4 Coptic Christian Teenagers sentenced in Egypt for Insulting Islam in VideoFebruary 26, 2016 — ICC NOTE: 4 Coptic Christian teenagers were sentenced by an Egyptian court for insulting Islam in a short video which came to light in April of 2015. Three teenagers will...
Report: 11,500 Dead, 13,000 Churches Destroyed in Nigerian Christian PersecutionFebruary 25, 2016 — ICC Note: A new Open Doors report detailing the ongoing persecution in northern Nigeria tells of alarming statistics about the number of believers killed, and the count of churches destroyed...
Nigeria Churches Unite for First Time to Address Violence in NorthFebruary 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Churches in northern Nigeria are bankding together for the first time to pressure the Nigerian government and the global community to take the present Boko Haram threat more...
Religious Intolerance Growing in Asia-Pacific RegionFebruary 25, 2016 — ICC Note: In a report by Amnesty International, the human rights group stated that religious and ethnic intolerance grew in the Asia-Pacific region in 2015. Countries like Pakistan, Vietnam, India, and...
Reports Calls on UK to Recognize Suffering of Christians in PakistanFebruary 25, 2016 — ICC Note: A report in the UK Parliament has called on their government to recognize the suffering of persecuted Christian and Pakistan and re-evaluate the way the country deals with...
Whereabouts of 8 Kidnapped Coptic Christians Remain a Mystery for EgyptFebruary 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: As we mourn the loss of the 21 Coptic Christians on the one year anniversary of their beheading's, there are those who wish to learn of the fate of eight...
Taiwan Officials Unveil Declaration for Religious FreedomFebruary 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The first ever Asia-Pacific Religious Freedom Forum was held in Taiwan February 16-19, welcoming dozens of foreign dignitaries and international religious and secular NGOs. The purpose of the...
Turkey Rescinds Order to Vacate Bursa’s only Christian ChurchFebruary 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Bursa once was a thriving community of multicultural and multi-faith interaction. Turkey in general though has seen a shift to the more conservative wing of Islam which adheres...
Chinese Forcibly Remove First Catholic Cross of the YearFebruary 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The first cross doning a Catholic church has been forcibly removed in Zhejiang province without notice. 18 crosses had been removed prior to the removal of the Zhuangyuan...
Boko Haram Leaves 6.500 Children Malnourished in Northeast NigeriaFebruary 24, 2016 — ICC Note: Newsweek reports Boko Haram has left more than 6,500 children malnourished in northern Nigeria who now reside in displacement camps. That represents just a percentage of a reported...
23 Boko Haram Terrorists Killed, 150 Hostages Rescued By Nigeria/Cameroon TroopsFebruary 24, 2016 — ICC Note: Nigerian forces in concert with regional allies have ramped up a military offensive against Boko Haram that continues to bear positive results. In the latest news from the...
Violence Threatened by Extremists in Pakistan if Confessed Murderer is ExecutedFebruary 24, 2016 — ICC Note: Violence has been threatened by extremist groups in Pakistan if Mumtaz Qadri, the confessed murderer of Salman Taseer, is executed by the state. In 2011, Qadri shot and...
Christians in India Condemn Increased Attacks on Christians Involved in EvangelismFebruary 24, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians in India gathered together today in the Tirunelveli District to condemn increased attacks on Christian involved in evangelism. India's constitution guarantees full religious freedom, which means citizens of...
Syrian Christian Leader says, “We are 100 percent Sunni, Christian, Allawite, and Druze”February 24, 2016 — ICC NOTE: According to an exclusive with the Daily Mail, a Christian leader within the Church of Antioch revealed the support many Syrian Christians have for the embattled Syrian President...
Dusty Pews Await Long Forgotten Iraqi ChristiansFebruary 24, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Nineveh plain held one of the largest Christian populations in the Middle East at an estimated 1.5 million in 2003. That number has dwindled to 200,000 after the second Gulf...
Chinese Pastor released, 8 remain imprisoned in Zhejiang Province aloneFebruary 24, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Pastor Yan Xiaojie was released February 2nd after serving five months in criminal detention for "gathering a mob to disturb social order." His crime at the time was...
