Crude Consequences: The Hidden Cost of U.S. Oil Imports from Persecuting NationsJanuary 2, 2025 — 01/02/2025 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Eight of the 12 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) actively participate in or condone Christian persecution within their...
Christian Imprisoned in Algeria Released After 3 Years December 6, 2024 — 12/5/2024 Algeria (International Christian Concern) — Suleiman Bouhafs, an Algerian Christian convert, gained his freedom from prison on Sept. 1 after serving three years for blasphemy against Islam and alleged...
NGOs Struggle Against Foreign Funding Laws, ICC Report RevealsSeptember 4, 2024 — 9/4/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern released its latest report focusing on the challenges faced by non-governmental and Christian organizations due to financial laws and regulations in...
Anti-Proselytizing Laws: Christians Persecuted Under the Guise of Religious FreedomAugust 8, 2024 — 8/8/2024 (International Christian Concern) — Many nations claim to uphold religious tolerance, yet they imprison Christians who proclaim their faith to non-believers. Anti-proselytizing laws in these countries produce little more...
ICC Perspectives: Christians are Leaving the Middle East. So Why is Persecution Increasing?May 24, 2024 — 5/24/2024 Middle East (International Christian Concern) — Every month, International Christian Concern (ICC) sources in the Middle East witness Christians leaving the region. The rates are especially alarming in countries...
Algerian Pastor’s ‘Unauthorized Worship’ Conviction UpheldMay 3, 2024 — 5/3/2024 Algeria (International Christian Concern) — Pastor Youssef Ourahmane of Algeria is facing a year of imprisonment after the Tizi Ouzou Court of Appeals upheld his conviction on Thursday. Authorities...
A New Year Brings Waves of Persecution in North Africa January 24, 2024 — 01/23/2024 North Africa (International Christian Concern) – In the past several months, North Africa has seen a disturbing surge in persecution of its national Christians, with Mauritania, Algeria, and Libya...
Arab Parliament Defends Algeria’s Religious Freedom ViolationsJanuary 17, 2024 — 01/17/2024 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Despite nearly every Christian church being shut down in Algeria, the Arab Parliament recently came to the country’s defense, claiming that Algeria has made...
Persecution Continues Against Algerian Christians as War Rages in the Middle East November 8, 2023 — 11/08/2023 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – The Algerian government continues its crackdown on churches in the North African nation of 42 million people. House churches can now only have a...
Algerian President Pardons Christian Prisoner among ThousandsMay 15, 2023 — 05/15/2023 Algeria (International Christian Concern) –Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune signed a presidential decree in late April that pardoned more than 8,000 detainees, an annual gesture to celebrate the end of Ramadan....
Kidnapped Algerian Refugee Given Prison SentenceDecember 20, 2022 — 12/20/2022 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – In August of 2021 Algerian Slimane Bouhaf’s was kidnapped from Tunisia by the secret police. He was brought back to Algeria where he was...
Only 11 Churches left in Algeria, but the Church is Still GrowingDecember 5, 2022 — 12/05/2022 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Another Algerian church closed last week in the Kabyle area after a police raid. During the beginning of the pandemic, the Algerian government shut...
Algeria is Still Forcing Churches to CloseNovember 23, 2022 — 11/23/2022 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Over the past few years, Algeria has forced at least 16 separate churches to close. This is alleged because of their unregistered status, most...
Laws in Algeria Restrict Mission WorkNovember 12, 2022 — 11/12/2022 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Officials in Algeria have made it increasingly difficult for Missionaries to evangelize or challenge the Islamic faith in any capacity. With Algeria’s government-issued ordinances...
Algerian Christians Receive Reduced Fine for “Unauthorized Worship”May 9, 2022 — 05/09/2022 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – A group of 11 Algerian Christians, originally arrested at the end of 2021, received a reduced sentence fine for “unauthorized worship” on April 28. The...
Algerian Church Notified of Immediate ClosureApril 15, 2022 — 04/15/2022 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – The seventeenth church affiliated with the EPA, the umbrella for the Algerian Protestant Church, was informed of its closure earlier this month. The church of...
