News of the Persecuted Church

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian woman arrested under Pakistan’s blasphemy law along with her sister and three other Christians has vowed to continue preaching the gospel to Muslims. “I am working for the Lord, and I’m prepared to pay the price for this service,” said Saba Boota, a 27-year-old resident of The post Christian Woman, Others Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan appeared first on Morningstar News.

SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – About 50 officials from Jombang Regency, Indonesia on Aug. 18 dragged a pastor from his worship site and sealed the shop where his church met, sources said. The sealing of the worship site was part of a Jombang government effort to recover dozens of shops the government says it owns The post Church Sealed, Pastor Dragged and Threatened in Indonesia appeared first on Morningstar News.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Aug. 23 killed six villagers in Benue state, Nigeria, the latest of 38 Christians slain in the same county in July and August, sources said. The group of armed herdsmen attacked Iwari and Olegagbane villages in Agatu County, killing the six Christians and injuring many The post Fulani Herdsmen Kill Six Christians in Central Nigeria appeared first on Morningstar News.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Sindh Province officials are trying to impose a ban on organizers of a minority rights march under pressure from an extremist Islamist party opposed to any changes in Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws, sources said. In an official letter to the Commissioner of Karachi Division on Friday (Aug. 23), The post Officials in Pakistan Attempt to Ban Rights March Organizers appeared first on Morningstar News.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Pakistan abducted and forcibly converted and married a 12-year-old Christian girl as police delayed efforts to recover her, family members said. Parveen Shaukat, a Catholic widow and mother to eight children, said that Muhammad Asad abducted her youngest daughter, Fairy Shaukat, from the Habibabad Mandi The post Christian Girl, 12, Forcibly Converted/Married in Pakistan appeared first on Morningstar News.