Persecution Does Not Go Unnoticed

January 17, 2020 — By Benjamin Harbaugh On December 18th, 2019, the U.S. Department of State released its annual list of countries that engage in “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom,”[1] called...

Christian Activist Arrested in Tehran

January 17, 2020 — 01/17/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iranian news reports the arrest of Mary Fatemeh Mohammadi, a Christian human rights activist working from within Tehran. She was arrested on January 12th,...

Chinese Bishop, Priests in Fujian Province Evicted from Convent

January 17, 2020 — 01/17/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Underground bishop Guo Xijin from the Mindong diocese in Fujian province has been made homeless and is sleeping on the doorstep of his residence...

Enough to Violence Against Women, Christians Advocate for Rights

January 17, 2020 — 01/17/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – Over seven years after the incident, four Indian men have been issued a death warrant for the gang rape and murder of a young...

Christians Stuck in Egypt’s Generational Chasm: The Established Voices

January 16, 2020 —

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01/16/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The generational gap in Egypt can feel like an...

Indian Christians to Celebrate March for Peace

January 16, 2020 — 01/16/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – Christians are marching for peace, unity, equality, and forgiveness for two miles in Kolkata on January 17-25th. Baniya Christiya Pariseba and the Bengal Christian...

Catholic Church Led Peace Deal in Effect in South Sudan

January 16, 2020 — 01/16/2020 South Sudan (International Christian Concern) – South Sudan has been in almost constant civil war since it gained its independence in 2011. This civil war has been between the...

Teaching of Arabic Script in Malaysia Will Not be Part of Islamization

January 16, 2020 — 01/16/2020 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – Chinese educationist group Dong Jiao Zong and minister Datuk Seri Mujahid Yusof Rawa met today to discuss the controversial teaching of Jawi, the Arabic...

Journalistic Investigation into Priests’ Disappearances

January 16, 2020 — 01/16/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – A private team led by a Syrian researcher has published the results of a journalistic investigation that traces the story of two bishops of...

Ethiopian Christmas Celebrates National Unity

January 15, 2020 — 01/15/2020 Ethiopia (International Christian Concern) – All denominations of Ethiopian churches called for national unity during their unique Christmas celebrations, which occur about 10 days after the more common Christmas...

Christian and Muslim Friends Accused of Blasphemy

January 15, 2020 — 01/15/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to recent local news, radical Muslims holding a grudge against 40-year old Shahbaz Masih, a well-known Christian in the community, dragged him and...

Fighting for Freedom in Hong Kong

January 15, 2020 —

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01/15/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – As a mother of two and a wife whose...

Priest’s Family Missing in SE Turkey

January 15, 2020 — 01/15/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The parents of Father Ramzi Diril, a Chaldean Catholic priest, have disappeared in southeastern Turkey. They were abducted by unidentified men from their home...

Two Nigerian Christian Villages Attacked In One Night

January 14, 2020 — 01/14/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On January 8, militant Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Plateau state. Approximately 20 herdsmen surrounded the village of Kulben at 8:00 pm, descending...

Bethlehem’s Beleaguered Christians

January 14, 2020 — By Linda Burkle, Ph.D O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie. Just a few short weeks ago, across time zones and languages, the sound of this...

Hindu Radicals Protest Jesus Statue in India’s Karnataka

January 14, 2020 — 1/14/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India’s right-wing Hindu nationalist party, is protesting a new Jesus statue in Karnataka state. Construction stopped soon after it...