Two Years, but Still Praying for Pastor SaeedSeptember 19, 2014 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/19/2014 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) joins with thousands of Christians around the world to call for the release of American-Iranian Pastor...
India Marks Sixth Anniversary of the 2008 Anti-Christian Orissa Riots with ApathySeptember 17, 2014 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 9/17/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The 2008 anti-Christian riots that swept across Orissa’s Kandhamal district still stand as one of the worst incidents of...
Four Coptic Christians Taken Captive by Islamic Militants in Sirte, Libya Are Still MissingSeptember 13, 2014 — By ICC’s Egypt Representative 09/13/2014 Cairo, Egypt (International Christian Concern) - Life in Libya has become extremely dangerous since the revolution that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. There is chaos in the...
Suffering under the LawSeptember 12, 2014 — India’s Christian Pastors Struggle to Find True Justice ICC’s India Correspondent 9/12/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The law is often used by Hindu radicals in India to intimidate...
“When ‘Taken’ Becomes a Reality”: Kidnappings Continue in EgyptSeptember 8, 2014 — Egyptian kidnappings of Christians continues By: Todd Daniels with ICC’s Egypt Representative 09/08/14 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – With the recent trend of increased kidnappings throughout Egypt, Talaat Sharobim...
Are Shuddi and Other Radical Hindu Nationalist Groups India’s Version of ISIS?September 5, 2014 — By: ICC’s India Correspondent 9/5/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - As the world is shaken by news of atrocities being committed against Christians by ISIS in Iraq and Syria,...
Christian Beaten to Death in Iraq by ISIS for Refusing to ConvertSeptember 2, 2014 — 09/02/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Salem Matty Georgis, a 43-year-old Christian from Bartella [also Bartalah], Iraq was beaten to death for...
China: Two Church Crosses Forcibly Removed in One DayAugust 27, 2014 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE China’s Zhejiang Government Flex Its Muscles: Two Church Crosses Removed in One Day Over 200 Church Crosses Removed in Five Months 08/27/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International...
Fifteen Year Old Christian Girl Gang Raped by Two Muslim Men in PakistanAugust 25, 2014 — By ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent 8/25/2014 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) - Christian women continue to face a unique and brutal form of persecution in Pakistan’s religiously intolerant society. Christian women are...
Boko Haram Leader Declares Islamic Caliphate from Ransacked Christian Town in NigeriaAugust 24, 2014 — Abubakar Shekau Declares Islamic Caliphate as Boko Haram Militants Execute Civilians in Video Released Sunday 08/24/2014 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Abubakar Shekau,...
Global Church Restores Vandalized Church in India through ICC’s Assistance ProgramAugust 14, 2014 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 8/14/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Anti-Christian violence continues to flare up all across India as rightwing Hindu radicals take the BJP government’s rise to...
The Bells Toll for Iraq’s Religious MinoritiesAugust 14, 2014 — Impending Genocide of Christians and other Religious Minorities Across the Levant By Todd Daniels (@ICCMiddleEast) 08-14-2014 Istanbul, Turkey (International Christian Concern) - At 2:30 A.M., Thursday, August 7, the bells of...
The Shifting Sands of Uncertainty: Life as a Coptic ChristianAugust 14, 2014 — By ICC staff 08/14/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Life as a Coptic Christian in Egypt can be as uncertain and shifting as the wind-blown sands of the sun-scorched desert....
Iraq’s Religious Minorities still in Danger as Fighting Continues and International Help ArrivesAugust 10, 2014 — by Todd Daniels (@ICCMiddleEast) 08/10/14 Washington, D.C.(International Christian Concern) – The United States military continued its operations on Saturday to provide air support to drive back the fighters from the...
Families Divided: Persecution at the Hands of Loved OnesAugust 9, 2014 — Across Africa, Converts Are Being Abused, Disowned, and Murdered by Their Families for Their Christian Faith Cameron Thomas, Regional Manager for Africa 08/09/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – To...
UPDATE (1): US Drops Second Round of Bombs on ISISAugust 8, 2014 — Breaking News Update (6:05 p.m. EST): "We are thankful that America will intervene, at least by airforce," a Pastor from Erbil told ICC just a few minutes ago. "There is...