Hindu Radicals in India React to USCIRF Report on Deteriorating Religious FreedomMay 28, 2016 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 5/27/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - A fresh wave of violence against India’s Christian community broke out in the days following the US Commission for...
Another Christian Pastor and Convert from Islam Detained in SudanMay 27, 2016 — 5/27/2016 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Sudanese intelligence officials have arrested another Christian church leader, handing him over to the prosecutor’s office...
Muslim Mob Burns Christian Homes and Beats Elderly Christian Woman in Upper EgyptMay 27, 2016 — Local Police Fail to Respond to Plight of Christian Neighborhood 5/27/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern): International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Muslim mob looted and torched seven...
Christians Fearfully Mark the Second Anniversary of Modi’s RuleMay 26, 2016 — Escalating Persecution Becoming a Trend under BJP Government 5/26/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Christians in India are marking the second anniversary of...
Wave of Kidnappings Rock Upper Egypt’s Christian Community – Part 2May 25, 2016 — By Sandra Elliot 5/26/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has recently uncovered a new wave of kidnappings plaguing Upper Egypt as young Christian women are...
Sudanese Authorities to Charge Detained Pastor with Crimes That Could Carry Death Penalty, ICC LearnsMay 24, 2016 — 5/24/16 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian pastor could face the death penalty after his attorney told ICC that the government...
Egypt Arrests Human Rights Activist in Cairo Without WarningMay 23, 2016 — Activist for Egypt’s Coptic Christian Minority Faces a Myriad of Charges 5/23/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern): International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Mina Thabet, a well-known human rights...
Disabled, but Forgiving: Kenyan Christian Learns Grace through SufferingMay 23, 2016 — By Troy Augustine, Sandra Elliot and James Kake Several quarry workers from central Kenya knew they were choosing dangerous work traveling to Mandera, Kenya, for a lucrative job in a...
Wave of Kidnappings Rock Upper Egypt’s Christian Community – Part 1May 23, 2016 — By Sandra Elliot 5/23/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The following is the first of six different accounts in which Christian women and girls have been kidnapped and brutally...
U.S. House Unanimously Approves Upgrade of International Religious Freedom Act of 1998May 18, 2016 — Bill Would Ensure that Religious Freedom is a Larger Element of U.S. Foreign Policy 5/17/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) is pleased to announce that...
Following God’s Will, Egyptian Christian Finds Joy in Prison for ChristMay 17, 2016 — By Sandra Elliot “I spent three years and two months in prison,” Bishoy explained to ICC, “But I thank God for everything.” It was on July 28, 2012 that Bishoy...
Local Christians in India Claim Lutheran Minister Murdered by Hindu RadicalsMay 16, 2016 — Christian Community Calls for Impartial Probe into Brutal Killing 5/13/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that local Christians in India’s northeastern state of...
Sudan Releases One Church Leader While One Remains ImprisonedMay 11, 2016 — Pastors Rejoice and Reflect on their own Incarceration in Sudan for their Christian Faith 5/11/16 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - Sudanese Christians rejoice at the news of the release of...
Nigeria’s Buhari Finally Breaks Silence on Radical Fulani Crisis in Nigeria, But Will Suffering Christians Experience Change?May 6, 2016 — By Troy Augustine and Sandra Elliot Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the country’s security agencies to clamp down on radical Fulani militias ravaging villages from the North to Southeast,...
Michael’s Story: Egyptian Christian’s Mysterious ‘Suicide’April 29, 2016 — Osama Gamal knows his brother Michael did not commit suicide because Osama knows his brother. Michael Gamal Mansour was a happy 22-year-old Christian who dreamed of opening a carpentry business,...
Persecution in Kenya Destroys Lives, Tears Families ApartApril 28, 2016 — By Troy Augustine and James Kake 4/28/16 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - Patrick Macharia knows what it means to suffer for bearing the Name of Christ. In July 2015,...