Minority Students Allowed to Study “Ethics” Instead of Islam in Pakistan

January 26, 2016 — ICC Note: The Sindh Text Book Board (STBB), has taken steps to add a special book to the syllabus for minority students in Pakistan's Sindh province. Instead of being forced to...

125,000 Signatures Calling for Release of Canadian Pastor in N. Korea

January 26, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The advocacy website change.org has had a petition posted calling for the release of 60 year old Canadian pastor Hyeon-Soo Lim. He has been held in North Korea...

Indonesian Christians Fear Next Target for Islamic Terrorism

January 26, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Islamic State is becoming not just a Middle East issue, but a global issue. After the Indonesia terrorist attacks, the Islamic State took credit for the deplorable...

Suicide Bombers Strike Northern Cameroon Town

January 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Militant Islamist suicide bombers from Boko Haram have struck a northern Cameroon town near Nigeria's border, reportedly killing 25 people. Reports suggest the attackers hid explosives within sacks...

Nigerian Herdsmen Kill 20 Attack in Adamawa

January 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Radical Muslim Fulani herders have struck Adamawa state, killing 20 people, the latest in a decades-long string of attacks on Christian villages in "Middle Belt" Nigeria that cab...

Christians in Pakistan Hold Day of Prayer for Victims of Terrorism

January 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians in Pakistan participated in a national day of prayer to remember the victims of terrorism in the country. This comes days after terrorists attacked a university in...

Christian Girl in Pakistan Killed by Muslim Men for Rejecting Their Sexual Advances

January 25, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian girl in Pakistan has reportedly been killed by a group of Muslim men after she refused their sexual advances. As a group of Christian girls walked home, a...

Scheduled Syrian Peace Talks Bring Glimmer of Hope for the Persecuted Christians Living Amongst the Syrian War

January 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians in Syria look to the scheduled peace talks between Damascus and the Government Opposition forces with a glimmer as hope, having suffered extreme violence from both sides....

Government Run Chinese Church Removes Pastor for Opposing Cross Removals

January 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Zhejiang province has been the epicenter of China's new crackdown on the rise of Christianity. Known to many as the Jerusalem of the east for the thousands of...

Pastor of Huoshi Church Formally Arrested for “Divulging State Secrets” in China

January 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Huoshi church in the Chinese province of Guizhou has been a consistent target of the government as it has been raided multiple times, threatened with closure and...

Algeria Detains Suspected Islamic Extremists Headed to Join ISIS in Libya

January 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Algeria has detained many Moroccan nationals allegedly attempting to cross through Algeria en route to Libya as ISIS recruits. Libya has become an ISIS stronghold in Northern Africa,...

Christian Persecution at Record Levels

January 24, 2016 — ICC Note: The latest research on Christian persecution has shown that 2015 was one of the worst years in modern history. The persecution stretches from West to East, driven by...

Kenyan Muslim Who shielded Christians From Terrorists Dies

January 22, 2016 — ICC Note: The man who defended Christians from al-Shabaab attackers during a December bus attack in northeast Kenya has died. Salah Farah sustained gunshot wounds that would take his life...

Verbal Feud begins between Christianity and Islam in Malaysia

January 22, 2016 — ICC NOTE: A local Islamist party president in Malaysia recently spoke out against Christianity stating it has spread in Southeast Asia and other parts of the East because educated regions...

Long Awaited Refugee Status given to Vietnamese Christians in Cambodia

January 22, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In Vietnamese highlands, there is an ethnic group known as Montagnards or "mountain people" which have been a target of persecution for years. The reason for persecution is...

ISIS Blows Up Homes and Churches to Punish Christians and Dissenters

January 22, 2016 — ICC Note: In addition to slavery, murder, and forced displacement, ISIS punishes Christians in Iraq by leveling their homes, villages, schools, and residential communities. The United Nations has stated that...