Iran presses pastor: Islam or deathNovember 7, 2011 — ICC Note: Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani continues to persevere despite threats made by the Iranian government that they will execute the pastor if he refuses to return Islam. By Benjamin Weinthal...
Hardline Salafis on rise in Egypt’s political seasonNovember 7, 2011 — ICC Note: “One of the most unsettling developments of Egypt’s Arab Spring has been the surge of activity by ultraconservative Salafist Muslims,” The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Salafis, who emulate the...
Egypt Randomly Arresting Copts for Maspero MassacreNovember 7, 2011 — ICC Note: “Egypt's Military Prosecutor decided on November 3 to continue the detention of 34 Coptic Christians for another 15 days, pending investigations on charges of inciting violence, carrying arms...
New insights concerning the destruction of “Church of Saint Andrea” in the city of KermanNovember 7, 2011 — ICC Note: “The ‘Saint Andrea church’ in the city of Kerman… has been demolished by city authorities, despite being listed as a protected national monument,” Farsi Christian News Network reports....
In India, Church Attackers Desecrate The BibleNovember 6, 2011 — Karnataka, Church of St. Alphonsus Desecrated. Indian bishop: A Cowardly Act By Nirmala Carvalho Some young people destroyed a statue of Christ, religious objects and ruined a Bible. One of...
Kenya Church Grenade Attack Kills TwoNovember 6, 2011 — Kenya Church Grenade Attack Kills Two ICC Note Suspected Muslim radicals killed two Christians in Garissa, Kenya. The attackers also wounded four people. 11/06/2011 Kenya (AFP)-Two people were killed in...
Christian Prisoners Released After ICC Staff Made Phone Call to PoliceNovember 6, 2011 — It was on October 18 that ICC received an email from its representative in Ethiopia. The emails reported that three Christians had been imprisoned for preaching the gospel to Muslims....
U.S Representative Says Church, Americans Are Quiet On Rising PersecutionNovember 6, 2011 — 11/2/2011 United States (CP) - At a time when some members of Congress are more focused on the U.S. economy and other national matters, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) continues his...
Vietnam: Mob Attacks Christian MonasteryNovember 6, 2011 — 11/4/2011 Vietnam (ICN) - Hundreds of police, militiamen, and stone-throwing men broke into Hanoi Redemptorist Monastery yesterday afternoon, shattering the gates and smashing everything in their path. “The incident happened...
Indian Christian Leader Complains Of State’s Indifference On Anti-Christian ViolenceNovember 6, 2011 — Indian Prelate Complains Of State’s Indifference On Anti-Christian Violence ICC Note “The life of the Christians has become vulnerable and people are living in constant fear of being attacks and...
Are Christians facing extinction on the Arab street?November 6, 2011 — The 'panda syndrome' saw Christians protected by Arab leaders, but this relationship is in dramatic decline ICC Note: “The killing of dozens of Coptic Christian protesters during the recent turmoil...
Lebanon Maronite Church patriarch fears Arab Spring extremismNovember 6, 2011 — ICC Note: “The head of Lebanon’s Maronite church said he feared for the fate of Christians in the Middle East if the Arab Spring brought ‘radical groups’ to power to...
Egypt: Top Muslim Declares All Christians ‘Infidels’November 6, 2011 — ICC Note: In a recent video that has circulated in the Middle East, Egypt’s grand mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa, categorized Christians as kuffar, meaning ‘infidels’ which connotes ‘enemy,’ ‘evil-doers,’ and...
Police Sponsored Thugs Attack Church In Central VietnamNovember 5, 2011 — 11/03/11 Indonesia (CDN) - Thugs said to be doing the bidding of local authorities attacked a pastor and his family with iron bars and wooden clubs in central Vietnam on...
ChinaAid Founder Testifies On Religious Freedom Before CongressNovember 5, 2011 — 11/04/2011 China (ChinaAid) - In the first 10 months of 2011, religious freedom conditions in China continued to be poor. In fact, religious freedom conditions are at their lowest point...
Ethiopian Government: Radical Wahhabi Muslims Seeking To Turn Ethiopia Into An Islamic StateNovember 5, 2011 — November 4, 2011 International Christian Concern (Washington D.C.)-In a recent press conference, the Ethiopian government expressed its concern over the growing violence against moderate Muslims and Christians by radical Wahhabi...
