Swedish Christian Worker Dies from Pakistan ShootingDecember 14, 2012 — Bible school teacher, 70, gunned down by suspected Islamic extremists in Lahore. ICC Note: Birgitta Almby, a Swedish Christian aid worker who was shot last week in Lahore, died from...
Egypt’s Christians pray ahead of constitution voteDecember 14, 2012 — ICC Note: If the current constitutional referendum is approved, Egypt will become an Islamic state in every sense of the meaning. The assembly that drafted the document is dominated by...
Four Hmong Christians Sentenced to Vietnamese Prison After One-Day TrialDecember 13, 2012 — ICC Note: Four more ethnic Hmong Christians have been sentenced to several years in prison for participating in a large gathering of Hmong Christians last year. They join eight other...
Indonesian Police Heighten Security at Nearly 40,000 Churches Ahead of Possible Christmas AttacksDecember 13, 2012 — ICC Note: Despite actively seeking out terrorist groups around the country since the September 11th, 2001, attacks on the United States, pockets of Islamic radicalism remain in the world's largest...
Kenya’s Somalia Intervention Costing Christians their SecurityDecember 13, 2012 — Special Report by ICC 12/13/2012 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab is killing Christians in Kenya in retaliation to Kenyan forces' intervention to stamp out...
Church in Nigeria Burned Down by RadicalsDecember 13, 2012 — ICC Note: Christians of the Living Faith Church in Nigeria have accused members of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria of burning down their church on Monday night. Disputes over...
Suffering of Christians in India’s Most Hostile StateDecember 13, 2012 — Special Report by ICC 12/13/2012 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Not a week goes by without a Christian being attacked somewhere in the south Indian state of Karnataka, where...
Egypt Christian sentenced over anti-Islam filmDecember 13, 2012 — ICC Note: Alber Saber, a 27-year-old from a Coptic Christian background, was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for posting online parts of a US-made anti-Islam, Agence France-Presse...
Iran Said to be Killing Imprisoned Pastor by NeglectDecember 13, 2012 — Denial of medical aid aimed at Behnam Irani succumbing to violence-related illness, sources say. ICC Note: A pastor languishing in an Iranian prison has been denied medical treatment and remains...
Christian Charity Worker Shot in Pakistan Returns to Sweden for TreatmentDecember 13, 2012 — Wounded Swedish charity worker flown out of Pakistan ICC Note: A Swedish Christian aid worker who was shot last week and was critically wounded in Lahore after 38 years of...
Christian says ‘minorities are being crushed’ in Syrian conflictDecember 13, 2012 — Syria: young Christian says 'minorities are being crushed' from all sides ICC Note: Christians and other minorities in Syria are being “crushed” in the countries ongoing conflict, reports Independent Catholic...
Saudi Textbooks Teach Hate Toward Christians and JewsDecember 13, 2012 — Saudi Textbooks Retain Hateful Refrains Schoolchildren primed with pre-persecution slurs against ‘infidels.’ ICC Note: Textbooks in Saudi Arabian schools continue to discriminate against minorities and teach outright hatred toward Christians...
Eritrea: Africa’s Most Repressive RegimeDecember 12, 2012 — 12/12/2012 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – When a man broke down and wept openly at a church in Ethiopia, the pastor of the church asked the man what caused...
Church in Sri Lanka Attacked by Buddhist MonksDecember 12, 2012 — ICC Note: A mob of radical Buddhists attacked a church in Sri Lanka this past Sunday. The damage to the church will cost an estimated $4,000 to repair. The mob...
Further Delays in Case of Murdered Turkish ChristiansDecember 12, 2012 — Prosecutor yanked from Turkish Christian murder trials ICC Note: In further delays and suspicious moves regarding the trial of the accused murderers of three Christians in Turkey, the high counsel...
KAZAKHSTAN: Mosques and churches forcibly closedDecember 12, 2012 — Churches Forced to Close Against Their Will in Kazakhstan ICC Note: Churches and Mosques in Kazakhstan are complaining of being forced to shut down, or being tricked into shutting down....
