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...
Worship Without WordsMay 11, 2017 — One Missionary’s Experience in a Chinese Prison for Helping North Korean Defectors By Daniel Harris 05/11/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The chorus of whistling would begin in one...
ICC Provides Aid for 34 Christian Families Displaced by India’s Worst Instance of PersecutionMay 10, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 05/10/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Khoraput is one of the several districts in India’s Odisha state that were affected by the 2008 Orissa riots,...
Christian Governor of Jakarta Given Jail Sentence for “Blasphemy”May 9, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Christian Governor of Jakarta Given Jail Sentence for “Blasphemy” 05/09/2017 Washington DC (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama,...
Boko Haram Militants Release Eighty-Two Captured Chibok GirlsMay 7, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE By Daniel Harris 05/07/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that 82 of the “Chibok girls” were released by Boko Haram...
Another Christian in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula Murdered by Suspected ISIS MilitantsMay 7, 2017 — Eighth Killing Follows Expanded Operations by ISIS in Egypt 05/07/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern): International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Saturday, May 6, a Christian man in...
ICC Helps Victims of an Al-Shabaab Attack Start Their Own BusinessesMay 4, 2017 — By Daniel Harris 05/03/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On March 23, 2014, at 10:30 a.m., an al-Shabaab gunman entered a church service at Joy in Jesus Church in...
Christians in Uttar Pradesh Endure Spike in Persecution Following BJP VictoryMay 3, 2017 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 05/03/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Uttar Pradesh (UP), a state located in northeastern India, has witnessed a spike in attacks on religious minorities following...
More Than 1.5 Million Have Been Displaced by Muslim Militants in Northern NigeriaApril 27, 2017 — By Daniel Harris 04/27/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - On April 15, around 7:30 p.m., while villagers were gathered to worship, Fulani militants entered Asso village in Kaduna State...
