

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...

Fulani Kill 18 Christians, Wound Pastor in Plateau State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 28, 2023 (Morning Star News) – In 11 days of attacks through Wednesday (April 26), Fulani herdsmen killed 18 people and wounded others in predominantly Christian villages of Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The herdsmen attacked 11...

ISWAP Kills Pastor, Herdsmen Slaughter 134 Christians in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 25, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists killed a pastor in northeast Nigeria, and terrorists in the country’s middle belt state of Benue killed 134 Christians the first week of April, sources said. The Rev. Yakubu Shuaibu of the Church...

Christian Widow, Muslim Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, April 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Christian widow and a Muslim gardener were arrested in Pakistan this month on blasphemy charges after they were accused of intentionally burning papers containing koranic verses, attorneys said. The accusations...

Lay Evangelist Stabbed to Death in Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists this month killed a Christian who was effective in leading Muslims to Christ in eastern Uganda, sources said. Engineer Herbert of Sironko District was stabbed to death in the Namakwekwe area of...

Jihadists Bomb Christians’ Good Friday Service in Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 17, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists exploded a fuel bomb during a church’s Good Friday night service in western Uganda on April 7, sources said. The explosion at NABI Pentecostal church in Biguli, Kamwenge District damaged part of...

Iraq: Christian convicted for misuse of a telecommunication device
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 17, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed 33 Christians in an attack Saturday night through the early hours of Sunday (April 15-16) in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Area residents said herdsmen alongside other armed...

Local Officials Seal Church Building Shut in Indonesia
SURABAYA, Indonesia, April 6, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Local officials sealed shut a church building in West Java Province, Indonesia on Saturday (April 1), two weeks after Muslims intruded into a worship service and demanded its closure, church leaders said. The...

Herdsmen and Other Terrorists Kill Nine Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 4, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed a pastor and his two sons last month in Plateau state, Nigeria, and six other Christians were slain in the state in other attacks. Herdsmen and other terrorists at about 11...

Terrorists Kill More than 60 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 3, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Saturday (April 1) killed at least seven Christians in Benue state, Nigeria, bringing the total to more than 60 villagers slain in the past month, sources said. Assailants killed a Christian in an...