Persecution

Medan, North Sumatra. (Flickr, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Muslim mobs on May 19 stopped Christians from worship in two cities of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, sources said. Muslims reportedly disrupted…

Local official Wawan Kurniawan stops worship service in Rajabasa Jaya village, Indonesia, on Feb. 19, 2023. (Morning Star News screenshot from YouTube) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Authorities have reduced a blasphemy charge…

Sara Ahmadi and Homayoun Zhaveh. (Article 18) (Morning Star News) – Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church…

Musarrat Bibi, Christian widow unjustly accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. (Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (May 13) released on bail a Christian woman charged under a…

Location of Iganga east of Kampala, Uganda. (Map data © 2023 Google) NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A former Islamic teacher remains hospitalized after Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda on Tuesday (May 2) beat him…

Nasarawa state, Nigeria. (Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on April 16 killed 12 people in attacks on predominantly Christian villages of central Nigeria that…

Uganda Christian School of Professionals in Lira, Northern Region. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian college student was killed in northern Uganda on April 14 for sharing about Christ with Muslims,…

Villagers at site where six Christians were killed on Tuesday (April 25) in Farin Lamba, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Ron Thomas for Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – In 11 days of attacks through Wednesday (April…

Location of Pakpattan District, Pakistan. (Map data © 2023 Google) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian widow and a Muslim gardener were arrested in Pakistan this month on blasphemy charges after they were accused of…

Discovery of body of Engineer Herbert in Mbale, Uganda on April 9, 2023. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists this month killed a Christian who was effective in leading Muslims to Christ in…