NIGERIA – Report: Nigeria Christian Genocide a ‘Global Security Nightmare’
Aug. 4, 2019 | Breitbart | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. ROME — The ongoing slaughter of Nigerian Christians by Muslim herders and terrorists is a powder keg waiting to explode,…
RELEASE: Call for ‘Measured Response’ to Unconfirmed Reports of Leah Sharibu’s Death
***NEWS RELEASE*** For Immediate Release | July 29, 2019 CONTACT: Hamilton Strategies, Media@HamiltonStrategies.com Save the Persecuted Christians, Leah Foundation and International Committee on Nigeria doubt the report WASHINGTON—Disturbing reports over…
CHINA – China Orders Towns to Count How Many Citizens ‘Believe in God’ and Then Monitor Them
July 25, 2019 | Christian Headlines China’s central government has intensified its crackdown on Christianity in recent months by pressuring local government officials to keep a count on the number…
CUBA – Cuban Regime Slammed for Preventing Pastors From Attending State Dep’t Religious Freedom Event
(CNSNews.com) – Cuba’s communist government has put to rest any doubts about its violations of religious freedom by preventing four Christian leaders from attending this week’s religious freedom ministerial at…
NIGERIA – RUGA “indirect Jihad”, says Anglican bishop
Warns South East governors to reject policy in zone The Anglican Bishop of Egbu Diocese in Owerri North, Most Revd Geoffrey Okoroafor has warned South East governors never to accept…
SYRIA – Car Bomb Strikes Syrian Christian Church
Several Injured and Multiple Buildings Damaged in Bombing 7/11/19 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on July 11, 2019, a car bomb exploded next…
MALI – ‘At least 100’ Christians incinerated in ‘well-targeted attack’
Believers surrounded and 'everything that moved' set afire At least 100 men, women and children have been incinerated in a “well-targeted attack” on Christians by jihadists in central Mali, according…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Christians plead for U.S. help in face of religiously driven violence
The horror that enveloped Rebecca Sharibu’s world in early 2018 when her 14-year-old daughter, Leah, was kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria felt like it might suddenly end when news broke, after…
MIDDLE EAST – Muslims Beat Three Christians With Iron Pipes For Sharing Bibles
A group of Christian evangelists have been beaten with iron pipes after it was discovered they were handing out Bible to locals in an ‘undisclosed Middle Eastern location,’ according to…
NIGERIA – Nigeria: Christian teen girl remains in Boko Haram captivity for refusing to deny Jesus Christ
“16-year-old Leah Sharibu, a Christian girl from the town of Dapchi, Nigeria, remains in the monstrous hands of the Islamic terror group Boko Haram – which keeps Leah in its…
NIGERIA – Tony Perkins, Leah Sharibu and the Saving of Every Nigerian Christian
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Yesterday, one of the most consequential men in public life, my friend Tony Perkins, was elected to chair the vital U.S.…
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia: Pressure on churches building with evangelical church told to vacate after ten years
An evangelical church in central Ethiopia has been ordered to vacate its building, 10 years after it started meeting there, and churches elsewhere in the region say pressure is increasing…
NIGERIA – Nigeria’s Christian community slowly being erased as militants step up vicious killings, kidnappings
Leah has been held captive by Boko Haram in Nigeria since early 2018 for refusing to renounce her Christian faith(Save the Persecuted Christians) It has been almost 18 long and…
PAKISTAN – Ex-Muslim who planned to kill Christians and faced death for becoming one tells her story
A Pakistani convert to Christianity who nearly blew herself up in the name of Allah says a spiritual journey that began with a dream transformed her from being a jihadi-minded teen…
NIGERIA – JUST IN: 6 Killed, 4 wounded in fresh attack in Jukun village
Six people, including an elderly woman, were killed in a fresh attacks by suspected militia in Tsondi Wukari local government area of Taraba State. It was gathered that six persons…
SYRIA – Syriac Christians see Turkey’s safe zone plans an existential threat
Syriac Christians, a religious group in Syria, reject the creation of a safe zone Turkey plans to establish in northern Syria due to Ottoman atrocities in the past, sociologist Amy Austin Holmes said in the…
NIGERIA – 10 die, 30 injured in NSCDC official, Gombe Boys’ Brigade clash
Punch Nigeria | Apr. 22, 2019 A survivor of Gombe Easter Day face-off between ECWA Boys' Brigade and NSCDC official. Photo: Chima Azubuike Chima Azubuike, Gombe Ten persons reportedly died…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Urges U.S. Government to Also Protect Christians in China
For Immediate Release | April 2, 2019 With Trade Deals and Focuses on Fentanyl, STPC Reminds Leaders Not to Forget About Persecuted Brothers and Sisters in Christ in ChinaWASHINGTON—Save the…
NIGERIA – Islamic Militants Increase Attacks on Nigerian Christians
International Christian Concern | March 30, 2019 Fulani militants have waged attacks on Christian villages in recent weeks, continuing the jihadist campaign it began in 2009. Fulani Islamic militants have…
INDIA – Experts Concerned India’s Secular Nature is in Jeopardy
International Christian Concern | March 30, 2019 With India set to go to the polls next month, many human rights experts and religious minorities fear that the country’s secular nature…
NIGERIA – Christian Children Miraculously Escape Boko Haram Firing Squad in Nigeria
International Christian Concern | March 27, 2019 Christians in the Middle Belt and Northern regions of Nigeria are being consistently attacked by extremist groups such as Boko Haram and militant…
PAKISTAN – Abducted and Forcefully Converted Christian Women Finally Returned to Family in Pakistan
International Christian Concern | March 27, 2019 According to Morning Star News, on February 25, Saima Iqbal was abducted and forcefully converted to Islam by a Muslim criminal on the…
PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS – A Minority Threatened by Boycotts
Algemeiner | by Douglas Sandoval | March 18, 2019 A pro-BDS demonstration. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. For the ever-dwindling minority of Christians who remain in the Palestinian territories, many are recluses…
NIGERIA – Another 10 Christians Killed in Kaduna State as Carnage Continues in Nigeria, Sources Say
Christian Headlines | March 18, 2019 Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 10 Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria on Saturday (March 16), bringing the lives lost in the past five weeks…
NIGERIA – Fulani Continue to Threaten Christians
International Christian Concern | March 18, 2019 On February 23rd, 2019, Nigeria’s incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari, was re-elected for office. President Buhari was born to a chief in the Fulani…
WORLDWIDE – Christians are facing an alarming rise in persecution warns church group, as it lists 50 most dangerous countries in the world to worship the religion
Daily Mail | March 8, 2019 Christians are facing an alarming rise in persecution, a church group has warned, as it reveals the most dangerous countries in the world to…
NIGERIA – Killing of Christians Continues in Run-up to National Elections in Nigeria
Morning Star News | Tuesday, February 26, 2019 In the wake of a Muslim herdsmen attack on a church wedding that killed 12 Christians Kaduna state in December and Boko…
PAKISTAN – Four Christian Women Falsely Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan
Property Dispute Erupts into Mob Violence, Displacing 200 Christian Families 02/25/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that four Christian women from the Farooq-e-Azam…
SRI LANKA – Christian in Sri Lanka Arrested Under False Assault Charge
International Christian Concern | Feb. 19, 2019 According to Morning Star News, a Christian, who has remained unnamed for security reasons, was arrested by police in Sri Lanka after he…
PAKISTAN – Swabi councillors want Christians to be appointed as ‘sweepers’ in hospitals instead of Muslims
Samaa | Jan. 19, 2019 The Swabi district council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wants the sweepers hired in the district’s hospitals to be Christian only. The members of the district council…
IRAQ – Iraqi Curriculum Issues Veiled Threat Against Christian Women
International Christian Concern |Jan. 15, 2019 Questions persist throughout Iraq regarding whether ISIS is truly defeated or will rise again, perhaps under the banner of another terrorist organization. For Iraqi…
ALGERIA – Algeria: Update on Christians acquitted of charges
Middle East Concern | Jan. 10, 2019 On 26 December 2018, MEC reported that four Christians from Muslim backgrounds, including three from the same family, were acquitted of proselytism charges…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…