UN Agency Urges Sri Lanka to Stop Deporting Pakistani and Afghan Religious RefugeesAugust 8, 2014 — Sri Lanka, UN to government: Stop deporting Pakistani and Afghan refugees As Christians and other religious minorities flee for their lives from Pakistan and Afghanistan, many of them are being...
U.S. Military Launches Airstrikes on IS Target in IraqAugust 8, 2014 — Only hours after President Obama authorized U.S. military to conduct targeted airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, reports confirm that the military has already launched an attack. In...
President Obama Authorizes Airstrikes and Emergency Air Drops to IraqAugust 8, 2014 — Obama authorizes airstrikes in Iraq, says 'America is coming to help' In light of the Islamic State’s (IS) worsening rampage across Iraq, President Obama has authorized the U.S. military to...
Pentagon Confirms US Airstrike on ISIS in IraqAugust 8, 2014 — Breaking News 8/08/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern)-Recent reports from ABC news indicate the Pentagon's confirmation of a US airstrike on ISIS artillery in Iraq. This comes hours after President...
Chinese Dissident Gao Zhisheng Released From PrisonAugust 8, 2014 — FEATURED CONTENT ICC Note: BBC reported that Gao Zhisheng, a prominent Chinese Christian human rights lawyer, has been released after 3 years in prison. Gao is best known for his...
Boko Haram Takes Gwoza, Kills Dozens in Effort to Establish A Separate Islamic StateAugust 8, 2014 — ICC Note: Wednesday, Boko Haram seized Gwoza, a christian stronghold in Nigeria' s predominantly Islamic and increasingly lawless north. In its land-grab for radical Islam, Boko Haram has "taken control...
Iraq’s “Christian Capital” Wiped Clean as Thousands Flee Radical OnslaughtAugust 7, 2014 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 08/07/2014 Istanbul, Turkey (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) is extremely troubled about the situation Iraq’s Christian communities face as the advances of the Islamic State...
A Deafening Silence: Boko Haram abducts 240 girlsAugust 7, 2014 — On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram militants kidnapped more than 240 schoolgirls from Chibok in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State. The press has failed to report that 90% of the kidnapped...
Humanists Threaten To Sue Missouri National Guard Over BiblesAugust 7, 2014 — ICC Note: On August 4, 2014, attorney Monica Miller of the American Humanist Association (AHA) sent a letter to the Missouri National Guard demanding that they remove a display of...
Colombian Pastor Threatened by FARC MilitantsAugust 7, 2014 — World Watch List Challenge – #25 Colombia In Colombia, Christians and especially pastors often find themselves targeted by the guerilla fighters of FARC (a Spanish acronym for the “Armed Revolutionary...
Yazidis Flee from Islamic Militants, Suffering from Deadly Iraqi HeatAugust 7, 2014 — Iraq's Yazidis Enduring 'Hell' as ISIS Attacks The Islamic State’s brutal campaign to establish a caliphate across Iraq-Syria has destroyed the lives of many Christians, and other religious minorities are...
Largest Christian Town in Iraq Captured by Islamic MilitantsAugust 7, 2014 — The situation grows worse for Iraqi Christians. Only weeks after Mosul was seized by the militants and emptied of Christians fleeing their ultimatum, members of the Islamic State (IS) have...
Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks Disrupt Meeting for Families of Disappeared, Make Death ThreatsAugust 7, 2014 — Monk Led Mob Attack Condemns In Sri Lanka, a disturbing trend of Buddhist nationalism and militancy continues. Buddhist monks have been increasing their attacks on Christian and Muslim communities, and...
Hindu Nationalists Break into Home and Beat Pentecostal Christians, Even Women and ChildrenAugust 7, 2014 — Tamil Nadu: Hindu radicals beat up women and children of a Pentecostal community Since the Hindu nationalist Bharathiya Janatha Party’s (BJP) rise to power in mid-May, India has seen a...
Why is China Tearing Down Church Crosses?August 7, 2014 — FEATURED CONTENT Why is China tearing down church crosses? Because it’s terrified of religion ICC Note: While the massive demolition of church and cross in Zhejiang Province is still ongoing,...
China Plans Its Own ‘Christian theology’ Compatible With Socialist BeliefsAugust 7, 2014 — FEATURED CONTENT China will create own Christian belief system amid tensions with church, says official ICC Note: With about 500,000 people baptized every year, the growth of Christianity in China...
