Turkish State Continues Interference Against Armenian Church

February 7, 2019 — 02/07/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Turkish Foreign Minister met this week with the Armenian Apostolic Church’s legate in the Vatican, director of ecumenical relations at the Armenian Apostolic...

China Sets New Rules on Online Videos, Adds Censorship to Religious Content

February 6, 2019 — 02/06/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – In January, the China Netcasting Services Association (CNSA) issued new regulations stating that all programs due to be posted online must be reviewed before...

Egypt’s New Counter-Sectarianism Committee Moves Forward

February 6, 2019 — 02/06/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Roughly one month after Egypt’s new Higher Committee to Counter Sectarian Violence was formed, questions persist within the country on what outcomes are achievable....

North Korean Christians Preserve Their Faith by Staying Low Profile

February 5, 2019 — 02/05/2019 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – In order to keep their faith, North Korean Christians have to pray or sing hymns in secret, so as to not be seen...

Did Historic Papal Visit to UAE Widen Door to Religious Freedom?

February 5, 2019 — 02/05/2019 UAE (International Christian Concern) – Today, Pope Francis’ visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has concluded. His visit was a historic first in many ways. He is the...

Philippines Arrests Main Suspect of Jolo Cathedral Bombing

February 4, 2019 — 02/04/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Oscar Albayalde announced on Monday, February 4 that the man believed to be the main suspect in the deadly...

Egypt Denies Human Rights Watch Report

February 4, 2019 — 02/01/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Egypt’s Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a statement on January 31st denying the content of a Human Rights Watch 2019 World Report. This report criticizes...

Kapit Church in Sarawak Broken Into, Desecrated by Young Men

February 3, 2019 — 02/03/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – At least four men had broken into the Church of Mary Immaculate Conception in Kapit, Sarawak in the morning of January 26. They had...

Iranian Intelligence Arrest 2 Christian Converts

February 3, 2019 — 02/03/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Sina Moloudian and Ismaeil Maghrabinejad, two Christians who converted from Islam, were recently arrested by Iranian intelligence authorities. Sina is a young adult living in...

Churches in China’s Northeast Qiqihar Diocese Suppressed by the Government

February 2, 2019 — 02/02/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – At least seven churches and their communities have been suppressed in recent months in the diocese of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province. The Qiqihar bishop, Giuseppe...

Spiritual and Community Development Needed in Iraq

February 2, 2019 — 02/02/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Christian leaders in Iraq are increasingly stressing how rebuilding the Christian presence in the country should take a multi-prong approach related to the material, spiritual,...

Investigation of Jolo Cathedral Bombings Continues

February 1, 2019 — 02/01/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – The Philippine government continues its investigation on the Joko bombings which took place last Sunday, taking more than 20 lives and wounded 111. Contrary...

Five Christian Women Arrested in Iran

February 1, 2019 — 02/01/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iran continues with its persecution of Christians, with the most recent incident being the arrest of five Christian women who converted from Islam. The details of...

Kuwaiti Cleric Urges Violence Towards Christians

January 31, 2019 — 01/31/2019 Kuwait (International Christian Concern) – Kuwaiti Islamic cleric Othman al-Khamis has issued yet another statement in his weekly fatwa session encouraging his followers to kill apostates. He argues that apostates...

Chinese Police Forces Sichuan House Church Members to Testify Against Their Pastor

January 31, 2019 — 01/31/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – More than a month after the December 9 crackdown of the Autumn Rain Covenant Church (officially translated as “Early Rain Covenant Church”) in Sichuan, eight...

Emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong Receives Medal for Fighting Communism

January 30, 2019 — 01/30/2019 Washington DC (International Christian Concern) – Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the emeritus bishop of Hong Kong, received the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom from Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC)...