

Christian Slain for Leading Muslims to Faith in Christ
Body found with note in arabic saying he was warned. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, March 19, 2024 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in eastern Uganda on March 8 killed a Christian for leading Muslims to faith in Christ, sources said. Kiisa...

Christian, 18, Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan Wins Bail
Former classmate accused him for not converting to Islam. By Christian Daily International-Morning Star News LAHORE, Pakistan, March 15, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – An 18-year-old Christian charged with blasphemy was released on bail on...

Officials in Egypt Abet Kidnappers of Christian Woman, Father Says
March 14, 2024 (Christian Daily International) – Authorities in Egypt have abetted the kidnapping and forcible conversion to Islam of a Coptic Christian woman, according to a widely published expert on the Middle East and Islam. Irene Ibrahim Shehata, a 21-year-old...

Iran: Prayer for Iranian-Armenian pastor in prison
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 12, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – A former classmate of an 18-year-old Christian in Pakistan accused him of blasphemy after failing to convert him to Islam, impeding the accused’s college studies and his family’s...

Christian Girl, 10, Kidnapped and Forcibly Converted in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 11, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – The Christian parents of a 10-year-old girl in Pakistan who was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam last month fear she could be sold to sex traffickers, sources said. A month...

Christian Rape Victim in Pakistan Pressured to Withdraw Charges
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 8, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan are pressuring a young Christian woman to withdraw charges against two Muslims who raped, blackmailed and tried to forcibly convert her to Islam, sources said. The...

Legislation to Halt Abuse of Blasphemy Laws Sought in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 7, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – With a soaring number of blasphemy allegations in Pakistan in 2023, rights activists are reiterating demands for legislation against blatant abuse of the country’s notorious blasphemy...

Algeria: Appeal hearing soon
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 7, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Muslim terrorists killed two Christians and kidnapped dozens of others in an attack on the outskirts of the city of Kaduna in northern Nigeria, sources said. The assailants invaded Gonin...

Christians Fearing Forced Marriages in Pakistan Find Hope
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 6, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – The Lahore High Court’s recent directive to strictly enforce anti-child marriage laws has raised hope among Pakistan’s Christians of some protection against their underage girls being...

Christians in Jaranwala, Pakistan Acquitted of Blasphemy Charges
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 4, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – A judge in Pakistan on Friday (March 1) acquitted two Christian brothers of false blasphemy charges that had led to Muslims attacking Christian homes and businesses in Jaranwala last...

Islamic Extremists in Indonesia Targeting Youth, Women
SURABAYA, Indonesia, February 29, 2024 (Morning Star News) – The head of Indonesia’s counter-terrorism agency said officials are focussing on protecting teenaged children and women from Islamic radicalization as they have become the most targeted groups. Citing a...

Ominous New Decree 95 Confirms Vietnam’s Intent to Control Religion
February 28, 2024 (Morning Star News) – Two millennia ago, Jesus of Nazareth said, “Yes, what sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you crush people with unbearable religious demands, and you never lift a finger to ease their burden.” (Luke 11:46, NLT). What...

Acquittal Gives Christian in Pakistan Hope for 2nd Blasphemy Case
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 28, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – A Christian sentenced to death in one blasphemy case in Pakistan was acquitted on Feb. 20 in another related to the same incident, with the judge citing double jeopardy, his...

Pastor in Nepal Seeks to Change Prison Term into Fine
NEW DELHI, February 27, 2024 (Morning Star News) – More than a month after the Supreme Court of Nepal ordered Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya to serve one year in prison under a law against proselytizing, he seeks to convert the sentence into a fine. He won’t be able to...

Christian Jailed in Pakistan Despite another’s Blasphemy Confession
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 26, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – A Catholic has languished in jail for six months on a blasphemy charge even though a teenage boy has confessed and told police the 34-year-old father had no part in the acts,...

Christian Refugee from Iran Faces Possible Expulsion from Turkey
February 23, 2024 (Morning Star News) – An Iranian Christian convert faces possible expulsion from Turkey and a three-year prison sentence on a charge of spreading “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” according to religious freedom advocates. The...

Christian Sentenced to Life in Prison under Pakistan’s Blaspheny Law
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 19, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – A judge sentenced a Christian to life in prison under Pakistan’s blasphemy statutes for a social media message that relatives say was posted using a phone stolen from him, sources...

Christian Convert Couple Slain for their Faith
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 16, 2024 (Morning Star News) – A formerly Muslim couple in eastern Uganda, parents of four young children, were slashed to death on Feb. 2, two months after putting their faith in Christ, sources said. Twaha Namwoyo, 38, and his 27-year-old...

Christian in Pakistan Released after Accuser Admits False Blasphemy Allegation
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 15, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – In a rare move in Pakistan, police discharged a 72-year-old Christian from a blasphemy case after the complainant admitted she had falsely accused him, sources said. Younis Bhatti,...

Christian Homes in Pakistan Hit with Gunshot, Fuel Bombs
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 15, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Muslims fired gunshots and threw fuel bombs at the homes of Christians in a village in Pakistan at 2 a.m. on Monday (Feb. 12) for supporting an opposing political party in last...