IRAN – Iranian Christian Couple Arrested in Front of Daughter
International Christian Concern | Dec. 20, 2018 Amir Taleipour and his wife Mahnaz Harati were arrested during a raid on their home in the city of Mashhad by Iranian intelligence…
NIGERIA – Amnesty International Calls out Nigerian Government for Incompetency
International Christian Concern | Dec. 19, 2018 Amnesty International has claimed that the farmer-herder conflict in Nigeria, has only been exacerbated by continued incompetency and inaction by the government. They…
SRI LANKA – Christian Pastor in Sri Lanka Abducted and Tortured by Unknown Assailants
International Christian Concern | Dec. 19, 2018 According to a report by the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL), a Christian pastor was abducted and tortured by unknown…
INDONESIA – Indonesian Muslims Remove the Cross from Deceased Catholic’s Tomb
International Christian Concern | Dec. 19, 2018 In Muslim majority community Purbayan, the top of a cross on a deceased Catholic’s tomb was cut off by local Muslims, while the…
EGYPT – Charges Filed Against Egyptian Officer Who Killed 2 Christians
International Christian Concern | Dec. 19, 2018 Criminal charges are pending against Egyptian police officer Rabi Mustapha Khalifa after he shot and killed two Coptic Christians last week. The prosecution…
WORLDWIDE – “America, Please Stand for Us: We are Dying!” Muslim Persecution of Christians: September, 2018
Raymond Ibrahim | Dec. 19, 2018 The Slaughter of Christians Central African Republic: As many as 42 people—mostly Christian women—“were hacked to death … after suspected Islamist rebels attacked a group…
SYRIA – Islamic State kills 700 prisoners in east Syria: Syrian Observatory
Reuters | Dec. 19, 2018 The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday that Islamic State militants had executed nearly 700 prisoners in nearly two months in eastern Syria.…
VIETNAM – New religion-control law changes little in Vietnam after 1 year
World Watch Monitor | Dec. 18, 2018 Christian leaders in Vietnam largely agree that little has changed since the new Law on Belief and Religion came into effect January 1,…
INDIA – Indian Christians from Telangana Endure Three Attacks in Five Days
International Christina Concern | Dec. 18, 2018 In a matter of only five days, Christians in India’s southern state of Telangana endured three separate attacks. These attacks have some fearing…
EGYPT – Community Missing Among Egypt’s Christian Converts
International Christian Concern | Dec. 18, 2018 Isolation. For many Muslim-background believers, also known as MBBs, this is one of the first feelings they experience when their faith becomes public.…
UGANDA – Christian Mother in Uganda Abused for Conversion
International Christian Concern | Dec. 18, 2018 Although Uganda is a relatively safe country to be a Christian in, many who convert from Islam face persecution. These people, often referred…
CHINA – China’s Hebei Bans Christmas to ‘Maintain Stability’
International Christian Concern | Dec. 18, 2018 Officials in Langfang, Hebei province have issued a ban on festive decorations and retail sales of related items during Christmas. The official notice…
PAKISTAN – Christian Brothers Sentenced to Death Under Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws
International Christian Concern | Dec. 18, 2018 Two Christian brothers, Qaisar and Amoon Ayub, were sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan for allegedly posting blasphemous material on a…
IRAN – Disappeared Iranian Christian Found in Prison
International Christian Concern | Dec. 18, 2018 The fate of an Iranian Christian who disappeared during a massive crackdown by the authorities on the church has finally been revealed after…
INDIA – Christian Gathering Disbanded by Police in India’s Uttar Pradesh
International Christian Concern | Dec. 17, 2018 On November 11, a regular Christian gathering of nearly 600 people was shut down by police in Pure Pande Pululiki village, located in…
IRAN – Iran: Four Christian Converts Detained
Middle East Concern | Dec. 17, 2018 About thirteen plain-clothed Revolutionary Guards conducted raids on four homes on the morning of 2 December, arresting Shima Zanganeh (27), Shokoofeh Zanganeh (30),…
CHINA – DEAR PRESIDENT XI: A RABBI AND A REVEREND ASK CHINA TO STOP PERSECUTING MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS | OPINION
Newsweek | Dec. 17, 2018 President Xi Jinping, History is itself indebted to the invaluable contribution of a few great civilizations, like China’s. The Chinese civilization helped create the very framework…
CHINA – Major Guangzhou House Church Shut Down by Authorities
International Christian Concern | Dec. 17, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the morning of December 15, more than 100 police and government officials raided a children’s…
CHINA – Crackdown on Sichuan Church Continues, Members Closely Monitored by Police
International Christian Concern | Dec. 17, 2018 A week after the 1209 crackdown on Autumn Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan, local authorities continue to impede church members from gathering or…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Kills 12 More Soldiers in Gudumbali, Nigeria
International Christian Concern | Dec. 17, 2018 12 soldiers were killed yesterday in Northeast Nigeria, during another attack by Boko Haram. Several Dozen others are still missing. This is just…
IRAN – Iranian Christians Assaulted and Disappeared
International Christian Concern | Dec. 17, 2018 Earlier this month, Iranian media announced a widespread detainment of Christians across the country. ICC reported how over 100 Christians were detained by the Iranian…
IRAQ – Rural Iraq Devastated by ISIS
International Christian Concern | Dec. 16, 2018 Amnesty International has released a new report describing how the Islamic State (ISIS) used a scorched earth policy to devastate rural Iraq. This…
ALGERIA – Christian Bookstore Reopened by Algerian Court
International Christian Concern | Dec. 15, 2018 Last November, a church and a Christian bookshop was closed by authorities in the Algerian city of Ain Turk. The church was reopened…
INDIA – India Continues Downward Trend in US Religious Freedom Report
International Christian Concern | Dec. 15, 2018 India continued on a downward trend in regards to religious freedom according to the U.S. State Department’s 2018 report on international religious freedom.…
IRAQ – Why US forces must step in to save Iraqi Christians from extinction
New York Post | Dec. 15, 2018 When ISIS fighters burst into Father Afran Sony’s monastery in northern Iraq in June 2014 wielding machine guns and knives, he and his…
CHINA – Arrested Sichuan House Church Members Criminally Charged
International Christian Concern | Dec. 14, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that after more than 100 members were arrested during the December 9 crackdown on Sichuan’s Autumn Rain…
IRAQ – Basra Christians Slowly Abandon the City
International Christian Concern | Dec. 14, 2018 According to a publication by the Barnabas Fund, an estimated one Christian family a month is fleeing Iraq’s southern city of Basra. It…
INDIA – Pastor in India Arrested for Attempting to Show Film About Jesus Christ
International Christian Concern | Dec. 14, 2018 Last Saturday, December 9, Pastor Sojan was arrested and detained by police in Bakhtiyarpur village, located in the Patna district of India’s Bihar…
INDIA – India’s Christians Relieved as Hindu Nationalists Lose Five Key State Elections
1International Christian Concern | Dec. 14, 2018 The results of five state elections have come as a massive relief for Christians and other religious minorities in India. The elections resulted…
MALAYSIA – Interfaith Christmas Dinner in Malaysia Calls for Tolerance and Understanding
International Christian Concern | Dec. 14, 2018 At an interfaith Christmas dinner on December 13, the Federal Territories (FT) Mufti, an Islamic scholar who interprets and expounds Islamic law said, “peaceful…
EGYPT – Egyptian Police Officer Murders Two Christian Men
International Christian Concern | Dec. 14, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the evening of December 12, Egyptian police officer Rabi Mustapha Khalifa shot and killed Coptic…
LAOS – Police in Laos Arrest Four Christians During Worship
International Christian Concern | Dec. 13, 2018 Three police officers in Laos arrested a grandmother and three other Christians while they were worshipping last month, according to an advocacy group…
EGYPT — Two Christians Murdered by Muslim Policeman Guarding Their Church in Egypt
A Muslim policeman charged with guarding a Coptic Christian church shot and killed two Copts—a father, 49, and his son, 21—Wednesday in Minya, Egypt.Eyewitnesses say a verbal quarrel had ensued…
Donald Trump Signs Genocide Relief Act for Christians in Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump signed a law on Tuesday combatting genocide of Christians in the Middle East, legislation supported by the Knights of Columbus and a broad array…
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – Another Attack on a CAR Refugee Camp by UPC
International Christian Concern | Dec. 11, 2018 Attacks on church run refugee camps continued in the Central African Republic last week. The Unité pour la Paix en Centrafrique(UPC), a Muslim…
EGYPT – Islamic Extremists Strike Yet Another Church in Upper Egypt
International Christian Concern | Dec. 11, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, December 9, a group of Islamic extremists attacked a church in the Upper Egypt…
CHINA – More Than 100 Sichuan House Church Members Arrested
International Christian Concern | Dec. 10, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that more than 100 members and leaders of Autumn Rain Covenant Church in China’s Sichuan province have…
VIETNAM – Imprisoned Vietnamese Pastor Punished for Not Pleading Guilty
International Christian Concern | Dec. 10, 2018 Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton who has been sentenced for 12-year in prison, accused of plotting to overthrow the government and charged under Article…
NIGERIA – Save Christian Schoolgirl Leah Sharibu
ACLJ - Dec. 6, 2018 It’s an ultimatum: Boko Haram has promised to kill a Christian teen held captive for her faith. A 15-year-old girl is being held captive by…
IRAQ – Assyrian Village in North Iraq Closes School After Turkish Shelling
Assyrian International News Agency | Dec. 5, 2018 Christian village near the Kurdistan Region's northern border has temporarily halted all activities due to intermittent Turkish shelling near the area. "The…
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