QATAR – Church Grows in Qatar Despite Challenges
International Christian Concern | Jan. 10, 2019 A church complex in Doha (Qatar) has become an area of Christian diversity in a country where nearly two decades ago Christians were…
CHINA – China Now Demands “Church-Free Zones” Near Schools
International Christian Concern | Jan. 10, 2019 According to recent documents issued in China’s northern Shanxi province and central Henan province, China is now establishing ‘church-free zones’ near schools while…
IRAQ – Sale of Churches Sparks Controversy in Iraq
International Christian Concern | Jan. 8, 2019 The sale of churches and potential corruption regarding the resulting funds has sparked fresh controversy in Iraq. This comes as three churches have…
NIGERIA – Christian Community Devastated by Years Fulani Militant Violence
International Christian Concern | Jan. 8, 2019 The Christian community of Dogo Awo village, located in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, has been devastated by years of Fulani militant violence. The village…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christians Fear New Security Mandate May Lead to Church Closures
International Christian Concern | Jan. 8, 2019 On January 2, the government of the Punjab province in Pakistan mandated that churches comply with set security standards by March 31 or…
PHILIPPINES – 2000 Soldiers Will be Deployed to Secure Philippines’ Black Nazarene Feast
International Christian Concern | Jan. 8, 2019 Every year on January 9, millions of Filipinos gather in Manila for a procession of the Black Nazarene, a life-sized, dark-colored wooden statue…
EGYPT – Egyptian Convert Stands Firm for Christ Against All Odds
International Christian Concern | Jan. 8, 2019 Growing up in Egypt as the son of an Islamic Sheikh, Mohamed’s life was filled with religion. As a Sheikh, his father was…
VIETNAM – Forced Eviction in Catholic Community of Loc Hung Leaves Hundreds of Families Homeless and Destitute, Including Many Political Activists
The 88 Project | Jan. 8, 2019 The 88 Project, January 8, 2019: 2019 started with a high-profile forced eviction against residents of Loc Hung vegetable garden, a Catholic residential…
UGANDA – Mother and Daughter Disowned for Converting to Christianity
International Christian Concern | Jan. 7, 2019 Adijah is living with a Christian family in Kisinga, Western Uganda, after she was threatened and disowned by her husband for becoming a…
EGYPT – Egypt’s President Sisi opens mega-mosque and Middle East’s largest cathedral in New Capital
Christian Today | Jan. 7, 2019 President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Egypt's largest church and mosque in the New Administrative Capital on Sunday, the eve of Coptic Christmas, in a…
EGYPT – Militants kidnap Christian man in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
New Jersey Herald | Jan. 6, 2019 Islamic militants on Thursday kidnapped a Christian man traveling in a communal taxi in the turbulent north of Egypt's Sinai peninsula, according to…
‘Listen to Their Cry’: Churches Worldwide Take Part in Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians
The Christian Post | Nov. 4, 2018 As many as 100,000 congregations worldwide and millions of Christians are participating in a day of prayer for the persecuted church Sunday. Known…
NIGERIA – Nigeria needs a US special envoy
The Christian Post | Jan. 3, 2019 Africa’s most populous country is Nigeria, with a population that today numbers 200 million and that is on track by 2050 to be…
LAOS – Laos Cracks Down on Christianity as ‘Religion of the Europeans and Americans’
Breitbart | Jan. 5, 2019 Laos has been tightening restrictions on Christian practice as an unwelcome Western influence, mirroring the situation of other Asian communist nations. During the Christmas holidays, incidents of…
Faith’s Top 10 International Religious Liberty Stories of 2018
Juicy Ecumenism | Jan. 5, 2019 Some American Christians are far more focused on conditions in their own church than on suffering fellow Christians around the world. They are less…
SYRIA – Christians fear Turkish attack could end Christianity in northeast Syria
Kurdistan |Jan. 5, 2019 A joint statement by Syriac Christian organizations in Syria, Europe, and the US on Thursday demanded the establishment of a no-fly zone to stop a possible…
EGYPT – Egypt police officer killed defusing church bomb: security source
France 24 - Jan. 5, 2019 A policeman was killed and two wounded in an explosion outside a church in Egypt on Saturday, a security source said. The blast took…
OPINION – Nigeria needs a US special envoy
By Rep. Frank Wolf and Amb. Tony P. Hall, | Christian Post | Voices Contributors | Jan. 3, 2019 Africa’s most populous country is Nigeria, with a population that today…
INDIA – Mob in India Harasses Children on Way to Christmas Program
International Christian Concern | Jan. 1, 2019 On December 25, a mob of 30 Hindu radicals from the Bajrang Dal stopped four buses carrying 200 children on their way to…
IRAN – Nine Evangelical Christians Reported Arrested During Christmas Week In Iran
Radio Farda | Dec. 30, 2018 Tasnim news agency connected with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards reported on Sunday that nine evangelical Christians have been arrested in recent days in Alborz province,…
CHINA – An ‘atheist’ empire? Trump aides rally evangelicals in China fight
Politico | Dec. 30, 2018 Vice President Mike Pence infuriated Beijing when he gave a speech in October warning that China had become a dangerous rival to the United States.…
NIGERIA – Fulani Muslims kill 7 Christians day after Christmas; media narrative of clashes is false, watchdog says
The Christian Post | Dec. 28, 2018 Islamic Fulani radicals murdered seven Christians in a Nigerian town the day after Christmas, according to persecution watchdog group International Christian Concern. The ICC,…
TURKEY – The Coming ‘Turkish Jihadist Invasion’ Against Christians: A Christmas Plea from Syrians to US Christians
CBN News | December 27, 2018 In an open letter to Christians in the United States, the head of the Syriac Union Party pleaded that his people not be abandoned…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi to Celebrate Christmas in Hiding in Pakistan
International Christian Concern | Dec. 24, 2018 Despite being acquitted in October, Asia Bibi is set to celebrate her first Christmas off death row in hiding and under guard in…
EGYPT – Pathway to Church Legalization Minimal in Egypt
International Christian Concern | Dec. 24, 2018 A report recently released by the Project on Middle East Democracy details how Egypt’s 2016 church legalization law has had a minimal positive…
IRAQ – The New Threat Iraq’s Christians
Real Clear Politics | Dec. 24, 2018 In March of 2017, with the battle for control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, raging just miles away, I was driven into…
IRAQ – Iraqi Curriculum Incites Violence Towards Religious Minorities
International Christian Concern | Dec. 23, 2018 Archbishop Louis Raphaël I Sako of Iraq’s Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylon has asked the Ministry of Education to review offensive statements which exist…
PAKISTAN – Police Increase Security for Pakistani Christians in Preparation for Christmas
International Christian Concern | Dec. 23, 2018 Police in Pakistan are beefing up security for Christians as the minority community prepares to celebrate Christmas. Christians across Pakistan face a sense…
MYANMAR – Lahu Christians Asks Wa Army to Re-open Churches
International Christian Concern | Dec. 23, 2018 United Wa State Army (UWSA) forcibly closed churches and a Bible school in the Wa region of Myanmar’s northern Shan State in September.…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Forces Out World Vision and 17 Other Charities
International Christian Concern | Dec. 22, 2018 After 13 years of operations, World Vision has been kicked out of Pakistan along with 17 other charities. With this move, Pakistan has…
EGYPT – Egyptian Policeman Complicit in Church Attack
International Christian Concern |Dec. 22, 2018 Nearly a year ago, on December 29th, ICC reported about a terrorist attack against an Egyptian church in Helwan City. One of the attackers was wearing…
EGYPT – Christians of Kom al-Raheb Wait 17 Years for Church
International Christian Concern | Dec. 21, 2018 Earlier this month, ICC reportedhow the Christians in Upper Egypt’s village of Kom al-Raheb were targeted by mob violence because they were praying in…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Christians Face Uneasy Christmas Holiday
International Christian Concern | Dec. 21, 2018 Pakistan’s Christians are facing an uneasy Christmas holiday this year. Many fear their community will be targeted and attacked by the country’s extremists…
INDIA – Hindu Radicals Terrorize Christian Children Attending Sunday School in Southern India
International Christian Concern | Dec. 20, 2018 On November 11, 2018, a mob of 300 Hindu radicals reportedly terrorized a group of Christian children as they attended a Sunday school…
CHINA – Second Underground Chinese Bishop Replaced by Government-backed Bishop
International Christian Concern | Dec. 20, 2018 A second bishop from China’s underground Catholic church is stepping aside as the government replaces him with an excommunicated clergyman, state-run media Global…
ERITREA – Eritreans in Refugee Camps Fear Being Sent Home
International Christian Concern | Dec. 20, 2018 There are tens of Thousands of people in Northern Ethiopia that have been living in squaller and fear after they fled their homes…
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…
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