Syrian believers now threatened

October 12, 2011 — ICC Note: “If [Syrian President] al-Assad is overthrown, Sharia law may be implemented -- which will further threaten Syrian Christians,” OneNewsNow reports. By Charlie Butts 10/9/2011 Syria (OneNewsNow) – Christians...

Worldwide Angelican Church Head: Zimbabwe Followers Assaulted, Bishops Received Death Threats

October 11, 2011 — Worldwide Anglican Church Head: Zimbabwe Followers Assaulted, Bishops Receiving Death Threats ICC Note “In Harare, the police have disrupted church services and have been using tear gas and baton sticks...

Pakistani Muslims Fire On Christians In Land-Grab, Killing One

October 11, 2011 — Pakistani Muslims Fire On Christians In Land-Grab, Killing One Heavily-armed assailants fire indiscriminately, injuring 21 others, six critically. 10/07/2011 Pakistan (CDN)-Muslims in Pakistan’s Mian Channu area in southern Punjab Province...

Christian Pastor Assassinated By Poisoned Needle, North Korea Suspected

October 11, 2011 — 10/9/2011 North Korea (LA Times) - On a Sunday evening in August, a middle-aged South Korean pastor collapsed suddenly near a taxi stand in Dandong, a Chinese city on the...

Protestants Reach Agreement In Mexico After Being Threatened With Crucifixion

October 11, 2011 — 10/03/2011 Mexico (ANS) - An international Christian organization working for religious freedom through advocacy and human rights, is welcoming the recent agreement signed by Catholic and Protestant leaders and the...

Egyptians Mourn Massacre of Coptic Christians

October 11, 2011 — Orthodox leaders call for three days of fasting, prayer, mourning 10/10/2011 Egypt (Compass Direct News) – Funeral services were held today in Cairo for some of the victims of a...

Iran’s supreme leader to rule on Christian pastor’s case

October 11, 2011 — ICC Note: Judges referred the case of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was issued the death sentence for apostasy, to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, The Washington Post reports. Khamenei is viewed...

A firsthand account of Sunday’s massacre in Cairo: Marching from Shubra to deaths at Maspero

October 11, 2011 — ICC Note: Al Masry Al Youm takes us through Sunday evening’s brutal attack on Coptic Christians. By Sarah Carr 10/10/2011 Egypt (Al Masry Al Youm) – The march from the...

Dozens of Christian Protestors Killed in Cairo

October 10, 2011 — Egyptian Military Provoking Muslim/Christian Civil Strife Washington, D.C. (October 10, 2011) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that at least seventeen Coptic Christians were killed during protests in Cairo...

Police In Maldives Arrest Indian Teacher After Finding Religious Hymns In His Laptop

October 10, 2011 — Indian Teacher Arrested After Religious Hymns Found On School Laptop ICC Note “This is the worst form of religious persecution. The Indian government should demand an apology for the shabby...

Reign Of Terror Against Christians Continues In Karnataka

October 10, 2011 — Police Close Pentecostal Churches As "Reign of Terror" Continues Against Christians In Karnataka ICC Note ""The Pentecostal pastors were systematically beaten and threatened, dragged into police stations with false accusations,...

South Korean Pastors Ready To Sacrifice Their Lives In North Korea

October 10, 2011 — 10/8/11 North Korea (ANS) - Dr. Jaerock Lee, senior pastor of one of the largest churches in South Korea, says that there are Christians in his Seoul church who are...

Indonesian Mastermind Of Church Suicide Bombing Admits Links To Radical Islam

October 10, 2011 — 10/10/2011 Indonesia (AsiaNews) - Beni Asri, one of the country's best-known Islamic extremists, arrested after the attack on the Christian church of Solo (Java) last September, has admitted strong links with...

ICC PR: Scores of Christian Protestors Killed in Cairo

October 10, 2011 — Washington, D.C. (October 10, 2011) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that at least seventeen Coptic Christians were killed during protests in Cairo yesterday. The latest surge of violence,...

Protest against persecution of Copts in Egypt attacked with bloody force

October 10, 2011 — Violence engulfs peaceful march turns into full-blown and two-pronged attack on protesters by armed forces and plain-clothed assailants, leaving at least 17 dead and scores injured as the death toll...

Video Shows Egyptian Police Beating a Christian Protester

October 10, 2011 — ICC note: “On October 4 thousands of Copts staged a peaceful rally to protest the September 30 torching by Muslims of St. George's Church in Elmarinab, Edfu, Aswan province,” Assyrian...