Son Kills Mother Over Her Conversion in IsraelOctober 8, 2021 — 10/08/2021 Israel (International Christian Concern) – Muad Hib, a 27-year-old man living in northern Israel, was charged with the murder of his mother, Rasha Muklasha, after her conversion from Islam to...
Russia to Host the Taliban in MoscowOctober 7, 2021 — 10/07/2021 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) – Russia will invite Taliban representatives to Moscow for talks to take place on October 20, according to a Thursday announcement from President Vladimir Putin’s...
House Intelligence Committee Includes Report on Protection of Artsakh in Appropriations BillOctober 7, 2021 — 10/07/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) - Last week, the House Intelligence Committee passed through the Intelligence Authorization Act with language that mandated a report regarding future military activity in...
Six Killed, Three Wounded During Attacks on Farming Communities in NigeriaOctober 7, 2021 — 10/07/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Radical Fulani militants attacked two Christian communities in Nigeria’s Plateau State in attacks from October 1-5. The Muslim herdsmen destroyed more than thirteen hectares...
Shaanxi Opens “Sinicization of Christianity Research Center”October 7, 2021 — 10/07/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – On September 28, Shaanxi province’s “Sinicization of Christianity Research Center” held a launching ceremony and celebrated the successful closing of “Chang’an Forum,” a symposium...
“Tell My Family I Died Well”October 7, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Jeff King" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1631727110607{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="126842" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 10/07/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The sharp blade of a machete cut the ropes that...
High Court in India Reschedules Challenge to Anti-Conversion LawOctober 7, 2021 — 10/07/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – The Allahabad High Court, located in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, has rescheduled hearing the legal challenge to the state’s new anti-conversion law. Originally, the...
14 Soldiers Killed by Jihadists in Burkina FasoOctober 7, 2021 — 10/07/2021 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – 14 Burkina Faso soldiers were killed, and several others were injured on Monday by extremists at the Yirgou military barracks, according to a government...
Saudi Textbooks Significantly Improved Religious Tolerance LanguageOctober 7, 2021 — 10/07/2021 Saudi Arabia (International Christian Concern) – School textbooks and curriculum for 2021 in Saudi Arabia have shown drastic improvements to hate speech directed at Christians and non-Muslims, according to a...
Updated Report: The Voiceless Victims of Pakistan’s Blasphemy LawsOctober 6, 2021 — | Updated September 24, 2021 | According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF) 2018 Factsheet on Blasphemy, roughly one-third of the world’s nations maintain a law,...
Taliban Committed War Crimes, Report SaysOctober 6, 2021 — 10/06/2021 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) – Reports from Amnesty International claim that they had found evidence of the Taliban murdering thirteen people from the ethnic Hazara community, including a teenage...
Congress Sends Warning to Burma’s Oppressive Military JuntaOctober 6, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="96387" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] Human Rights Watchdog Groups Praise New Legislation 10/06/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a bipartisan...
Armenian Son Painfully Remembered, Tortured and Killed in Artsakh WarOctober 6, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="123498" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] The only child in the house was Gagik, who would have turned 20 on September 14, but the Artsakh War interrupted his biography. “Gagik...
Pakistan Does Global PR for Afghanistan’s TalibanOctober 6, 2021 — Religious Minorities Remain Vulnerable to the Taliban’s Brutal Rule 10/06/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the government of Pakistan has launched a...
38 Buried in Mass Grave, Massacred “Simply Because They Were Christians.” October 6, 2021 — 10/06/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The mass grave was 15 feet wide, 30 feet long, and 5 feet deep. In it lie 38 Christians, murdered in their homes during...
Chinese Christian Bookstore Owner’s Appeal Further DelayedOctober 6, 2021 — 10/06/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – The Chinese Christian online bookstore owner, Chen Yu, has his court of appeals scheduled for September 30 further delayed. Chen was charged with “illegal...