The 99 Dome Mosque in Makasar, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. (Government of Republic of Indonesia, public domain) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A church active in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi Province for two years began facing unexpected opposition to proposed construction of a larger worship building this month, sources said. The Toraja Christian Church of […]
The Rev. Bitrus Saleh Africa, ECWA pastor killed in Lere County, Kaduna state, Nigeria on Feb. 5, 2025. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian and kidnapped four others in Plateau state, Nigeria, on Feb. 1 after massacring more than 10 others Jan. 27-31 in the same state, sources […]
Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, including Faisal Mosque. (Fassifarooq, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court has advised the Pakistan government to establish a commission to investigate alleged collusion between the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Islamist clerics to entrap innocent people in false blasphemy charges, sources said. Justice Ejaz Ishaq […]
The Rev. Bala Galadima, ECWA pastor killed by Boko Haram in Gombe state, Nigeria on Feb. 9, 2025. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected militants of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed a pastor at his home in Gombe state, Nigeria on Sunday (Feb. 9), as violence continued to terrorize the country’s […]
Shivbaran Paswan of Bahlolpur Aelai village, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Dalit Christian in northern India is unable to return home after Hindu nationalists who beat, tonsured and paraded him on Dec. 27 threatened to kill him and filed charges of insulting them, sources said. The Hindu […]
The Rev. Ezekiel, ECWA pastor slain on Jan. 30, 2025 in Kwassam village, southern Kaduna state, Nigeria. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday (Feb. 5) killed three Christians in Kaduna state, a week after three others were slain in the same area, sources said. The assailants killed one […]
Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo fled persecution in Yemen. (ADF International) LONDON (Morning Star News) – Two Christian converts from Islam who were locked in an Egyptian prison and held for three years without trial have been released, religious rights advocates said. Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo and Nour Girgis were released on Jan. 25. Both had been held in […]
Peter Youngren at prior evangelistic event in Indonesia. (World Impact Ministries) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Muslims from various Islamic groups last week protested the presence of two evangelists at a major gospel event in Indonesia’s Central Sulewesi Province, according to local reports. After protests on Jan. 17 and Jan. 24, Islamic groups […]
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar with EU Special Representative for Human Rights Olof Skoog. (EU Delegation to Pakistan) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s preferential trade status could be jeopardized if it does not address human rights concerns, including controversial blasphemy laws, forced marriages/conversions of minority girls and freedom of […]
Farhan Javed Masih. (Christian Daily News-Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan this week arrested a mentally challenged Christian on blasphemy charges despite being aware of his condition, sources said. In Sahiwal, Punjab Province, Ghala Mandi police on Monday (Jan. 26) arrested Farhan Javed Masih, 28, […]