

New Christians Hospitalized after Relatives Beat Them
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 20, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Relatives of two brothers who accepted Christ in May beat them for leaving Islam earlier this month in eastern Uganda, sources said. Janati Tisuubira, 22, and his 33-year-old brother Ibrahim Musa Kakembo, received...

Catholic Priest Slain in Southwest Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, June 15, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Unidentified gunmen on June 7 shot a Roman Catholic priest to death in southwest Nigeria, a church spokesman said. The Rev. Charles Onomhoale Igechi was killed as he drove in the Ikhueniro area of Benin, Edo state,...

Fulani Terrorists Kill 46 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, June 14, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on June 3 and 4 killed 46 Christians in attacks on a cluster of villages in Benue state, Nigeria, sources said. The herdsmen invaded Imande Mbakange village in the early hours of June 3, killing 28...

Religious Facet Seen in Ethnic Violence in Manipur, India
NEW DELHI, June 12, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A surge of ethnic violence with a growing religious component in northeastern India led to the killing on Friday (June 9) of a woman in her church building and two other Christians, sources said. The attack by ethnic...

Hundreds of Christians Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria
MANGU, Nigeria, June 7, 2023 (Morning Star News) – At least 300 Christians have been massacred in one county of Plateau state, Nigeria since mid-May, including the killing of two pastors on Sunday (June 4), sources said. In Mangu County, Fulani terrorists killed the...

Hindu Extremists Jail Pastors, Close Churches in India
NEW DELHI, June 6, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Having spent a month in jail on baseless charges before his release on bail, Pastor R. Kirubendran was baffled at hostilities from police, media and villagers after serving a community in northern India without problem for...

Iran: Iranian’s prison sentence reduced on appeal
ABUJA, Nigeria, June 5, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Roman Catholic catechist and his wife were among dozens of Christians killed in central Nigeria’s Benue state last month, a local official said. Fulani herdsmen killed Dominic Dajo and his wife at the St. Peter...

Pastor, Wife among 43 Christians Killed in Central Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, June 1, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a church pastor, his wife and 41 other people in an attack last month on two predominantly Christian villages in Nasarawa state, Nigeria, sources said. The Rev. Daniel Danbeki of the Evangelical...

Christian in Pakistan Sentenced to Death under Blasphemy Law
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 31, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A court in Bahawalpur, Pakistan on Tuesday (May 30) handed the death penalty to a 22-year-old Christian on an unsubstantiated conviction under the country’s blasphemy laws, sources said. Lazar Allah Rakha, attorney...

Christian Woman Starved, Left in Wild Animal Park
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 30, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim upset with his wife’s conversion to Christianity in western Uganda denied her food and left her in a national park with wild animals, she said. Sharifa Muhando, 27, of Kasese town, said her husband beat her...

Muslims Stop Christian Services in Two Cities in Indonesia
SURABAYA, Indonesia, May 29, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim mobs on May 19 stopped Christians from worship in two cities of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, sources said. Muslims reportedly disrupted Christians as they worshipped in a café in a village in Binjai,...

Muslim, Police in Pakistan Beat and Confine Pregnant Christian
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 26, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Christian housecleaner in Pakistan was beaten and illegally confined for a week by her Muslim employers after she tried to leave her job due to pregnancy, she said. Asma Gulfam, a 28-year-old Catholic maid in the...

Christians Wounded amid Military Fighting in Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan, May 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Among attacks on church buildings and mosques in Sudan after fighting broke out within the Sudanese military last month, a priest and other Christians were reportedly shot and injured in at least one assault with...

Two Christians, 18 and 14, Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 22, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Babar Sandhu Masih was resting after lunch on Thursday afternoon (May 18) when he heard a commotion outside his house in the Qurban Lines neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan. Masih went outside to find his neighbor,...

Charge Reduced for Official in Indonesia Who Stopped Worship Service
SURABAYA, Indonesia, May 18, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Authorities have reduced a blasphemy charge to one of mere “intrusion” for an official on western Indonesia’s Sumatra Island who broke up a worship service, sources said. Church leaders in Indonesia said such...

Unusual Ruling Frees Christian Couple from Prison in Iran
May 17, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church participation was not illegal, sources said. Throwing out a 2020...

Iran: Christian convert couple acquitted
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 15, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (May 13) released on bail a Christian woman charged under a blasphemy statute that calls for life in prison, her attorney said. Lazar Allah Rakha told Morning Star News that Arifwala...

North Cyprus: Defamation trial to start soon
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A former Islamic teacher remains hospitalized after Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda on Tuesday (May 2) beat him unconscious for converting to Christianity, sources said. Shaquru Ndifuna, 33, was receiving treatment...

Fulani Herdsmen Kill 12 Christians in Nasarawa State, Central Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 2, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on April 16 killed 12 people in attacks on predominantly Christian villages of central Nigeria that continued until April 19, sources said. The assailants burned down the house of a...

Christian College Student in Uganda Slain for Sharing Christ
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 1, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Christian college student was killed in northern Uganda on April 14 for sharing about Christ with Muslims, a fellow student said. Jeremiah Mwanga, a second-year student at the Uganda Christian School of Professionals...