Persecution

Burial of Nilesh Kumar in Satpura village, Arwal District in Bihar state, India on July 8, 2024. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Sushil Kumar and his wife rose at 3 a.m. on July 8 in their village in…

Location of Madhya Pradesh state in India. (Filpro, Creative Commons) HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Worship services at a church in a village in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state have been suspended since Hindu…

Protest against Pakistan’s blasphemy laws in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England in November 2014. (Mtaylor848, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The U.S. Commission on…

Ampel Mosque in Surabaya, Indonesia. (Consigliere Ivan, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, INDONESIA (Morning Star News) – Local officials in Indonesia on Sunday (June 30) stopped a wedding ceremony and banned the church from further…

Christians at burial of Bindu Sodi in Dantewada District, Chhattisgarh state, India, June 26, 2024. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A tribal religion villager in India killed his 32-year-old niece with axe blows…

Nigerian army tank in Adamawa state, Nigeria captured by Boko Haram and later destroyed in military operations in 2015. (Jambanja, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christian…

Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Alimrankdev, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Saturday (June 29) handed the death sentence to a…

Muslim assailants broke Mukisa Siraji’s leg on May 28, 2024 near Iganga, Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two Christians were on their way to preach Christ in Iganga town, eastern Uganda on May 28…

Location of Plateau state, Nigeria. (Uwe Dedering, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed eight Christians, including two children, and wounded four…

Christian evangelist Richard Malinga was killed in eastern Uganda on June 17, 2024. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – An evangelist who had received death threats from Muslim extremists was killed after…