Church Leaders Criticize India’s Decision to Deny Equal Rights to Low Caste Christians and Muslims

February 18, 2016 — ICC Note: Church leaders in India have criticized the government's recent decision to reject extending equal rights to low caste Christians and Muslims. Low caste Hindus, Buddhists, and Sikhs enjoy...

Christians on Death Row in Pakistan for Blasphemy Claim Police Tortured Them Into Confessing

February 18, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian man and his wife in Pakistan claim that their confessions to committing blasphemy are not valid because they were tortured by police into making them. In...

BREAKING: Bombing in Turkey-Death Toll Still Rising

February 17, 2016 — ICC Note: A powerful explosion has rocked Turkey's capital, Ankara, near their military base. The Turkish government is calling it a terrorist attack but no one has claimed responsibility yet....

Nigerian Women Freed From Boko Haram Face Rejection at Home

February 17, 2016 — ICC Note: Imagine being rescued from the clutches of evil men, only to be rejected by your family when you return home. That's the experience for several women and girls...

This Tiny African Nation Plays A Huge Role In The Refugee Crisis

February 17, 2016 — ICC Note: Eritrea represents one of the most difficult places in the world to be a Christian. Arbitrary imprisonment, torture, extrajudicial killings, and a climate of fear all play a...

Under Kerry’s State Department, The U.S. Can No Longer Be Considered the Defender of Global Religious Freedom & Expression

February 17, 2016 — ICC Note: John Kerry's State Department has been asked to submit a decision on designating the atrocities against Christians and other religious minorities as "genocide" by mid-March. While a slew...

Pastor Gu Yuese Pens Letter to Congregation, Remains Positive While in Prison

February 17, 2016 — ICC NOTE: As pastor Gu 'Joseph' Yuese languishes in a Chinese prison, he remains positive penning a letter to his congregation asking them to support the newly appointed pastor of...

Kenya to Build Prison for Jihadists

February 17, 2016 — ICC Note: Kenya is planning to build a prison exclusively for offenders and detainees suspected of terrorism that come from extremist ideologies such as members of al-Shabaab. The government's goal...

BJP Scores another Electoral Victory Using Religiously Divisive Politics

February 17, 2016 — ICC Note: India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has scored another electoral victory using religiously divisive politics in Muzaffarnagar, located in Uttar Pradesh. Playing to its Hindu nationalist base, the BJP sought...

First Asian-Pacific Religious Freedom Forum to Begin in Taiwan

February 17, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The first Asian-Pacific Religious Freedom Forum will begin Thursday in Taiwan who will host foreign dignitaries and non-governmental organizations from 26 different nations. It is the hope of...

Christian Woman Reunited with Family After Kidnapping and Forced Marriage by Muslim Landlord

February 17, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian woman in Pakistan has been reunited with her family after being kidnapped, raped, and forcefully married by her Muslim landlord. Christian women in Pakistan are often...

On Morning of Pope’s Arrival, Christian Church Set Ablaze in Chiapas, Mexico

February 16, 2016 — Arson Leaves Hundreds without Place of Worship 2/16/2016 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that in the early morning hours of February 15, the...

Six Christians Hospitalized, Including 4-Year-Old Girl, Following Brutal Attack by Hindu Radicals

February 16, 2016 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 2/16/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - India’s Christian community continues to suffer intense persecution as Hindu radicals unleashed another brutal assault on a Christian gathering...

Radical Islamist Fulani Herders Strike Central Nigerian Village, One Dead, Four Homes Burned

February 16, 2016 — 2/14/16 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that radical Islamist Fulani herders have attacked a village in Plateau State Nigeria with a hailstorm of...

Al-Qaeda Holds Swiss Missionary Kidnapped in Mali for Second Time

February 16, 2016 — ICC Note: Al Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is stamping their continued terrorist influence over north and sub-Saharan Africa, cementing themselves as the prime persecutor of the Church in...

Nigeria Vexed by Boko Haram’s Use of Women as Suicide Bombers

February 16, 2016 — ICC Note: Boko Haram continues to use young girls as suicide bombers, a terrifying reality that plays part in persecution in the country where more Christians have died for their...