Christians in Pakistan Flee Homes after Blasphemy Accusation

Christians in Pakistan Flee Homes after Blasphemy Accusation

Mosque announcements to protest alleged blasphemy created large crowds of Muslims in Sargodha, Pakistan, on July 16, 2023. (Sanawar Balam for Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A third accusation of blasphemy in less than a month compelled Christians fearful of Islamic retribution to flee their homes in an eastern city in Pakistan […]

Bail Denied to Christian under Islamist Pressure in Pakistan

Bail Denied to Christian under Islamist Pressure in Pakistan

Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan. (Romero Maia, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Tuesday (July 11) kept a Christian charged with blasphemy from appearing at his bail hearing, compelling a judge to bow to pressure from a crowd of slogan-shouting Muslims and deny his release, sources said. Haroon Shahzad, resident of […]

New Christian in Uganda Slain for Leaving Islam

New Christian in Uganda Slain for Leaving Islam

Abudu Amisi was attacked in Kasasira West village, Kibuku District, Uganda on July 8, 2023. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – About two weeks after a 22-year-old Muslim in eastern Uganda put his faith in Christ, villagers on Saturday (July 8) killed him for leaving Islam, sources said. Abudu Amisi of Kasanvu village, […]

Arrested Christian in Pakistan Denies Sharing Facebook Post

Arrested Christian in Pakistan Denies Sharing Facebook Post

Motorway M2 exit to Sargodha, Pakistan. (Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Saturday (July 8) arrested a Christian for allegedly sharing a post on Facebook even though his village’s Islamic cleric and other Muslims denied that it amounted to blasphemy, his brother said. Wasim Masih told Morning Star News that Sargodha police […]

Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy for Bible Post

Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy for Bible Post

Divisions of Punjab Province, Pakistan. (Saqib Qayyum, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan charged a Christian with blasphemy on Friday (June 30) after he posted Bible verses on Facebook that infuriated Muslims, causing dozens of Christian families in a village near Sargodha city to flee their homes. Tensions flared in Chak […]

11 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria, 20 in Taraba

11 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria, 20 in Taraba

Central Mosque, Jos, Nigeria. (El-siddeeq lame, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed 11 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria last week, while 20 others were slain in neighboring Taraba state, sources said. Continuing a recent spate of attacks on predominantly Christian villages in Plateau state, “Muslim terrorists and herdsmen” […]

Muslim in Pakistan Confesses to Killing Christian Woman

Muslim in Pakistan Confesses to Killing Christian Woman

The body of Shazia Imran was found in Lahore, Pakistan on June 7, 2023. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian family in Lahore, Pakistan is seeking justice and protection after four Muslims abducted, gang-raped and killed a widow for refusing to convert to Islam and marry the primary […]

More than 150 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria 

More than 150 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria 

Plateau state Gov. Caleb Mutfwang. (Facebook Barr. Caleb Mutfwang Campaign Forum) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani terrorists in Plateau state, Nigeria killed more than 150 Christians in the first three weeks of June, including a church pastor, sources said. The killing of the Rev. Nichodemus Kim of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) […]

Christian Family Traumatized by Ethnic Violence in India

Christian Family Traumatized by Ethnic Violence in India

Church building ablaze in compound where Christians took refuge in Imphal, Manipur state, India, on May 3, 2023. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – On the evening of May 3, an ethnic Christian in northern India’s Manipur state received a call from a relative advising her to pack up and leave home with […]

Christians Fear Implication in Attack on Government in Vietnam

Christians Fear Implication in Attack on Government in Vietnam

Location of Central Highlands of Vietnam. (TUBS, Creative Commons) (Morning Star News) – Ethnic Christians in Vietnam are bracing for potential fallout should they be blamed for recent anti-government violence. In the pre-dawn hours of June 11, four policemen, two government officials and three bystanders were killed by camouflage-clad armed groups. This rare anti-government violence […]