

Iran: Former prisoner pardoned
HYDERABAD, India, August 11, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Police in central India on July 26 beat a Christian educator and filed baseless charges against him of human trafficking and fraudulent conversion of eight Christian students he was escorting to a Bible...

Christian Pastor Beaten Unconscious while Speaking at Funeral
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 1, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Muslims threw stones at a pastor in eastern Uganda and beat him unconscious as he spoke at a funeral using both the Bible and the Koran, he said from his hospital bed. Pastor Davidson Okirori, 39, said he...

Israel: Extremist attitudes and actions threaten Christian communities
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 27, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda on July 9 killed his wife for converting to Christianity that morning, a relative said. Amina Nanfuka, 31, had returned from a medical check-up in Kampala and a visit to a worship service...

Christian Charged with Blasphemy under Pakistan’s Terrorism Law
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A judge is allowing a Catholic to be charged with blasphemy under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism law, which his attorney said is “illegal and illogical.” Attorney Rana Abdul Hameed said Lahore Anti-Terrorism Judge Abher...

Algeria: Convert released from prison
ABUJA, Nigeria, July 21, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (July 16) killed six Christians in Benue state, Nigeria, the latest of 37 Christians slain the past three weeks in the state, sources said. The assailants arrived on...

Christians in Pakistan Flee Homes after Blasphemy Accusation
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 20, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A third accusation of blasphemy in less than a month compelled Christians fearful of Islamic retribution to flee their homes in an eastern city in Pakistan this week, sources said. Muslim crowds including members...

Muslims Again Break Up Worship of Church in Indonesia
SURABAYA, Indonesia, July 17, 2023 (Morning Star News) – As police looked on, a group of Muslims in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on July 2 asked why a church should be present in a Muslim-majority area as they broke up its worship service, a video shows. The...

Bail Denied to Christian under Islamist Pressure in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 14, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Tuesday (July 11) kept a Christian charged with blasphemy from appearing at his bail hearing, compelling a judge to bow to pressure from a crowd of slogan-shouting Muslims and deny his...

New Christian in Uganda Slain for Leaving Islam
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 13, 2023 (Morning Star News) – About two weeks after a 22-year-old Muslim in eastern Uganda put his faith in Christ, villagers on Saturday (July 8) killed him for leaving Islam, sources said. Abudu Amisi of Kasanvu village, Pallisa District was...

Iran: Two pastors from the “Church of Iran” face new charges
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 12, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Saturday (July 8) arrested a Christian for allegedly sharing a post on Facebook even though his village’s Islamic cleric and other Muslims denied that it amounted to blasphemy, his brother...

Churches in Indonesia Fight to Regain Worship Venues
SURABAYA, Indonesia, July 6, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Christians broke into joyful celebration when local officials in East Jakarta, Indonesia removed the seal on their church building on June 26, three months after it was closed. Citing lack of a permit, the East...

11 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria, 20 in Taraba
ABUJA, Nigeria, July 3, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed 11 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria last week, while 20 others were slain in neighboring Taraba state, sources said. Continuing a recent spate of attacks on...

Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy for Bible Post
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 4, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan charged a Christian with blasphemy on Friday (June 30) after he posted Bible verses on Facebook that infuriated Muslims, causing dozens of Christian families in a village near Sargodha city to...

Muslim in Pakistan Confesses to Killing Christian Woman
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 3, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Christian family in Lahore, Pakistan is seeking justice and protection after four Muslims abducted, gang-raped and killed a widow for refusing to convert to Islam and marry the primary suspect, sources said. In...

Pakistan Aims to Try Blasphemy Cases under Anti-Terror Law
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 28, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A government concession to demands by a Muslim extremist political party to allow blasphemy charges under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws has raised fears of more injustice for those accused under the harsh...

More than 150 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, June 27, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani terrorists in Plateau state, Nigeria killed more than 150 Christians in the first three weeks of June, including a church pastor, sources said. The killing of the Rev. Nichodemus Kim of the Church of Christ in...

Christian Family Traumatized by Ethnic Violence in India
NEW DELHI, June 26, 2023 (Morning Star News) – On the evening of May 3, an ethnic Christian in northern India’s Manipur state received a call from a relative advising her to pack up and leave home with her children immediately. Manngaihlun Tombing, of the Kuki ethnic...

Christians Fear Implication in Attack on Government
June 25, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Ethnic Christians in Vietnam are bracing for potential fallout should they be blamed for recent anti-government violence. In the pre-dawn hours of June 11, four policemen, two government officials and three bystanders were killed by...

Muslims Block Worship at Two Churches in Indonesia
SURABAYA, Indonesia, June 23, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A local official and other Muslims on Sunday (June 18) stopped worship at a house church outside Jakarta, Indonesia, and a church site in Central Java Province was temporarily blocked, according to local...

Christian Students Slaughtered in Attack on High School in Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 22, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Islamist terrorists on Friday night (June 16) killed at least 37 students, most of them Christians, at the dormitories of a private high school in Uganda, and kidnapped six others, sources said. Shouting the jihadist...