Turkish Textbook Touts Armed JihadAugust 1, 2022 — 08/01/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – In Turkey, a 12th-grade religious studies book widely used in public schools promotes armed jihad. The book, the 2019 edition of Fundamentals of Islam’s Religious...
Hagia Sophia Cathedral Hosts First Muslim Prayers in 88 YearsApril 7, 2022 — 04/07/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – For the first time in 88 years, Tarawih prayer, an evening prayer during Ramadan, was held at Turkey’s Hagia Sophia. Currently operating as a mosque,...
Iran’s New Judiciary Chief Poses Threats to Christians And Human RightsJuly 26, 2021 — 07/26/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Gholam-Hussein Mohseni-Ejei, recently elected as Iran’s Judiciary Chief, has been a part of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary regime since its infancy. His election to the...
One Year After The Hagia Sophia ConversionJuly 24, 2021 — 07/24/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – One year ago the Hagia Sophia cathedral reopened for Islamic worship following its conversion to a mosque by President Erdogan. On this first anniversary of...
Report Finds that Most of the World’s Population Live in Countries that Violate Religious FreedomApril 21, 2021 — 04/21/2021 Germany (International Christian Concern) - According to a report by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), around 5.2 billion (or around 2 thirds of the world’s population) live...
ISIS Strapping Suicide Bombs on Puppies in Desperate Fight for Land, Video ShowsMarch 1, 2017 — ICC Note: The Islamic State is using sick and desperate tactics on the Mosul front line battle. Recent footage published by the group shows militants strapping explosives to a puppy...
Christians are genocide victims and should get priority in refugee orderFebruary 24, 2017 — ICC Note: The atrocities committed across the Middle East are widespread and extensive, however, it is Christians, Yazidis and other minorities that are facing total annihilation through genocide. It is...
Sixth Christian killed in Egypt’s Sinai in a monthFebruary 24, 2017 — ICC Note: Another Coptic Egyptian man has been gunned down in Al-Arish by suspected ISIS terrorists. Kamal Youssef, a local plumber and Christian, was shot multiple times in front of...
ISIS Horror: Mother Suspended by Cables, Raped Daily in Front of Her ChildrenFebruary 23, 2017 — ICC Note: More atrocious stories are emerging from liberated parts of Iraq. A Sunni Muslim recently recalled the torture she endured at the hands of Islamic State militants in captivity....
ISIS Radical Claiming to Have Raped 200 Women Explains: ‘Young Men Need This, It’s Normal’February 22, 2017 — ICC Note: Amar Hussein is a captured Islamic State militant who was recruited as a jihadists at 14 years of age. He has claimed to have raped over 200 women...
Islamic State threatens to wipe out Egypt’s CoptsFebruary 21, 2017 — ICC Note: The Islamic State in Egypt has released another propaganda video this time vowing to destroy the Christian communities of Egypt. The end of the video reportedly shows the...
Assyrian Family Returns to Home in Nineveh PlainsFebruary 11, 2017 — ICC Note: An Assyrian family has returned to their home in Telsqof, Iraq after over two years of displacement by ISIS. While Christians still wonder if a future in Iraq...
Young Syrian tells how he survived ‘worst-case scenario’ of kidnap and torture by Islamic StateFebruary 10, 2017 — ICC Note: Meghrik was taken off a bus in Syria and placed before an ISIS judge. The verdict was death because he had a Christian name, though religion was nothing...
ISIS Kills 10-Y-O Girl Using Flesh-Ripping Torture DeviceFebruary 9, 2017 — ICC Note: ISIS has reportedly executed a 10-year-old girl for stepping out of her home without a male escort. What’s more terrifying, is the medieval device they used to torture...
ISIS Records Reveal Number of Girls Raped by Each JihadistFebruary 8, 2017 — ICC Note: New documents obtained by the Washington Post reveal much about the fighters involved with the Islamic State including their categorization by blood type and the qualifiers for each...
‘My Children Are Being Tortured’: Jail Officer Releases Four Christians After Jesus Visits Him in DreamFebruary 7, 2017 — ICC Note: Four Christians were recently beaten and imprisoned for their faith in an undisclosed Middle East country. Behind bars they were tortured daily and given very little food. On...
