

Christians Seek Justice following Attacks in Jaranwala, Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 9, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Citing lax government response to Islamic extremist attacks on a Christian community last August, an advocacy group on Wednesday (Feb. 7) filed another plea for justice with the...

Muslim Gunmen Kill 14-Year-Old Christian Boy in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 6, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Muslim gunmen shouting threats against Christians shot a 14-year-old Christian dead on Monday (Feb. 5) in Pakistan, sources said. Sunil Masih and other Christians were standing in a...

Two Christian Women Assaulted in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 5, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Police slow to prosecute a Muslim who attacked two Christian women with an axe and attempted to rape one of them have also filed lesser charges against him, sources said. Abdul...

Christians Tortured, Forced to Recite Islamic Creed in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, February 1, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – An Islamist cleric presided over the forced conversion of two Christians in Sialkot District, Pakistan after they were tortured into reciting the Islamic conversion creed, sources...

A Year of Bumpy Ups and Downs for Religious Liberty in Vietnam
(Morning Star News) – Vietnam improved from 24th to 35th place in Open Doors’ 2024 World Watch List (WWL) of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian, but the U.S. government was not so generous regarding its religious freedom record, placing the...

Muslim Extremist Attacks Devastate Churches in Central Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 30, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Recent Muslim extremist attacks in an area of central Nigeria resulted in dozens of deaths and the closure of 10 Baptist churches, including one now used as a mosque, a denominational...

Türkiye: Worshipper shot dead by extremists
January 29, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a shooting at a Catholic Church service in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday (Jan. 28) that killed a Muslim citizen, news agencies reported. Authorities...

Hope for Justice Dims in Christians’ Cases in Jaranwala, Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, January 29, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Police intimidation and lax investigations into Islamist rioting that destroyed scores of Christian homes and businesses in Jaranwala, Pakistan in August has dampened hopes of...

Christian Slain, Another Beaten Unconscious in Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan, January 26, 2024 (Morning Star News) – Militants from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed one Christian on Saturday (Jan. 20) and beat another unconscious on Monday (Jan. 22) in Omdurman, Sudan, sources said. The RSF militants, which...

Iran: Update on Christian convert brothers
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 25, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Following the killing of 10 Christians in Benue state, Nigeria earlier this month, another five were slain in subsequent attacks in another area, sources said. Days before a Jan. 18...

At Least 31 Christians Slaughtered in Central Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 24, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists attacked villages in Plateau state, Nigeria at about 12:30 a.m. today (Jan. 24), killing at least 25 Christians, following the deaths of six...

Father Beaten and Loses Family, Home for Becoming Christian
“I shared with my wife the joy of having received Christ as my Lord and Savior, but instead of my wife sharing in my joy, she was very upset,” Marijani told Morning Star News. She left the following morning, Jan. 2, and returned on Jan. 3 with an Islamic divorce...

Pace of Killings Increases in Christian Area of Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 22, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – The governor of Kaduna state, Nigeria met with church leaders after the pace of terrorist killings since September increased in a Christian area, including 25 people slain in the...

Pastor, Three Other Christians Kidnapped in Central Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 18, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists kidnapped a pastor and three other Christians on Saturday (Jan. 13) in central Nigeria, sources said. The Rev. Haanongon Gideon, a pastor and...

Militants in Sudan Kill Christian, Set Church Building Ablaze
JUBA, South Sudan, January 18, 2024 (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese Christian 85 miles southeast of Khartoum has succumbed to his injuries after militants from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) assaulted him, sources said. Personnel from the RSF, which has...

Assault on Christian Mother in Pakistan Goes Unprosecuted
LAHORE, Pakistan, January 16, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan refused to file charges in the case of a Christian mother who lost her unborn child in a Muslim co-worker’s attempt to rape her, sources said. Rakhil Nadeem Masih...

Terrorists Kill 10 Christians in Central Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 16, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Jan. 7 killed 10 Christians in three villages in central Nigeria, sources said. The assailants separated into three groups and attacked Mcia,...

Islamic Extremists Kill 15 Christians in Chibok, Northeast Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 11, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist rebels on Jan. 1 killed 15 Christians in attacks on two villages in northeastern Nigeria, sources said. Area residents said members of Boko Haram first attacked...

Iran: Convert brothers detained by Iranian intelligence
LAHORE, Pakistan, January 12, 2023 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Acquittal after a false blasphemy charge has not kept a Christian widow in Pakistan from being driven from her job and village amid threats to her life. Musarrat Bibi was acquitted...

Christians Remain Captive in Nigeria Despite Ransom Payment
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 9, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Two pastors kidnapped along with others in Nigeria last month remain captive despite their denomination paying 11 million naira (US$12,264) for their release, church officials said....