Persecution

Farhan Ul Qamar was killed on Nov. 9, 2023. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim gunned down a 20-year-old Christian in Pakistan on Nov. 9, the latest case of a religious minority…

The Rev. David Musa of the ECWA in Obajana, Kogi state, Nigeria was killed on Nov. 14, 2023. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pastor kidnapped on Saturday (Nov. 11) in Nigeria’s central state of Kogi was killed on…

Damage to Gulberg Presbyterian Church building, burned in Lahore, Pakistan on Nov. 16, 2023. (Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A church building was set on fire in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday (Nov. 16), a…

Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya and wife Junu. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – As he awaits prison after a wrongful conviction for proselytizing, Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya fears his case will set a precedent for…

Today a Helsinki appeals court acquitted two Christians of “hate crimes” charges with potential prison sentences for tweeting Bible verses and publishing a Christian booklet about sexual ethics. This unprecedented application of Finnish law…

Location of Budaka in Uganda. (Map data © 2023 Google) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A woman in eastern Uganda has been hospitalized with serious burns after her Muslim husband discovered she had converted to Christianity and…

Sultan Bello Mosque in the city of Kaduna, Kaduna state, Nigeria. (Anasskoko, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked a village in northern Nigeria on early Tuesday (Oct. 31),…

Benue River in Makurdi, Benue state, Nigeria. (Bandele Femi, Ashinze, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (Oct. 29) killed six Christians in Benue state, following…

Shaukat Masih and wife Kiran Shaukat with their children. (Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday (Oct. 18) granted bail to a Christian couple arrested last month on…

Vehicle of Christian tour guide Eric Alyai set ablaze after he was slain along with two tourists in western Uganda on Oct. 17, 2023. (Uganda Police Force X account) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The killers of three people…