Kismayo, Somalia. (Abdirisak, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A mother of three in Somalia fled her home after her Muslim husband learned she had accepted Christ, but he later also converted and now the entire family is at risk, they said. Fatuma Juma, a resident of Kismayo, said she experienced a deep personal […]
Ajoang Thok Refugee Camp location in South Sudan. (Map data © 2026 Google) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese family that expelled an 18-year-old relative from their home in a refugee camp in South Sudan for accepting Christ has dragged a pastor to jail on accusations of kidnapping, sources said. Hassan Ibrahim Kaki, […]
Hindu nationalists assaulted and paraded Pastor Bipin Bihari Naik through Parjang village, Odisha state, India on Jan. 4, 2026. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – As police looked on, a Hindu nationalist mob in India this month subjected a pastor to dehumanizing brutality, damaging his hearing and trying to force him to worship […]
Great Mosque of Central Java, Indonesia. (Chris Woodrich, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Christian organization in Indonesia is appealing a decision to revoke its construction permits, asserting the revocations were unlawful, sources said. The Surakarta Blessed Family Foundation (YKAS), an affiliate of the Bethel Indonesia Church, filed the administrative appeal against the […]
Tribal villagers attack Rajman Salam’s house and church in Bedetevda village, Chhattisgarh state, India on Dec. 18, 2025. (Morning Star News screenshot). NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Officials in India exhumed the body of a tribal man without his sons’ consent after villagers attacked Christians for burying it on land of Christian relatives, arguing that […]
Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. (Screenshot from YouTube) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – After multiple setbacks for a Christian family in Pakistan striving to recover their forcibly married/converted 13-year-old daughter, a federal court on Friday (Jan. 9) ordered police to find and present her and the Muslim who kidnapped her, sources said. A […]
Kano State Hisbah Board headquarters in Kano state, Nigeria. (Usmanmaifada, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim police force in Kano state, Nigeria is holding a 15-year-old Christian girl missing since Dec. 1 amid fears that she may be forcefully converted to Islam, sources said. Pastor Kabiru Usman said he discovered that […]
Ochi Igbade, one of the four Christians killed in attack on Otobi Akpa village, Benue state, Nigeria on Jan. 12, 2026. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in Benue state, Nigeria killed four Christians on Monday (Jan. 12) and nine others on Jan. 5-6, sources said. In Otobi Akpa village, Otukpo County, […]
Muhammad Farhan, mayor of Bandung City, affirmed the GRII church’s right to worship. (Kota Bandung, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslims in West Java, Indonesia demonstrated against a Christian revival worship service on Jan. 6 attended by a staff member of an official in the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Carrying banners and a […]
Location of Taraba state, Nigeria. (Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in eastern Nigeria killed 10 Christians in four villages on Saturday night (Jan. 10) and into the predawn hours of Sunday, sources said. The assailants attacked the predominantly Christian villages of Iornem, Kyahar, Uhula and Samgambe in Taraba […]