Kirsten Powers: John Kerry Should Recognize Christian GenocideDecember 8, 2015 — ICC Note: As Christians and other religious minorities have faced incredible persecution and violence at the hands of ISIS and other religious minorities, a debate is raging over whether this...
Iran: Three Christian Prisoners ReleasedDecember 7, 2015 — ICC Note: Three more Christian prisoners in Iran have been released from jail. Originally arrested in October 2012, the three had started serving prison sentences in 2014. Of the six...
Open The Door For Persecuted Iraqi ChristiansDecember 7, 2015 — ICC Note: With debates about what to do for refugees from the Syrian conflict at fever pitch, some writers are trying to understand why more Christians have not been accepted...
Refugees: It’s Time to Be DiscriminatingDecember 3, 2015 — ICC Note: In the debates regarding accepting and resettling refugees from Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere, advocates are looking at how decisions are being made. In deciding what communities receive the...
Why So Few Christians Among Syrian Refugees? State Dept.: Our Emphasis ‘on Helping the Most VulnerableDecember 2, 2015 — ICC Note: As more attention has been given to the refugee situation in Syria, questions are being raised about why Christians are underrepresented among those who have been resettled. A...
Iraq’s Christians, Yezidi say Kurds failed them in fight against ISISDecember 2, 2015 — ICC Note: Christians and the Yazidi minority are concerned about their long-term safety in Iraq. While the Kurds have largely been the most effective fighting force, it is not clear...
Save Christians ‘Eliminated’ in Iraq and SyriaDecember 2, 2015 — ICC Note: The Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East are often the ones left behind in the refugee flood leaving the region, even though they are the...
The Paris Attacks Are Bad News For Christian RefugeesNovember 20, 2015 — ICC Note: In the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Paris, the shifting tide of sentiment towards refugees fleeing from Syria means even less chance of support for Syrian Christians...
West Has ‘Betrayed The Christians Of The East’, Says Syrian PatriarchNovember 20, 2015 — ICC Note: In a new statement, the head of the Syrian Catholic church has voiced his frustration with the role of the west in the conflict plaguing Iraq and Syria...
7 Assyrian Christian Refugees Drown While Crossing Aegean SeaNovember 20, 2015 — ICC Note: As an example of the latest casualties of the war in Iraq and Syria and the impact of ISIS, 7 Assyrian Christian refugees drowned along with more than...
Is The Syrian Refugee Process Stacked Against Christian Migrants?November 19, 2015 — ICC Note: As the public and politicians debate what to do about Syrian refugees, it is important to actually look at the process involved in the issue. The system for...
Paris Attacks Just A Sample Of ISIS In Middle EastNovember 19, 2015 — ICC Note: The deadly terrorist attacks in Paris have demonstrated for the Western world the realities of what ISIS has been doing in the Middle East for years. The daily...
Christianity On The Brink?November 18, 2015 — ICC Note: Why would Christians be fleeing their homes in Syria and Iraq? It is because they are in search of a life for their families. They want their children...
Obama’s ‘Shameful’ Policy Toward Middle Eastern ChristiansNovember 17, 2015 — ICC Note: President Obama has responded to criticism from some political leaders who have urged for priority to be given to Christians in the Middle East by calling such ideas...
Assyrian Protestant Church in Turkey Reopens 6 Decades LaterNovember 17, 2015 — ICC Note: One of the oldest protestant churches in the Middle East has been reopened after sitting in ruins for nearly 60 years. The Mardin Protestant Church in Turkey has...
So Far: Syrian Refugees in U.S. Include 2,098 Muslims, 53 ChristiansNovember 17, 2015 — ICC Note: As the world is wrestling with refugees and how to respond, there are important dynamics to consider and the demographics of the situation should be accounted for. The...
