Persecution

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (in white) at one of the church buildings attacked by terrorists in May 2018. (Press Bureau of the Secretariat of the President of Indonesia) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Authorities in…

Location of Butaleja District, Uganda. (OpenStreetMap contributors, Jarry1250, NordNordWest) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda burned his 19-year-old daughter with a flat iron on July 21 after learning…

Joan Onyemaechi, also known as Ada Anioma, was kidnapped from Asaba, Delta state, Nigeria on July 30, 2024. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Gunmen in southern Nigeria on Tuesday (July…

Street in Kismayo, Lower Juba Region, Somalia. (Mr.Matija.kovak, creative commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in Somalia attacked a second time in Lower Juba Region on July 8,…

Location of Banten Province, Indonesia. (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Officials in Indonesia said they regretted the surfacing of a video showing Muslims halting worship of a church service in March,…

Pastor Thongkham Philavanh is survived by his wife and two children. (Facebook) HONG KONG (Morning Star News) – Pastor Thongkham Philavanh was feeding his chickens and ducks behind his house in Vanghay village, northwestern Laos, on…

Attack on house church members in Nawada, Dehradun District, Uttarakhand state, India on July 14, 2024. (Morning Star News screenshot from YouTube) HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Members of a house church in northern India…

From Dawn News broadcast on reversal of ban on passports for Pakistanis fleeing the country. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News screenshot) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Pakistani…

Corpses of Christians slain in Mbacher village, Benue state, Nigeria on July 19, 2024. (Joseph Achiv for Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani…

Nouman Masih was arrested on July 1, 2019. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan despite lack…