Persecution

Burial on Christmas Day, 2023 of Christians slain in NTV village, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Christian Daily News-Morning Star News) (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Terrorists massacred 160 people, many of them…

Joseph Omadi was arrested in Soroti, Uganda on Nov. 21, 2023. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda will spend Christmas in jail, charged under a blasphemy law after Muslims upset…

Christian convert Muhammad Kece received a 10-year prison sentence under Indonesia’s blasphemy law. (YouTube screenshot) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – With an increase in blasphemy cases in Indonesia and arrests based on…

The Rev. Abraham Damina Dumus, head of the CAN Bauchi State Chapter. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) BAUCHI, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – With a decades-old history of Islamic…

Rhoda Jatau could face up to 10 years in prison under Nigeria’s blasphemy law. (ADF International) BAUCHI, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian woman charged under Nigeria’s blasphemy law has been…

Central Mosque in Nouakchott, Mauritania. (Alexandra Pugachevsky, Creative Commons) (Christian Daily International for Morning Star News) – Authorities in Mauritania have arrested 15 Christian leaders since late November following calls…

Location of Plateau state, Nigeria. (Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Thursday (Nov. 30) killed seven Christians in attacks on two villages in Plateau…

Oluwakemi Moses, slain in Taraba state, Nigeria on Nov. 17, 2023. (Courtesy of family for Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A funeral was held in southwest Nigeria on Saturday (Nov. 25) for a pastor’s wife shot…

11/29/2023 Washington (International Christian Concern – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a report on anti-conversion laws prepared by International Christian Concern (ICC). ICC…

Haroon Shahzad (right) with attorney Aneeqa Maria. (The Voice Society for Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan this month granted bail to a Christian falsely charged with blasphemy, but he…