Hindu Radicals Launch at Least 23 Attacks During 2017 Christmas Season in India

January 4, 2018 — 01/03/2018 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that at least 23 religiously-motivated attacks took place during the 2017 Christmas season, including attacks on carolers and open threats...

Education Denied: The Generational Consequences of Displacement

January 4, 2018 — By Claire Evans 01/04/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The start of a new year traditionally marks new beginnings, new hopes, new dreams. For Iraq’s Christians, this year marks...

ICC Continues to Help Iraqi Christians Rebuild Qaraqosh

January 2, 2018 — By Amy Penn 12/29/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Like most Christians, Mahir and his family fled their home in Qaraqosh when ISIS invaded on August 6, 2014. They...

Fulani Herdsmen Kill Four Christmas Carolers

December 27, 2017 — A Gloomy Christmas Celebration for Nigerian Villagers This Year 12/26/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that barely 48 hours before Christmas, suspected Fulani militants...

Why India’s Christians Did Not Go Caroling This Christmas

December 26, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 12/26/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “There was not a festive mood in my church this Christmas due to the cancelation of caroling and other...

ICC Helps Build a Well for Persecuted Christians in Iraq

December 24, 2017 — By Linda Jones 12/28/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - In 2014, ISIS invaded the town of Qaraqosh in Iraq, forcing most Christians to flee the area. The perpetrators were...

Two Sudanese Pastors’ Evictions Upheld by Court

December 21, 2017 — 12/21/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Muslim judge upheld the court-ordered eviction of two Christian families from their church-owned homes in...

ICC Aids Beaten Pastor in India

December 20, 2017 — By Linda Jones 12/20/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - Many cases of persecution against Christians in India have been reported in the past year as the level of intolerance...

Christian and Muslim Leaders Stand in Solidarity Against Church Bombing in Pakistan

December 18, 2017 — ISIS Claims First Major Attack on Pakistan’s Christian Minority 12/18/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that Christian and Muslim leaders in Pakistan are standing...

ICC Helps Persecuted Family with Housing and Small Business in Indonesia

December 13, 2017 — By Linda Jones 12/14/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern)- Christians in Indonesia face severe persecution at the hands of radical Muslims, sometimes the government, and even their family members. Many...

ICC Helps Recently Converted Family in Nigeria

December 7, 2017 — By Linda Jones 12/7/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern)- Christian persecution continues to prevail in many African nations without any form of repercussions for the perpetrators. Islamic groups like Boko...

Government Officials Break into Jiangxi Church, Assault Elderly, and Vandalize Church

December 1, 2017 — 12/01/2017 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the morning of November 21, more than 100 government officers in uniform raided the Beimen (North Gate) Catholic...

ICC Continues to Assist Victims of Religious Persecution in Egypt

November 30, 2017 — By Amy Penn 11/29/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Its persistence is insidious, its destruction continuous, and its presence ignored. Religious intolerance and violence have plagued Egypt’s religious minorities...

IED Aimed at Christian Guesthouse on Church Property Misses Target

November 30, 2017 — 11/30/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – An improvised explosive device (IED) targeting residential houses, inside St. Michaels Catholic Church in Mandera town, exploded outside the church’s perimeter wall on...

In Egypt, Martyrs’ Legacy of Faith Inspires Hope for the Future

November 27, 2017 — By Claire Evans 11/27/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - A small woman clad in black stands in front of her humble house, surrounded by her four children. “Please, pray for...

The Plight of Christian IDPs in Eastern Kenya

November 21, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 11/21/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Martha is a 6-week-old baby who has lived her entire life inside the AIC Witu internally displaced persons (IDP) camp...