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…
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…
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…
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…
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 – 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…
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 – 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…
IRAN – Iran: ‘staggering’ number of Christians arrested – 114 in a week
World Watch Monitor | Dec. 5, 2018 Over 100 Christians have been arrested in Iran in the past week and nearly 150 in the past month, as part of the…
IRAN – Group of Christians Arrested in Iran
International Christian Concern | Dec. 4, 2018 Mehr News Agency, which is a semi-official mouthpiece of the Iranian Regime, announced in an exclusive report on Saturday that a group of…
NIGERIA – Dire appeal for U.S. to help Nigeria’s persecuted Christians
NE News Now | Dec. 4, 2018 A group of organizations concerned about Christian persecution around the world are calling attention to the dire situation that has been unfolding for…
EGYPT – Discrimination against Christians in Egypt Reflects Deeper Issues
Morning Star News | Dec. 3, 2018 A wan effort to do away with the religious designation on ID cards in Egypt reflects the enormity of the discrimination Christians face…
IRAQ – Christians Report Extortion Threats in Ankawa
International Christian Concern | Nov. 18, 2018 Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) law enforcement officials have arrested four individuals accused of threatening violence to extort money from residents of Erbil’s Ankawa…
SUDAN – Thirteen Christian Converts in Sudan Arrested and Tortured
International Christian Concern | Nov. 17, 2018 Last month a group of 13 Christian converts were arrested in Darfur, Sudan. The Christians were arrested and reportedly tortured. Several Christians were…
CHINA – Underground Bishop in China Reported Missing
Catholic News Agency | Nov. 16, 2018 A Vatican-appointed Chinese bishop has reportedly been taken into custody by the government and is undergoing “isolation and indoctrination.” This is Peter Shao…
JORDAN – Jordan’s King Receives Templeton Prize
International Christian Concern | Nov. 15, 2018 King Abdullah II of Jordan traveled to the US to officially receive the 2018 Templeton Prize for his efforts at achieving interfaith harmony…
EGYPT – Christianity crackdown: Horror as ‘man with sharp tool’ attacks prayer service – ‘Awful’
Sunday Express | Nov. 15, 2018 CHRISTIANS in Egypt were attacked during a prayer service by a man wielding a “sharp tool” and shouting Islamic slogans. According to Egyptian Sunday…
EGYPT – A Bloodbath for Christians, No Response from Egypt
Raymond Ibraham | Nov. 12, 2012 On Friday, November 2, heavily armed Islamic terrorists ambushed and massacred Christians returning home after visiting an ancient monastery in the desert. Seven pilgrims—including a 12-year-old girl and…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Teenager Severely Tortured After Confronting Islamic Radicals
International Christian Concern | Oct. 31, 2018 The persecution of Christians living in Pakistan is severe. With oppression and persecution from radical Islamic groups, fueled by the support of political…
UNITED NATIONS – ‘If the UN Does Not Stand for Asia Bibi, What Does it Stand For?’
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 25, 2018 An opinion piece published in the Washington Examiner has criticised the United Nations for failing to speak out against Pakistan’s treatment of Asia Bibi, a Christian…
BULGARIA – Despite vehement protests, Bulgarian state moves new religious legislation
Evangelical Focus | Oct. 24, 2018 Two separate documents were drafted earlier this year in May, and have triggered a hurricane of protests among all religious communities in the country,…
NIGERIA – Large Attack Claims 55 Lives in Kaduna, Nigeria
International Christian Concern | Oct. 23, 2018 On October 21, a major attack took place in Kasuwan Magani, Kaduna State, Nigeria. This attack is claimed to have been a clash…
SUDAN – Sudan Releases 13 Christians Arrested in Darfur after Torture, Threats
Morning Star News | Oct. 23. 2018 After torturing them and threatening to charge them with serious crimes, authorities in Sudan have released 13 Christians arrested in the Darfur Region,…
IRAQ – Archbishop in Iraq Fears Persecution May Erase Christianity from Country
International Christian Concern | Oct. 19, 2018 In a recent statement by Archbishop Habib Nafali, he spoke out against the extreme persecution suffered by the church in Iraq and calling…
MARAWI – One Year after Marawi’s Liberation from IS, thousands of Christians still Displaced
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 19, 2018 A year ago this month, the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, declared victory over Islamic State-linked militants in a battle for the…
KENYA – Kenya: Two Christian Teachers Killed by Suspected Al-Shabaab Attackers
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 16, 2018 Two Christian school teachers were killed in an attack by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Kenya’s Mandera County, near the Somali border, last week. Philip Okumu,…
IRAN – Iran’s Idea of ‘Human Rights’: Persecute Christians
Raymond Ibrahim | Oct. 9, 2018 In his recent speech before the United Nations, and as a way to support his claim that Israel is “a rogue and racist regime [that] trample[s]…
Pakistan – Defend Dying Christians in Pakistan
American Center for Justice and Law | Oct. 5, 2018 Pakistan is one of the most pernicious persecutors of Christians ever. Pakistani Christians are tortured, raped, and burned alive. Some…
IRAQ – Turkish Airstrikes Target Iraqi Assyrian Villages — Call for War Crimes Investigation
Assyrian International News Agency | Oct. 3, 2018 The Turkish military launched airstrikes targeting Iraqi Christian villages in northern Iraq, a rights group warned. Local sources have told International Christian…
IRAQ – Iraq Inches Toward Governance as Baghdad Christians Consider Fleeing
International Christian Concern | Oct. 3, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on October 2, 2018, Iraq’s interim government took a positive step toward breaking months of deadlock…
United States – Pence Pressure Prompts USAID to Appoint Liaison for Iraqi Christians
AL-Monitor | Oct. 1, 2018 Displaced Iraqi Christians now have their own special liaison to the premier US aid agency, thanks to pressure from Vice President Mike Pence. USAID Administrator…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian Family Flees After Home Set on Fire, told They’ll be Killed if They Return
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 28, 2018 The only Christian family in their area were beaten and saw their house set on fire last week in a city in Pakistan’s…
PAKISTAN – The Only Christian Family in Pakistani Village Attacked for Faith
International Christian Concern | Sept. 27, 2018 A poor Christian family is running from pillar to post for justice after members of a local land mafia, allegedly patronized by the…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Woman Thrown from Roof for Unwavering Faith
International Christian Concern | Sept. 25, 2018 A Pakistani Christian woman was thrown off a roof last month for refusing to embrace the religion of Islam. Binish Paul, 18, fell…
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – 27 Church Members Among Dead in DRC After Islamist Assault
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 25, 2018 In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, dozens are feared killed as armed men believed to be Islamist militants from the ADF group…
International Religious Freedom – What We Can Learn From the History of the International Religious Freedom Movement
Juicy Ecumenism| Sept. 24, 2018 On Thursday, September 20, the Save The Persecuted Christians (STPC) coalition held a summit in Washington, DC to discuss steps forward in the most effective way to…