Priest Murdered, Another Injured, in Cairo While Bystanders Looked OnOctober 13, 2017 — 10/11/17 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Father Hegoumen Samaan Shehata, a priest at St. Julius Al-Akfehasi Church in Al-Fashn, Egypt, was killed...
ICC Helps Bring the Gospel to North KoreaOctober 12, 2017 — By Linda Jones 10/12/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - It is well known that Christians in North Korea are among the most persecuted Christians in the world. The ruling...
Families of Slain Coptic Christians in Libya Desire a Dignified Return, BurialOctober 10, 2017 — 10/10/17 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that families of the Copts killed by ISIS in Libya are preparing to place their deceased loved...
Violence Against Christians Increases as Elections Draw Close in India’s Karnataka StateOctober 9, 2017 — By ICC’s India Representative 10/09/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - On September 17, 2017, suspected Hindu radicals attacked an Assembly of God church in India’s Karnataka state. After the attack,...
Sudan: Human Rights Violations, Religious Persecution Abound – US Sanctions Must StayOctober 5, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 10/05/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In one week, the United States will decide whether or not to lift decades-old sanctions on Sudan’s repressive regime. Since...
ICC Provides Medical Assistance to Victims of Fulani Radicals in South KadunaOctober 5, 2017 — By Linda Jones 10/5/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – On February 20, 2017 the residents of four Christian villages in Ashim, Mif, Zilang, and Bakin Kogi, located in the...
Mourning, Fear, and Faith: Christians Bury Family Members Killed by Al-ShabaabSeptember 29, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 09/26/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, suspected al-Shabaab militants invaded Silini and Bobo villages in southeastern Kenya. They executed four Christian...
ICC Builds Pastor a New House After Hindu Radicals Drove Him AwaySeptember 28, 2017 — By Amy Penn 09/28/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In southern India, Pastor Aryan was leading a small congregation in a rented house until radical activists closed the church...
China Losing Freedom in Every AspectSeptember 27, 2017 — By Gina Goh 09/27/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Chinese government is gearing up for the five-yearly Party Congress, which is less than a month away. The 19th...
Mob Violence Terrorizes Small Christian Village in EgyptSeptember 25, 2017 — 09/25/17 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on September 14, a Muslim mob in the village of Tawa in Minya attacked the local...
Admired, but not Protected, Christians Seek Home ElsewhereSeptember 21, 2017 — By Claire Evans 09/21/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The liberation of the Nineveh Plains from ISIS control, as announced by Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi in August 2017,...
ICC Provides Safe and Private Housing for Family to Reunite with Young DaughterSeptember 20, 2017 — By Amy Penn 9/21/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – She was only three years old, too young to understand the chaos surrounding her or her parents’ struggle because of...
Tensions Rising in Jos, Nigeria: Muslim Mobs Attack Christian CitizensSeptember 20, 2017 — By Nathan Johnson 09/19/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Jos, the capital of Plateau State, is located in central Nigeria, between the predominantly Muslim north and Christian south. While...
Jharkhand’s State Governor in India Approves “Anti-Forced Conversion Law” Despite OppositionSeptember 20, 2017 — Jharkhand’s Christians Fear Increased Division and Persecution Under New Law 09/20/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Jharkhand Freedom of Religion Bill...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Iraqi and Syria Relief and Justice BillSeptember 19, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE H.R. 390 Takes Another Key Step Forward Toward Assisting Christians in Dire Need 9/19/17 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved...
Abducted Priest Soganub Rescued by Government in Marawi, PhilippinesSeptember 18, 2017 — Priest Appeared to be in Good Health and High Spirits 09/18/2017 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Philippine priest abducted by ISIS-inspired militants in the...
