Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, including Faisal Mosque. (Fassifarooq, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian girl rescued from a Muslim in Pakistan who abducted her said he forcibly converted her, sexually assaulted her as part of a sham Islamic marriage and forced her into prostitution. The forced prostitution resulted in serious […]
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) – Religious freedom in Pakistan is facing unprecedented threats as Muslim extremist groups increase their hold on public officials, according to a report by the Human […]
Afgooye town is near Mogadishu, Somalia. (Map data © 2025 Google) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother in Somalia has been locked in a room with her infant daughter since Aug. 6 after Muslim relatives relocated her following an earlier escape, sources said. “My child has grown very thin for lack of enough […]
Demolished home of Wambuzi Maka Uthman after he converted to Christianity. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim who put his faith in Christ after receiving a vision in a mosque in Uganda was hospitalized after relatives beat him, demolished his home and took in his wife and six children, sources said. […]
Rwadari Tehreek Chairman Samson Salamat addresses sit-in demonstration in Jaranwala marking two years since Aug 16, 2023 attacks on Christians in the area. (Victims Committee photo for Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Two years after Islamist attacks on Christians in the Jaranwala area in Punjab Province, Pakistan, hopes […]
Mosque in the desert town of Ghadames, Libya. (Roberdan, Creative Commons) (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Amnesty International this week called for annulment of the convictions of 11 Christians in Libya sentenced to prison under charges ranging from “insulting Islam” to calling for changes in principles of the constitution by promoting Christianity. The trials […]
Minorities Rights March in Karachi, Pakistan on Aug. 10, 2025. (Minorities Rights March Facebook) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – On the eve of Pakistan’s annual National Minorities Day, a human rights advocate on Sunday (Aug. 10) called on parliament to address an alarming increase in false blasphemy allegations. With most rallies and seminars […]
Changing religion on ID cards through NADRA in Pakistan is not allowed for converts from Islam. (Screenshot from My Urdu World on YouTube) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a rare development, a high court in Pakistan last month ordered the government to issue a new identity card reflecting a woman’s conversion from […]
Christians in Nigeria continue to ask why the Nigerian military does not protect them. (U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Castellano, public domain) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Monday morning (Aug. 4) killed a Christian woman in a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, the latest of 17 Christians slain in […]
Shiva temple in Deobaloda, Durg District, Chhattisgarh state, India. (Abhi91m, Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Five of six pastors jailed in central-eastern India on July 20 after false allegations of forcible conversion were assaulted in custody so severely they have laceration scars, sources said. Pastor Moses Logan of Bhilai, Durg District, Chhattisgarh state […]