Articles by Christian Daily International / Morning Star News
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Police in Pakistan are refusing to arrest Muslims who attacked a Catholic family and seized their farm land, and officers also damaged property, sources said. -
Couple’s ordeal highlights injustices faced by Christians in northern Nigeria
The ordeal of a pastoral couple jailed without trial for three years for taking in a runaway Muslim girl shows the injustices that Christians suffer in northern Nigeria, church leaders said. -
Fulani herdsmen kill 12 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen attacked residents of a village in central Nigeria’s Plateau state as they slept at 2 a.m. on April 19, killing 12 Christians, sources said. -
Bill in Pakistan would outlaw child marriages
A bill designed to prevent child marriages in Pakistan’s most populated province has raised hope for protection of Christian girls and others from Muslims abducting and forcibly marrying and converting them, sources said. -
Slaughter of Christians continues in central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (April 28) killed two Christians in one area of Benue state after killing five Christians the previous day in another area, sources said. -
Herdsmen kill at least six Christians in southeast Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen on Sunday night (April 28) killed at least six Christians, including children, in an attack in southeastern Nigeria, sources said. -
ECWA pastor slain in Kaduna state, Nigeria
A Christian pastor was killed last week as he traveled to minister to church members in northern Kaduna state, sources said. -
Three Christians slain in Benue state, central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen killed three Christians last week in an area of Benue state, central Nigeria, a local leader said. -
Girl kidnapped, forcibly converted/married in Pakistan, father says
A Christian father in Pakistan who took his 15-year-old daughter out of school to protect her from harassment by a Muslim is now trying to free her from kidnapping and forcible marriage/conversion by the same man, he said. -
Mother, baby among Christians slain in Plateau state, Nigeria
A single bullet killed a young mother and the baby strapped to her back, two of the more than 30 Christians killed in Plateau state, Nigeria in the past two weeks, sources said. -
Court in Pakistan orders change in legal marriage age
A high court in Pakistan last week ordered a provincial government to remove gender-based age distinction in its child marriage law, a move aimed at deterring forced conversions and forced marriages of girls, sources said. -
Pakistan told to address forced marriages, conversions of girls
U.N. human rights experts on Thursday (April 11) called on Pakistan to make legal changes in light of continued vulnerability of women and girls of minority faiths to forced marriages and religious conversions.
