Rescued from the Rubble October 9, 2024 — 10/9/2024 Nepal (International Christian Concern) — After an earthquake struck Nepal in November 2023, Sabita struggled to provide for her two young children. The earthquake — which killed more than...
Muslim Preacher Ordered to Remove Controversial Conversion TikTok Video October 9, 2024 — 10/9/2024 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) — The Malaysian High Court has ordered controversial Chinese Muslim preacher Firdaus Wong Wai Hun to remove a TikTok video in which he tells minors,...
New ASEAN Chair Faces Continued Persecution, Mounting Deaths in MyanmarOctober 8, 2024 — 10/8/2024 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) — As Laos takes on the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeastern Nations (ASEAN) and prepares for its first convening later this week, the...
Marcos Signs Law Expanding Sharia Courts Across the Philippines, Raising Concerns Among Christians October 8, 2024 — 10/8/2024 Philippines (International Christian Concern) — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. recently signed Republic Act (RA) 12018 into law, expanding the Sharia judicial system in the Philippines by creating three...
A Legacy of Serving ‘The Least of These’October 8, 2024 — 10/08/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) - In October 2006 in central Indonesia, Pastor Irianto Kongkoli and his family were going about their day as usual. He, his wife, and their...
11 Female Evangelists Arrested on False Charges of Forced ConversionsOctober 7, 2024 — 10/7/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Eleven Christian women evangelists from Hyderabad, along with seven other local Christian men and women, were arrested and arraigned on false charges of trying...
Government Arrests Protesters, Ignores Deadly Fulani Militia Attacks on Christians October 7, 2024 — 10/7/2024 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — As Nigeria celebrates its 64th Independence anniversary, human rights activists in Lagos, Abuja, and Plateau states were arrested by Nigerian police for protesting government...
The Silencing of Christians in the WestOctober 5, 2024 — The rise of intolerance in the name of tolerance 10/05/2024 The West (International Christian Concern) – Thomas Jefferson, the author of a great portion of the American Declaration of Independence,...
Surviving the UnthinkableOctober 4, 2024 — 10/04/2024 DRC (International Christian Concern) – Eleven-year-old Esther is one of nine children in her family, which lives in a rural farming village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Us and Them: Christian Identification with the Persecuted Church October 4, 2024 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow Can humans from the Oklahoma panhandle be united with other humans in places like the Tibetan plateau in northwest China — people with other...
Strength Amid Chaos in the Middle EastOctober 3, 2024 — 10/3/2024 Middle East (International Christian Concern) — As the first anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel approaches, Christians across the Middle East find themselves caught in a...
Somalia Receives $68.5 Million in U.S. Aid Despite Support for Hamas, Persecution of ChristiansOctober 3, 2024 — 10/3/2024 Washington, D.C./Somalia (International Christian Concern) — The U.S. government on Tuesday agreed to provide $68.5 million in aid to Somalia, a financially struggling nation, despite the country’s open support...
Eritrea: The North Korea of AfricaOctober 3, 2024 — By Linda Burkle, PhD, ICC Fellow In this age of instant news, we are bombarded with information. At times, we easily become numb or apathetic to the numerous reports of...
Building Permit for Javanese Canaan Church Rejected October 2, 2024 — 10/2/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — The Indonesian Christian Youth Movement (GAMKI) of South Tangerang City expressed its dismay over the recent rejection of a permit for the establishment of...
Hindrances of Faith in the WestOctober 1, 2024 — A Crossroads in the Public Square of Christianity 10/01/2024 The West (International Christian Concern) – We tackle a subject this month that is relevant for Christians in the Western World...
Persecution Continues in Saudi Arabia Despite Claims of Reform October 1, 2024 — Saudi Arabia (International Christian Concern) — Long an indispensable player on the international stage because of its vast oil and gas reserves, Saudi Arabia has historically felt little need to...
