Religious Freedom Can Be An Antidote To Religious ExtremismSeptember 24, 2015 — ICC Note: With ISIS and other Islamic extremist groups gaining ground in the Middle East and elsewhere, governments are scrambling to deal with them. There are real security measures that...
Pressure Grows To Declare War Against Christians A GenocideSeptember 24, 2015 — ICC Note: As Iraq and Syria continue to be torn apart by Islamic extremists, Christians are facing genocide as entire communities are driven out of their homelands. There is pressure...
A Disappearing Christian Middle East?September 18, 2015 — ICC Note: Persecution, war, repression are all driving Christians to flee the Middle East. Leaders from across the globe, and across religious lines, all must engage if there is to...
Our Moral Obligation To Support Christians In The Middle EastSeptember 14, 2015 — ICC Note: Christians across the Middle East have been the victims of increasingly violent and direct persecution at the hands of Islamic extremist groups like ISIS as well as authoritarian...
Syrian Christians ‘need a safe way out’ of war zone; groups call for Federal Government to helpSeptember 12, 2015 — ICC Note: As conflict continues to rage in Syria, its Christian community continues to search for refugee. It is increasingly difficult for them to stay in Syria, but they find...
Congressmen Push To Call ISIS Atrocities A Christian ‘Genocide’September 12, 2015 — ICC Note: As Christians and other minorities have faced some of the most severe and targeted attacks in recent history, Forty members of Congress are pushing for recognition of these...
ISIS Issues Contract of “Dhimmitude” to Give “Safety” to Syrian ChristiansSeptember 3, 2015 — By Todd Daniels 09/03/2015 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern has learned that ISIS militants have issued a contract between them and the Christians of the city...
The ISIS Caliphate and the ChurchesAugust 28, 2015 — ICC Note: As ISIS attempts to strengthen its hold in Iraq and Syria the destruction of non-Muslim sites is a central part of their strategy. The destruction of churches in...
Exterminating Christians in the Middle EastAugust 24, 2015 — ICC Note: Across the Middle East, Christians are at risk of being exterminated. There is a genocide taking place, leaders like Pope Francis and others have told the world. Yet,...
5 Middle East Churches That Could Cease to Exist If Islamic State Influence Continues to SpreadAugust 24, 2015 — ICC Note: As ISIS attempts to harden its control of land in Syria and Iraq it also continues to expand, putting at risk the fate of entire church communities that...
Mobilizing the ChristiansJuly 31, 2015 — ICC Note: As the world fights poverty and global warming Christians face existential threat in the Middle East. There has been little mobilization on behalf of Christians facing immense persecution...
Is This the End of Christianity in the Middle East?July 24, 2015 — ICC Note: As ISIS continues to displace thousands, the Middle East is quickly losing its Christian population. The individual stories of dislocation and capture are riveting, and the large scale...
Priest Finds Frustrations Build Among Christians In Iraq CampJuly 22, 2015 — ICC Note: There is a growing sense of moral corruption among Christian internally displaced in Iraq, especially among the younger generation. Many have been living in camps for a year...
As ISIS Corners Christians in the Middle East, Pope Francis Needs to Change His PrioritiesJuly 21, 2015 — ICC Note: Pope Francis has gained much influence in his time at the Vatican, so why is there not a greater outcry from the leader of the church to rescue...
Christians Grow Weary Over Rising Threat Of Kidnapping In Syria, IraqJuly 20, 2015 — ICC Note: The Arab Christian world is growing more and more weary of the kidnapping of their clergymen and civilians in the Middle East, specifically Syria and Iraq. Pope Francis...
For French Imam, the Islamic State group kills Christians, but also threatens Islam in EuropeJuly 17, 2015 — ICC Note: Dr. Hocine Drouiche, an imam from Nimes, France gave a riveting analysis at a meeting in Brussels entitled, “The Persecution of Christians in the World.” He warned of...