India Plans to “Indirectly” Deport 77-Year-Old Italian Nun Working with Lepers

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: As India continues to show signs of increasing religious intolerance towards Christians and other religious minorities, a 77-year-old Italian nun who has spent her life working with lepers is facing...

Christian Kindergarten Officially Closed by Chinese Court

January 12, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Chinese legal system has determined the Hualin Foreign Language Experimental Kindergarten (HFLEK) in Liuzhou, Guangxi to be officially closed. On July 17, the school was closed by...

Plight of Iraqi Christians: Bishops Highlight Harsh Situation of Refugees from ISIS

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: More than 18 months have passed since the attack of ISIS jihadists in Iraq sent hundreds of thousands of fleeing for their lives. As they fight to survive...

Christian Church Damaged in Alleged Arson in Pakistan

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Parts of the Apostolic Church in the village of Bath in Pakistan was reportedly damaged in an arson attack last week. According to the local Christians, there was...

The Massacre Nigeria forgot: a Year after Boko Haram’s Attack on Baga

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: International Christian Concern (ICC) marks the one-year anniversary of the Boko Haram massacre of Baga, Nigeria, where 2,000 people were slaughtered, with great sadness. While Nigerian President Muhammadu...

Filippino Christians Remain Steadfast Despite Threat of Persecution

January 11, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Despite persecution by majority Muslims in the specific region of the Philippines, Christians have decided to remain and continue to preach the gospel. Even after their church was...

The Death Knell of Iraq’s Christian Community

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Iraq's Christian community is fighting for its survival. The fight is taking place not so much on the front lines of the battle where coalition forces are bombing...

Syrian Christian Perspectives on the War

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Since the conflict in Syria started in March 2011, more than 40 percent of Syria's Christian population has fled. Nearly all of them have faced violence of some...

Kenya’s Garissa University Restarts Teaching After Attack

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Garissa University College reopened Monday for teaching, more than nine months after a deadly terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 148 people. During the assault, al-Shabaab terrorist...

Controversy Over Mental Illness of Muslim Accused of Burning Bibles in Pakistan

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Last week, a Muslim man in Kasur, Pakistan was arrested under blasphemy charges after he was discovered setting fire to copies of the Bible and other hymn books....

Swiss Woman Kidnapped in Timbuktu, Mali for Second Time in 3 Years

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Northern Mali has been overrun by Islamist terrorists and have kidnapped Beatrice Stockly, a Swiss missionary, for the second time in three years. Stockly left Mali for Switzerland...

State Trooper Prays for Grieving Father Rather than Give Speeding Ticket

January 11, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In a time where the Christian faith is put to the test and seems to be nothing but negativity in the news, the story of State trooper Toddy...

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Murder of Muslim Convert to Christianity in Bangladesh

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: The Islamic radical group, ISIS, has claimed responsibility for the murder of a Muslim convert to Christianity in Bangladesh reports Christian Network News. According to the report, the victim had converted to...

Human Rights Groups Plea for Release of Christian Lawyer in Vietnam

January 11, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Christian human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai was arrested December 16th while attempting to join with European Union diplomats after the conclusion to a human rights meeting with...

This Is What It’s Like To Be Christian And Live Under ISIS

January 10, 2016 — ICC Note: In an extremely rare interview, a Christian who lived for months under the control of ISIS has told what it was like as a Christian living with the...

India to Deport Italian Nun Helping Lepers

January 10, 2016 — ICC Note: According to reports, India is to deport an Italian nun who has been helping lepers for over four decades after denying the aging nun a visa. When the...