Reimagining the Refugee Camp

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: The world's refugee camps are a mess. Fraught with insecurity, they often serve as the recruiting base for extremist terrorism where residents lack an autonomous voice and tend to...

Kenya’s Evangelical Alliance Opposes Registration Plan

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Kenya's government is reportedly considering measures that would force church's to register as religious organizations and would require religious leaders to get background checks. Christian denominations in Kenya...

Imprisoned Canadian Pastor Digging Holes for 8 Hours a Day in Frigid Temperatures

January 12, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Korean-Canadian pastor Hyeon-Soo Lim has been incarcerated in North Korea since February of 2015 when he originally went missing from his humanitarian mission. Pastor Lim is the shepherd...

Eastern Christmas and Egypt’s President

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: As Egypt's Christians celebrated Christmas, President Sisi attended the Christmas Eve mass at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo. He was once again greeted to many cheers and well-wishes,...

India Plans to “Indirectly” Deport 77-Year-Old Italian Nun Working with Lepers

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: As India continues to show signs of increasing religious intolerance towards Christians and other religious minorities, a 77-year-old Italian nun who has spent her life working with lepers is facing...

Christian Kindergarten Officially Closed by Chinese Court

January 12, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Chinese legal system has determined the Hualin Foreign Language Experimental Kindergarten (HFLEK) in Liuzhou, Guangxi to be officially closed. On July 17, the school was closed by...

Plight of Iraqi Christians: Bishops Highlight Harsh Situation of Refugees from ISIS

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: More than 18 months have passed since the attack of ISIS jihadists in Iraq sent hundreds of thousands of fleeing for their lives. As they fight to survive...

Christian Church Damaged in Alleged Arson in Pakistan

January 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Parts of the Apostolic Church in the village of Bath in Pakistan was reportedly damaged in an arson attack last week. According to the local Christians, there was...

NEWS | Human Rights Groups Plea for Release of Christian Lawyer in Vietnam

January 11, 2016 — Christian human rights lawyer Nquyen Van Dai was arrested December 16th while attempting to join with European Union diplomats after the conclusion to a human rights meeting with...

The Massacre Nigeria forgot: a Year after Boko Haram’s Attack on Baga

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: International Christian Concern (ICC) marks the one-year anniversary of the Boko Haram massacre of Baga, Nigeria, where 2,000 people were slaughtered, with great sadness. While Nigerian President Muhammadu...

Filippino Christians Remain Steadfast Despite Threat of Persecution

January 11, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Despite persecution by majority Muslims in the specific region of the Philippines, Christians have decided to remain and continue to preach the gospel. Even after their church was...

The Death Knell of Iraq’s Christian Community

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Iraq's Christian community is fighting for its survival. The fight is taking place not so much on the front lines of the battle where coalition forces are bombing...

Syrian Christian Perspectives on the War

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Since the conflict in Syria started in March 2011, more than 40 percent of Syria's Christian population has fled. Nearly all of them have faced violence of some...

Kenya’s Garissa University Restarts Teaching After Attack

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Garissa University College reopened Monday for teaching, more than nine months after a deadly terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 148 people. During the assault, al-Shabaab terrorist...

Controversy Over Mental Illness of Muslim Accused of Burning Bibles in Pakistan

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Last week, a Muslim man in Kasur, Pakistan was arrested under blasphemy charges after he was discovered setting fire to copies of the Bible and other hymn books....

Swiss Woman Kidnapped in Timbuktu, Mali for Second Time in 3 Years

January 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Northern Mali has been overrun by Islamist terrorists and have kidnapped Beatrice Stockly, a Swiss missionary, for the second time in three years. Stockly left Mali for Switzerland...