NIGER – Boko Haram Kidnapped 15 Girls from Niger
International Christian Concern | Nov. 30, 2018 Boko Haram has continued it reign of terror in Northeastern Nigeria and the lake chad regions of Cameroon and Niger. Late last week,…
MYANMAR – Four Christians Escaped Ethnic Wa Militia in Northern Myanmar
International Christian Concern | Nov. 30, 2018 An ethnic Wa militia, in northern Myanmar has been forcibly recruiting young adults into joining them for the last few months. Yesterday, a…
UGANDA – Muslim Mob Incites Police to Arrest Six Pastors in Uganda
Morning Star News | Nov. 30, 2018 Officers arrested six pastors in eastern Uganda on Saturday (Nov. 24) after hundreds of Muslims, furious over a public talk comparing Christianity with…
IRAQ – Mosul’s Destruction Haunts the Nineveh Plains
International Christian Concern | Nov. 29, 2018 Mosul was once a beautiful city. Today, piles of rubble are everywhere. Buildings are completely demolished; cars are riddled with bullet holes. Despite…
KENYA – Two Survivors Recall Horrors of the Recent Mandera Attack
International Christian Concern | Nov. 29, 2018 Kevin Lomosi and Elijah Nderitu are grateful to God for rescuing them from the claws of armed militants. A typical night turned tragic…
UGANDA – Pastor and Five Evangelists Arrested for Preaching in Uganda
International Christian Concern | Nov 29, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Saturday, November 24, Pastor Tom Palapande and his team of five evangelists were arrested in…
CHINA – China Enforces New Restrictions on Religious Freedom in Education Institutions
International Christian Concern | Nov. 29, 2018 Teachers and students in China, including foreigners, are not allowed to preach or promote their religion or speak of their religious beliefs. Municipal…
INDIA – Hundreds of Christians Denied Vote in State Election in India
International Christian Concern | Nov. 29, 2018 Hundreds of Christians in India’s Madhya Pradesh state were turned away from voting booths because their names were no longer on the voter…
EGYPT – Egypt Church Attack Deemed a Misdemeanor
International Christian Concern | Nov. 29, 2018 An intruder who broke into a Cairo Church and attacked two Christians while shouting Islamic slogans has had his case referred to a Court of…
IRAQ – Mosul’s Destruction Haunts the Nineveh Plains
International Christian Concern | Nov. 29, 2018 Mosul was once a beautiful city. Today, piles of rubble are everywhere. Buildings are completely demolished; cars are riddled with bullet holes. Despite…
WORLDWIDE – Protect Christians, Recognize and End Genocide
ACLJ - Nov. 29, 2018 ISIS has been waging a brutal genocide against Christians. It barbarically slaughtered thousands and drove hundreds of thousands of Christians from their homes in the…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Offends Christians Claiming “Jesus Has No Mention in Human History”
International Christian Concern | Nov. 28, 2018 Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, has offended both Christians and Muslims by claiming that there is no historical record of Jesus…
WORLDWIDE – ACN: almost 300 million Christians persecuted in 21 countries
Vatican News | Nov. 28, 2018 Some 61% of the world’s population live in countries where religious freedom is not respected; in other words, 6 out of every 10 people around the world…
CHINA – Chinese Civil Rights Activist: Vatican-China Pact Is ‘a Deal with the Devil’
Breitbart | Nov. 27, 2018 China’s most famous civil rights activist has joined the chorus of critics who have denounced the recent deal between the Vatican and Chinese Communist Party…
INDIA – Pastor Brutally Beaten for Leading Open Air Worship Services in India
International Christian Concern | Nov. 27, 2018 Earlier this month, a pastor and his congregation were severely beaten in India’s Bihar state. In addition to accusations of forced conversion, a…
KENYA – Suspected Al-Shabaab Attack in Kenya Leads to Kidnap of Foreigner
International Christian Concern | Nov. 27, 2018 Suspected Al-Shabaab militants conducted an attack last week in Kilifi County, Kenya. During the attack, they injured five people by shooting randomly into…
INDIA – Extremists in India Attempt to Burn Pastor Alive
International Christian Concern | Nov. 27, 2018 On October 23, Pastor John Lakra and his family were driving to a hospital in Sundargarh, Odisha to seek emergency treatment for their…
Persecution of Minority Christian Women ‘Hidden, Complex, and Interwoven with “Everyday” Discrimination’
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 26, 2018 Five new reports – about Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Colombia and the Central African Republic – unmask the multiple domestic, societal and state dynamics…
INDIA – Pastor and Son Brutally Attacked by Mob in India’s Telangana State
International Christian Concern | Nov. 26, 2018 Kamareddy, a district in India’s Telangana State, has witnessed frequent attacks on Christians this year. The latest attack took place on November 9…
TURKEY – Turkey refuses entry to N. American Christian Evangelist
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 26, 2018 Turkish immigration authorities refused to permit Canadian-American Christian David Byle to enter Turkey when he returned to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport last week.…
SYRIA – Syrian Armenian Refugees Avoid Turkey
International Christian Concern | Nov. 25, 2018 A new report by journalist Serdar Korucu indicates that Syrian Armenian refugees are intentionally avoiding Turkey. Instead, they chose to travel much more…
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA – 270 Slaughtered by ‘Irrelevant’ ISIS in Recent Days
Clarion Project | Nov. 25, 2018 Proving to the world it is anything but irrelevant, ISIS in recent days reportedly mounted attacks in Chad, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Libya and…
WORLDWIDE – Report: Half a Billion Christians Facing Global Persecution
Breitbart | Nov. 24, 2018 More than 60 percent of the world’s population of more than 7.5 billion reside in countries where the right to religious freedom is obstructed or…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Arrests Islamist Leader of Asia Bibi Protests
International Christian Concern | Nov. 24, 2018 Authorities in Pakistan have arrested the leader of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan Party, Khadim Hussain Rizvi. Rizvi was responsible for organizing the violent and…
IRAQ – Iraq Cracks Down on Customary Tribal Justice
International Christian Concern | Nov. 23, 2018 The centuries old Iraqi tribal practice of resolving disputes through the “degga ashairiya” has now been classified by the government as an act…
ALGERIA – Another Algerian Church Closed
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 23, 2018 An Algerian court has ordered a church in the northern Tizi Ouzou province to close because it lacks the necessary permit, reports Christian…
EGYPT – Egypt Bus Attack Survivors ask ‘How could this happen again?’
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 23, 2018 Egypt’s Copts are still reeling from a second bus attack in two years on the desert road to a monastery in Minya and asking why there was…
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – Two Pastors among seven killed by Islamist Militants in Eastern DRC
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 22, 2018 Two Congolese pastors were among the seven Christians killed in attacks by an Islamist militant group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo earlier…
WESTERN NATIONS – Western Countries are not doing enough to Stop Global Surge in Violence Against Religious Minorities
Christian Today | Nov. 22, 2018 Western nations are failing to help the world's religious minorities as they grapple with a surge in violent attacks and intimidation, a new report…
NIGERIA – Suspected Muslims Youths Allegedly set school ablaze in Bauchi
Daily Post | Nov. 21, 2018 Suspected Muslim youths in the wee hours of Wednesday allegedly burnt down a private school in Yelwa area of Bauchi near the Customs office.…
IRAN – Two Iranian Converts Arrested and Taken to Unknown Locations
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 21, 2018 Two Iranian Christian converts have been taken by Iran’s security agents from the houses they were staying in Karaj and Mashhad on Friday,…
MALAYSIA – Finns held in Muslim Malaysia over ‘Christian Pamphlets’
Channel NewsAsia | Nov. 21, 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: Four Finns have been arrested on a holiday island in Muslim-majority Malaysia for allegedly distributing pamphlets about Christianity, police said Wednesday (Nov…
PAKISTAN – Senator Demands U.S. Cut Off Aid to Pakistan Until Asia Bibi is Free
International Christian Concern | Nov. 21, 2018 Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has demanded that the U.S. Government cut off all aid to Pakistan until Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently…
IRAQ – 350 Christian Homes Illegally Seized in Iraq
International Christian Concern | Nov. 21, 2018 An investigation by an Iraqi media source, al-Sumaria, revealed that at least 350 Christian owned properties have illegally been seized. The government has…
EGYPT – Egypt: Man accused of IS Allegiance sentenced to death for killing Coptic Doctor
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 20, 2018 An Egyptian court sentenced a man to death last Saturday, 17 November, for the killing of an 80-year old Christian doctor in Cairo…
PAKISTAN – Police Warn Christians in Pakistan of Potential Terrorist Attack
International Christian Concern | Nov. 20, 2018 Police in Pakistan have warned Christians that terrorists are planning an attack on their community following the Asia Bibi acquittal. According to Agenzia…
INDONESIA- Christian Politician Accused of Blasphemy
International Christian Concern | Nov. 20, 2018 A Christian politician in Indonesia has been accused of blasphemy for criticizing Islamic based laws. According to the Muslim organization Indonesian Muslim Workers’…
NEPAL – High Caste Hindus Force Church to Close in Western Nepal
International Christian Concern | Nov. 19, 2018 Using threats and social pressure, high caste Hindus, including local Brahmins, forced a newly planted church in the Palpa District of Nepal to…
ETHIOPIA – Young Ethiopian Christians ‘Bribed’ to Convert to Islam, says Charity
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 19, 2018 Young Ethiopian Christians are bribed with jobs and education prospects if they convert to Islam, according to the UK-based charity Aid to the Church…
IRAN – .Iranian Intelligence Intercepts Christians
International Christian Concern | Nov. 19, 2018 Middle East Concern reports that last week two Iranian Christian converts from Karaj, which is just northwest of Tehran, were prevented from meeting…