

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....

Islamic Extremist Terrorists Kill 14 Christians in Northeast Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 8, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Members of an Islamic terrorist group on Friday (Jan. 5) killed a church pastor and 13 other Christians in northeast Nigeria, sources said. The Rev. Luka Levong of the Church of Christ...

Terrorists Slaughter 41 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 8, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani terrorists on Wednesday (Jan. 3) killed 41 Christians and kidnapped many others in two counties of southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The assailants in the...

Three Christian Family Members in Uganda Slain on Christmas Day
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 4, 2024 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists killed a 75-year-old woman and her two grandchildren in western Uganda on Christmas Day, sources said. The bodies of Edrine Ngwabize and her two grandchildren, 5-year-old Emoni Niwalindwa and...

Israel: Mob attack in Armenian Quarter
NEW DELHI, January 3, 2024 (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Sri Lanka was granted bail on Wednesday (Jan. 3) after being jailed since Dec. 1 on a charge of “outraging the religious feelings” for comments in a sermon that appeared online, sources said. Authorities...

Terrorists Kill Eight Christians in Taraba State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, December 31, 2023 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Unidentified terrorists on Thursday (Dec. 28) killed eight Christians in Taraba state, Nigeria, a week after 13 others were slain the previous week, sources said. The assailants...

Terrorists Kill Two Christians on Christmas in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 1, 2024 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist terrorists rampaged through a predominantly Christian village in northeastern Nigeria on Christmas Day, setting houses on fire, looting shops and killing two...

Islamic Terrorists Kill 10 Christians in Western Uganda, Sources Say
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 27, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Islamic terrorists on Dec. 19 killed 10 Christians in western Uganda, sources said. Members of the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) mounted the attacks on...

Mauritania Releases Christians Arrested after Baptism Video
December 29, 2023 (Christian Daily International) – Officials in Mauritania have released all Christians arrested after a video of a baptism ceremony in November prompted Muslims to call for their punishment, Christian leaders in the region said. The Christians do not...

Muslim Allegedly Kills His Mother for Accepting Christ
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 28, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Before Sawuba Naigaga succumbed to injuries her 25-year-old son inflicted on her in Uganda this month, she described the assault to a friend from her hospital bed. The friend said Naigaga’s son, Ashirafu...

160 People Massacred in Christian Areas of Plateau State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, December 26, 2023 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Terrorists massacred 160 people, many of them preparing for church Christmas programs, Saturday night (Dec. 23) through Monday (Dec. 25) in coordinated attacks on predominantly...

Two Christians Jailed under Blasphemy Law in Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 22, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda will spend Christmas in jail, charged under a blasphemy law after Muslims upset at their street preaching beat them and summoned police, sources said. On the final day of a...

Blasphemy Law in Indonesia Faces Criticism as Cases Grow
SURABAYA, Indonesia, December 21, 2023 (Morning Star News) – With an increase in blasphemy cases in Indonesia and arrests based on Islamic fatwas and mob pressure, rights advocates are calling for laws to be amended or ended. The number of charges registered under...