From angry mobs livestreaming their attacks on Christians to laws changing the definition of national citizenship, the many manifestations of religious nationalism in South Asia are working to pressure and eliminate Christianity’s influence throughout the region.
Under growing religious nationalism and Islamic extremism, Christians increasingly face discrimination and violence. Strict blasphemy laws in Pakistan and some Indian states are weaponized against Christians, leading to violence and imprisonment. In South Asian countries, Christian women and girls are vulnerable to forced conversions and marriages. Law enforcement often neglects to protect Christians, emboldening extremist groups. ICC’s 2025 Global Persecution Index featured Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan.
Despite all of this, Christians in South Asia continue to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even to their persecutors. See regional updates and projects below.
Our Efforts
Our Emergency Relief Program supplies immediate aid to Christians who have suffered violence and persecution. Relief packages cover medical expenses, groceries, child support, and living expenses for up to three months.
Amid rising persecution and tightening anti-conversion laws, front line Christian workers urgently need practical tools to stand firm in their calling and respond wisely to hostility. We prepare pastors on how to respond well when they face persecution.
Across rural India, many Christian children face systemic educational barriers, poverty, and marginalization. Our Hope Houses break these cycles by creating safe spaces where children can thrive.
The incubator is a nonprofit initiative to help young Christians build business ideas into real-world startups. Through the incubator, students develop entrepreneurial skills and grow their ideas under experienced mentors.
The Vocational Training Center that ICC partners with provides free, comprehensive training in high-demand fields, empowering students to secure better-paying jobs and creating stronger families and communities.
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October 2, 2025 ICC News — Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — A Presbyterian pastor narrowly survived an assassination attempt on Sunday morning after being shot in Islamabad’s Iqbal Town. Pastor Kamran Naz, head of the Presbyterian...
September 29, 2025 ICC News — India (International Christian Concern) — Civil society organizations in northwest India’s Rajasthan state have protested the rising attacks on Christians just weeks after an anti-conversion law was passed by its government...
September 24, 2025 ICC News — Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Maryam Hadayat, a fourth-grade student at a government primary school in Gujranwala, Pakistan, has been continuously harassed by her fellow Muslim classmates. “My fellows abuse...
September 24, 2025 ICC News — Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — A first information report (FIR) was filed at the Nishtar Colony Police Station in Lahore, Pakistan, against a young Christian man and his uncle, but...
September 17, 2025 ICC News — India (International Christian Concern) — On Tuesday, India’s Supreme Court requested responses from nine states regarding petitions challenging their anti-conversion laws. The court gave the states four weeks to respond....
September 16, 2025 ICC News — 09/16/2025 India (International Christian Concern) – After worship ended on Sunday, Aug. 10, in a remote Chhattisgarh village, most of the church members returned home. The few who stayed behind, however,...
September 15, 2025 ICC News — Nepal (International Christian Concern) — Newly appointed Prime Minister Sushila Karki, serving her first week on the job, promised on Sunday to facilitate elections in early 2026 and relinquish power...
September 15, 2025 ICC News — India (International Christian Concern) — A draft list published last week by the southern Karnataka government in India for a socio-educational and economic survey, including Christian sub-castes, has raised objections from...
September 11, 2025 ICC News, Project Highlight — India (International Christian Concern) — When a mob of angry Hindu nationalists stormed Pastor Sanjay’s church during Sunday morning worship on March 23, in Chhattisgarh, India, the pastor, thankfully, knew...
September 9, 2025 ICC News — 09/09/2025 India (International Christian Concern) – When a church congregation and seven Christian families were brutally attacked because of their Christian faith in Chhattisgarh, India, last month, no major news outlet...
September 4, 2025 ICC News — 9/4/2025 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) — The U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued a press statement last week condemning the Taliban’s continued efforts to “subjugate and target” religious...
September 1, 2025 ICC News — 9/1/2025 India (International Christian Concern) -- Six villages in the Kanker District of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh passed resolutions prohibiting Christian pastors, priests, and so-called “conversion agents” from...
August 30, 2025 ICC News — 8/29/2025 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) -- In the nations of Bhutan and Myanmar, both of which are Buddhist-majority nations, Christians continue to experience persecution by Buddhist extremists. It often...
August 30, 2025 ICC News — 8/29/2025 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — In May 2025, a 16-year-old Christian Pakistani girl was abducted from her home and married to a 28-year-old Muslim, Muhammad Asim. Because it is...
August 26, 2025 ICC News — 8/26/2025 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) — After two decades of U.S.-backed governance, Afghanistan’s dramatic fall to the Taliban terrorist organization in 2021 shocked the world. The Taliban’s takeover took just...
August 25, 2025 ICC News — 8/25/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — More than 200 house churches in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh have been affected following new restrictions on worshipping inside a house, claiming...
August 22, 2025 ICC News — 8/22/2025 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Hundreds of prisoners in Pakistani jails and prisons have been incarcerated for violating blasphemy laws against the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Those charged belong to...
August 18, 2025 ICC News — 8/18/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — The north Indian state of Uttarakhand tightened its anti-conversion laws on Aug. 13 to include stringent penalties for illegal conversions, a ban on propaganda...
August 12, 2025 ICC News — 8/12/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — Following violent attacks against 14 Christian families in a remote village in Maharashtra, India, Christians in nearby towns are gripped by fear. Some are...
August 11, 2025 ICC News — 8/11/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — A mob of 70 Hindu nationalists assaulted two Roman Catholic priests, a catechist, and two nuns in a forest on Aug. 6 as the...
