2025. (Minority Rights Movement Pakistan Facebook) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a rare show of Christian solidarity in Pakistan, victims of August 2023 Islamist attacks on Christians ended an unprecedented 17-day sit-in on Tuesday (Sept. 2) after government […]
Notification by president of Pakistan enacting law against child marriages in the Islamabad Capital Territory. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Christian father of a 13-year-old girl has fought to recover his daughter since July 31, when a court in Pakistan handed custody of her to a Muslim […]
Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume represents Borno South, Borno state, Nigeria. (Kwaro1, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Members of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram on Saturday (Aug. 30) killed five Christians in Borno state, Nigeria, and three others in another area of the state on Sunday, sources said. The terrorists killed five Christians […]
Body of Mohammed Nagi was discovered Aug. 20, 2025 in Kamonkoli village, eastern Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A former Muslim in eastern Uganda who put his faith in Christ in March was lured to his death on Aug. 19, sources said. Mohammed Nagi of Nyanza South village, Nyanza parish, Mugiti […]
El-Haj Yousif area of East Nile District in North Khartoum, Sudan. (Map data © 2025 Google) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Police in North Khartoum, Sudan on Aug. 16 disrupted a funeral prayer meeting to arrest five South Sudanese Christians, church leaders said. Pastor Peter Perpeny of the Presbyterian Church of Sudan and the […]