The Marawi Crisis in the PhilippinesJune 15, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 06/14/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Violence has erupted in the Philippines as the Maute group besieged Marawi, a Muslim-majority town in a country where more...
Americans Detained for 10 Hours and Deported from China for Carrying BiblesJune 8, 2017 — By Daniel Harris 06/08/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Alex’s heart was pounding so hard he felt sure the police could see it through his shirt. If that wasn’t...
ICC Rebuilds the House of a Fulani Attack Victim’s WidowJune 8, 2017 — By Linda Jones 06/08/2017 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – In February of 2016, Islamic Fulani militants carried out a brutal attack against the Agatu Council area in Benue state,...
House Passes Assistance to Victims of ISIS’ Genocide by Unanimous ConsentJune 7, 2017 — HR 390, a Bill to Provide Humanitarian and Accountability Support to Iraq/Syria Moves on to Senate 6/7/2017 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) is elated to...
Egypt’s Displaced Christians Struggle to Find Shelter and SecurityJune 7, 2017 — By Sandra Elliot 06/07/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - In February of 2017, approximately 355 Christian families were forced to flee the city of El-Arish, Egypt after a series...
Christian Pastor in India Beaten and Denied Protection Under the LawJune 1, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 06/01/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Religious intolerance has grown significantly in India following the election of Prime Minister Narenda Modi and his BJP-led government....
ICC Supports Christian Family Broken by Pakistan’s Notorious Blasphemy LawMay 31, 2017 — By William Stark 06/01/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On June 4, 2015, the life of a Christian family in Pakistan’s southern city of Mirpur Khas came to a...
Giving Voice to Egypt’s Palm Sunday Bombings’ Survivors, Part 2May 27, 2017 — By Amy Penn 05/27/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) visited three martyrs’ families from last month’s Palm Sunday church bombings in Egypt. We listened as...
Gunmen Kill at Least 35 Coptic Christians in EgyptMay 26, 2017 — 05/26/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that multiple masked gunmen attacked a caravan of Coptic Christians traveling to the Monastery of St....
Christians in India Continue to Suffer as Modi Marks 3rd Anniversary in PowerMay 26, 2017 — International Christian Concern Documents 361 Attacks on Christians in 2016 05/26/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) marks the third anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rise...
ICC Builds Well for Displaced Christians Returning to QeraqoshMay 25, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 05/25/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, ISIS stormed onto the international stage with brutal, violent, and merciless rage, intent on establishing an Islamic caliphate...
Giving Voice to Egypt’s Palm Sunday Bombings’ Survivors, Part 1May 20, 2017 — By Amy Penn 05/20/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Ghattas Attallah wept as he recalled his son’s death. “The explosion occurred, the whole building shook, the glass smashed…I rushed...
ICC Provides Bibles to Christians Persecuted in LaosMay 18, 2017 — By Linda Jones 05/18/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Persecution is not always in the form of physical torment. Often it can be the psychological challenges Christians face in...
Going Underground: How India’s Christians are Responding to Increased PersecutionMay 17, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 05/17/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Violent physical attacks along with vandalism and the destruction of church property highlight just a few of the ways...
Indian Christians Fined and Forced to Convert to Hinduism for Attending Easter ServiceMay 13, 2017 — ICC’s India Representative 05/12/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Christians in India suffered a difficult Easter Week this year. For tribal Christians in the Junwani village of Chhattisgarh, Easter...
Two Christians Released from Prison in Sudan by Presidential PardonMay 11, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Two Christians Released from Prison in Sudan by Presidential Pardon 5/11/2017 Sudan (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Reverend Hassan Abduraheem Tawor...
