Libya: Egyptian Christians Arrested in Libya for Merely Carrying Christian Books

March 14, 2016 — ICC Note: ICC's Egypt Correspondent has received word that 4 Egyptian Christians were arrested in Libya for "proselytizing." This word is basically an overarching term used by by Radical Islamist...

ISIS Stronghold in Libya is Spilling Over Into Tunisia-Great Concern for Egypt, Algeria

March 9, 2016 — ICC Note: Weak and failing governments in the Middle East and North Africa are the perfect breeding grounds for new ISIS strongholds. One such example has been in Libya. As...

Bombed, Burned, and Urinated On: Christianity & Churches Under Islam

March 3, 2016 — ICC Note: By Emma Lane, Regional Manager for the Middle East: In a brilliant piece from the Gates Institute Website, scholar, Raymond Ibrahim made a very brief chronicling of Muslim Persecution of...

US Air-Strikes in Libya As the Fight Against ISIS Shifts

February 22, 2016 — ICC Note: Libya has become another powerful base for ISIS even as world powers discuss the new Libyan Unity government to bring back stability in the region. The ISIS stronghold...

Egypt’s Kidnapped Christians: Human Rights Group Demands Answers

February 19, 2016 — ICC Note: The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedom has sent a public message to Libyan authorities demanded to know where its missing Christians are. The group appealed to Egyptian...

Algeria Detains Suspected Islamic Extremists Headed to Join ISIS in Libya

January 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Algeria has detained many Moroccan nationals allegedly attempting to cross through Algeria en route to Libya as ISIS recruits. Libya has become an ISIS stronghold in Northern Africa,...

Egyptian Released from ISIS: Greeted by President El-Sisi

January 22, 2016 — ICC Note: ISIS released 20 Egyptians from intense captivity in Libya. They were greeted by Egyptian President El-Sisi when they arrived back in Egypt, as the Egyptian government has repeatedly...

2015 Was the Worst Year for Christian Persecution

January 15, 2016 — ICC Note: Christian persecution in Libya has risen significantly with the rise in extremist violence over the past two years with include ISIS influence. Remaining among the most dangerous and...

Libya’s Christians under attack?

March 24, 2013 — ICC Note: What is happening in Libya? Four Christian foreigners, including a South African, South Korean, Egyptian, and a Swede with a US passport, were arrested in Benghazi on February...

Four more Egyptian Christians detained in Libya

March 22, 2013 — Despite protests following the death — allegedly under torture — of a Coptic Egyptian in Libya last week, four more Egyptian Copts were arrested Friday ICC Note: Four more Egyptian...

Christian working in Libya now faces imprisonment, death

March 21, 2013 — ICC Note: “In a troubling development, Egyptian Copts in Libya say one of their number has been killed by a militia while detained along with dozens of other Copts. Copts...

Libya Arrests More Christians, Closes Embassy in Egypt

March 18, 2013 — Libya continues persecution of Copts, closes embassy in Egypt ICC Note: Libya suspended work at its embassy in Cairo on Saturday following protests over the death of an Egyptian Christian...

Church Used by Egyptian Christians Torched in Libya

March 15, 2013 — ICC Note: Militants torched a church used by Egyptian Christians in Benghazi, Libya on Thursday, a week after scores of Egyptian Christians were detained for alleged proselytization, the Associated Press...

Egyptian Christian Who Died in Libya Prison Buried

March 14, 2013 — ICC Note: The funeral of Ezzat Atallah, a Coptic Christian, was held Wednesday following his death in a Libyan prison, the Associated Press reports. While the Egyptian Foreign Ministry claimed...

Egyptian Christian tortured to death in Libya

March 12, 2013 — Egyptian ‘missionary’ tortured to death in Libya – human rights lawyer ICC Note: Yesterday, ICC posted a news article concerning the death of Ezzat Atallah, one of the more than...

Egyptian Christian dies in Libyan detention

March 11, 2013 — ICC Note: Ezzat Atallah, one of the more than 50 Egyptian Christians that were arrested in Libya last month, died while in prison likely due to health problems, the Associated...