Meriam Ibrahim Ranked Top Christian Persecution Story in 2014

January 13, 2015 — ICC Note: Morning Star News is reviewing the top persecution stories from 2014. At the top of the list is Meriam Ibrahim, a Christian mother who, while pregnant with her second child, was...

Radical Islam’s Descent into Sub-Saharan Africa Sees Rise in Persecution

January 13, 2015 — ICC Note: Christian persecution is on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Islamic insurgencies like Boko Haram and al-Shabaab have killed thousand of Christians, displaced hundreds of thousands and abducted, enslaved...

Christians Maintain Hope In Syria’s Bleakness

January 12, 2015 — ICC Note: For more than 10 million Syrian’s displaced by the conflict in the country, life is a daily battle. There is the fight just to stay alive, with conflict...

No Safety For Christians In The Mideast

January 12, 2015 — ICC Note: “Each time a Christian goes, no other Christian comes to fill his place, and that is a very bad thing for the Arab world.” This is happening in...

The Rise of Boko Haram Ranked Top Christian Persecution Story in 2014

January 12, 2015 — ICC Note: Morning Star News is reviewing the top persecution stories from 2014, and the rise of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria has their attention. In 2014 alone,...

More than 100 Million Christians Persecuted, Many in Africa

January 12, 2015 — ICC Note: More than 100 million Christians across the world are persecuted for their faith, today. For years, persecution has steadily worsened, especially on the African continent. In Nigeria, Boko...

Murder of Key Somali Pastor Ranked Top Christian Persecution Story in 2014

January 11, 2015 — ICC Note: The underground church in Somalia (one of the most hostile countries on earth against the practice, yet alone spread, of Christianity) has seen major setbacks in recent years...

Massacres in Kenya Ranked Top Christian Persecution Story in 2014

January 10, 2015 — ICC Note: Morning Star News is reviewing the top persecution stories from 2014. Ranked at #7 is the rise of lethal attacks again non-Muslims in Kenya by the Somalia-based radical...

World Watch List Identifies Africa as Persecution Battle Front

January 9, 2015 — ICC Note: Across Africa, radical Islamic insurgencies are waging a war against Christians. From Nigeria to the Central African Republic, to Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania, armed Islamic militants killed thousands...

Testimony of a Teenage Girl Forced to Carry a Suicide Bomb

January 8, 2015 — ICC Note: The gut-wrenching testimony of a 13-year-old girl forced by her father to carry a suicide bomb for Boko Haram, a radical Islamic insurgency bent on establishing a separate...

Coptic Bishop Warns That Middle East Is Losing Hope

January 4, 2015 — ICC Note: As Christian leaders looked at their congregations in the Middle East at the start of a new year, they are concerned that the violence of 2014 has claimed...

The Religious Cleansing Of Middle East Christians

January 3, 2015 — ICC Note: Is it even accurate to speak of persecution of Christians in the Middle East? Some experts warn that the situation has grown so bad that persecution is not...

Threatened with Death Because of Christ

December 31, 2014 — The Incredible Story of Mounira, a Christian Mother Beaten, Divorced and Abandoned for her Relationship with Jesus By: René Benoît, ICC’s Niger Project Manager 12/31/2014 Niger Republic (International Christian Concern)...

A Review of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria

November 20, 2014 — ICC Note: The Economist gives a brief synopsis of Boko Haram, a radical Islamic insurgency that has waged a campaign of terror against Christians across Nigeria's north since for nearly...

False Case against Christian Converts Heard in Federal Court

November 17, 2014 — Ethiopian Federal Court Hears Case against Two Wrongfully Accused Christian Converts By Cameron Thomas, Regional Manager for Africa 11/14/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Wednesday, two Christian converts from...

Boko Haram Militants Reportedly Seize Control of Chibok

November 14, 2014 — ICC Note: According to eye witnesses, Boko Haram militants have waged a successful attack on Chibok, a remote town in Nigeria's north-easternmost state of Borno, taking over the town after...