Persecution

Shagufta Kiran was sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. (Jubilee Campaign) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslim vigilante groups are working with federal authorities to lure…

Chand Shamaun in shackles at hearing on blasphemy charges filed in June 2024. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian jailed since June on…

Committee on Civil and Political Rights review of Pakistan’s human rights record in Geneva, Switzerland on Oct. 17-18, 2024. (UN Web TV) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Authorities in Pakistan…

Villagers at charred home where Pastor Mukisa and family were burned to death in Namutumba District, Uganda on Oct. 13, 2024. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamist villagers in eastern Uganda burned a…

Diya Iftikhar (3rd from left) with parents and attorneys after her recovery. (Christians True Spirit) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Friday (Oct. 25) returned custody of a…

Location of North Sumatra Province, Indonesia (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Police on Thursday (Oct. 17) arrested a Christian for comments he made about Islam on social media that had led…

Destroyed home of Christian assaulted on outskirts of Kismayo, Somalia in May 2024. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A convert from Islam in Somalia who was attacked in May and July was again assaulted on…

10/18/2024 United Kingdom (International Christian Concern) — The University of Nottingham in England has issued a “trigger warning” to students studying various medieval literature, in part because of Christian themes in the…

Adam Smith-Connor was convicted of breaching U.K. “buffer zone” with prayer. (ADF International) LONDON – A British army veteran who served in Afghanistan was found guilty today (Oct. 16) for praying silently near an abortion clinic in…

Location of Gezira state in Sudan. (Map data © Google 2024) (Christian Daily International) – Christians in Sudan are caught between two fighting factions, with each military group accusing them of siding with the other, an advocacy…