US Grants Asylum For Moroccan Christian Convert From Islam

October 7, 2011 — Victory For A Moroccan Christian Convert ICC Note A Moroccan Christian convert from Islam has been granted asylum in the United States. The convert faced persecution for converting from Islam. He was...

Update On Three Christians Kidnapped Near Kirkuk

October 7, 2011 — PRAYER: Iraq: Update On Three Christians Kidnapped Near Kirkuk ICC Note Three kidnapped Iraqi Christians were freed after ransom was reportedly paid. Two other Christians were shot dead. Please continue...

Fired Christian Teacher: ‘I Teach All Aspects of Evolution’

October 7, 2011 — Fired Christian Teacher: 'I Teach All Aspects of Evolution' ICC Note “I teach all the aspects of evolution... those things that support evolution, those things that do not support evolution....

Students At Orphanage In India Forced To Pay Idol Worship Fee

October 7, 2011 — Students at Orphanage in India Forced to Pay Idol Worship Fee Hindu extremists force closure, then limited re-opening of Christian social programs. 10/06/2011 India (CDN)-Hindu extremists in West Bengal, India...

Christian Farmer Gets Abuse Over Rihanna Incident

October 6, 2011 — Christian farmer gets abuse over Rihanna incident ICC Note A Christian farmer has been called a “bible-bashing maniac” for asking pop star Rihanna to leave his wheat field when he...

Armed Group Kills Pakistani Christian Over Church Land

October 6, 2011 — Armed Group Kills Christian Over Disputed Land In Punjab Last night, Safdar Masih was shot to death; others, including children, were injured. The local Church had bought some land to...

Nepal: Napali Muslims Ask Christians For Help Against Hindu Extremism

October 6, 2011 — 10/05/11 Nepal (Spero News) – “I call on Catholics and all Christians in the country to join us in fighting for minority rights and a secular state,” said Najrul Hasan Falahi,...

Why Is Islamic Extremism Growing In Indonesia?

October 6, 2011 — 10/06/11 Indonesia (Gosepl Herald) – The suicide bombing of a church in Central Java on Sept. 25 pointed not only to a new level of attacks on religious minorities in the world’s largest...

Latest Iranian Media Reports Suggest Increased Danger For Pastor Targeted For His Beliefs

October 6, 2011 — Latest Iranian Media Reports Suggest Increased Danger For Pastor Targeted For His Beliefs ICC Note Coming under international pressure, the Iranian officials are denying that Pastor Youcef is sentenced to...

Army Uses Force To Disperse Copts Protesting Attacks On Churches

October 6, 2011 — Army Uses Force To Disperse Copts Protesting Attacks On Churches Angry over church burning Friday, hundreds of Copts take to Cairo streets Tuesday night to protest and demand equality, but...

Help us name a new fund to help victims of abuse, abduction, rape, slavery, and forced marriage!

October 5, 2011 — We need your help! We've been so moved by the horrors faced by Christian girls and women who are targeted for abduction, sexual slavery, forced conversion and forced marriage, that...

Uzbekistan: Baptist Church Raided, Christians fined

October 5, 2011 — ICC Note: Police raided and fined Baptists conducting worship in the central city of Samarkand, Forum 18 News Service reports. In separate incidents, “Baptists in Tashkent have been fined 50...

Another Church in Egypt Attacked By Muslims

October 5, 2011 — ICC Note: “On Monday, October 3, Muslims surrounded St. Mary's Church in the Upper Egyptian village of Elmadmar, Tema district, Sohag province, in an effort to demolish it. The Muslims...

Eleven Christians receive death threats as false charges emerge against Nadarkhani

October 5, 2011 — ICC Note: “Eleven Iranian Christians who fled Iran in the wake of a government campaign against evangelical Christianity have received threats via email from ‘the unknown soldiers of the Hidden...

Egypt Copts protest over church burning, blogger

October 5, 2011 — ICC Note: “Hundreds of Christian Copts protested outside the state television building on Tuesday after a church was burned in the southern Aswan district and demanded that the governor be...

Christian Leaders Ask India To Protect Christian Victims Of Persecution

October 5, 2011 — AICC Apprises Minister Of Christian Persecution ICC Note Christians in India, particularly in places such as Orissa, continue facing persecution. Christians leaders are asking the Indian government to protect the victims of...