Scheduled Syrian Peace Talks Bring Glimmer of Hope for the Persecuted Christians Living Amongst the Syrian War

January 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians in Syria look to the scheduled peace talks between Damascus and the Government Opposition forces with a glimmer as hope, having suffered extreme violence from both sides....

Government Run Chinese Church Removes Pastor for Opposing Cross Removals

January 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Zhejiang province has been the epicenter of China's new crackdown on the rise of Christianity. Known to many as the Jerusalem of the east for the thousands of...

Pastor of Huoshi Church Formally Arrested for “Divulging State Secrets” in China

January 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Huoshi church in the Chinese province of Guizhou has been a consistent target of the government as it has been raided multiple times, threatened with closure and...

Algeria Detains Suspected Islamic Extremists Headed to Join ISIS in Libya

January 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Algeria has detained many Moroccan nationals allegedly attempting to cross through Algeria en route to Libya as ISIS recruits. Libya has become an ISIS stronghold in Northern Africa,...

Christian Persecution at Record Levels

January 24, 2016 — ICC Note: The latest research on Christian persecution has shown that 2015 was one of the worst years in modern history. The persecution stretches from West to East, driven by...

NEWS | Egyptian Christians Released from ISIS: Greeted by President El-Sisi

January 22, 2016 — ISIS released 20 Christian Egyptians from intense captivity in Libya. They were greeted by Egyptian President El-Sisi when they arrived back in Egypt, as the Egyptian government has repeatedly...

Kenyan Muslim Who shielded Christians From Terrorists Dies

January 22, 2016 — ICC Note: The man who defended Christians from al-Shabaab attackers during a December bus attack in northeast Kenya has died. Salah Farah sustained gunshot wounds that would take his life...

Verbal Feud begins between Christianity and Islam in Malaysia

January 22, 2016 — ICC NOTE: A local Islamist party president in Malaysia recently spoke out against Christianity stating it has spread in Southeast Asia and other parts of the East because educated regions...

Long Awaited Refugee Status given to Vietnamese Christians in Cambodia

January 22, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In Vietnamese highlands, there is an ethnic group known as Montagnards or "mountain people" which have been a target of persecution for years. The reason for persecution is...

ISIS Blows Up Homes and Churches to Punish Christians and Dissenters

January 22, 2016 — ICC Note: In addition to slavery, murder, and forced displacement, ISIS punishes Christians in Iraq by leveling their homes, villages, schools, and residential communities. The United Nations has stated that...

Egyptian Released from ISIS: Greeted by President El-Sisi

January 22, 2016 — ICC Note: ISIS released 20 Egyptians from intense captivity in Libya. They were greeted by Egyptian President El-Sisi when they arrived back in Egypt, as the Egyptian government has repeatedly...

NEWS | Pastor Saeed Abedini and Three Other Americans Released from Iranian Prison

January 21, 2016 — US citizen and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, was freed late Friday night after the United States and Iran announced a prisoner swap in continuance of the landmark nuclear deal...

Historic Christian Monastery Demolished by ISIS

January 21, 2016 — 01/21/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) -The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) completely destroyed the St. Elijah Monastery-a 1400 year old Christian Monastery in Iraq. The Associated...

Son of Kidnapped Burkina Faso Missionaries Pleads for Their Release

January 21, 2016 — ICC Note: Islamist terrorists from Al Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have abducted an octogenarian missionary couple from northern Burkina Faso and now, their son is calling for their...

The ‘Lost’ Chibok Girls

January 21, 2016 — ICC Note: More than 600 days after Boko Haram abducted nearly 300 mostly Christian girls in April 2014, the majority remain missing with little hope that they will ever be...

Crackdown Intensifies as more Christian Activists are Arrested in China

January 21, 2016 — ICC NOTE: What is being called the "709 Crackdown" began July 9, 2015 as Chinese authorities have been detaining and incarcerating human rights lawyers and Christian activists. Between July and...