Muslim and Christian Leaders Issue Religious Freedom Declaration in Morocco

February 1, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Persecution and violence among Christians and other religious minorities within Muslim countries are astronomical. The rise of the Islamic State has only made this fact more prominent. In...

Pastors in Nigeria Fall Prey to Kidnappers

January 27, 2016 — ICC Note: Two pastors have been kidnapped and another injured by a gunshot by unknown gunmen in Kogi State, Nigeria. The violence raises eerie suspicions about the origin of the...

Chibok: Deadly Suicide Blasts Hit North-Eastern Nigerian Town

January 27, 2016 — ICC Note: Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have struck Chibok, killing 13 people and injuring 30. On Monday, a bombing in the northern Cameroon town of Bodo killed 25 people....

Muslim Extremists from Sudan Suspected of Burning Church Building in South Sudan

January 26, 2016 — ICC Note: Muslim extremists from north Sudan have raided a South Sudan town burning a Christian church, according to Morning Star News. The attack happened Jan. 16 to a Sudanese...

Kenya Troops ‘Pull Out of Somali el-Ade and Badhadhe Bases’

January 26, 2016 — ICC Note: Kenya is pulling troops from two military bases inside Somalia, one of which that's been attacked by al-Shabaab. The militanst Islamic terror group all the while continues to...

Suicide Bombers Strike Northern Cameroon Town

January 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Militant Islamist suicide bombers from Boko Haram have struck a northern Cameroon town near Nigeria's border, reportedly killing 25 people. Reports suggest the attackers hid explosives within sacks...

Nigerian Herdsmen Kill 20 Attack in Adamawa

January 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Radical Muslim Fulani herders have struck Adamawa state, killing 20 people, the latest in a decades-long string of attacks on Christian villages in "Middle Belt" Nigeria that cab...

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,...

Kenyan Muslim Who shielded Christians From Terrorists Dies

January 22, 2016 — ICC Note: The man who defended Christians from al-Shabaab attackers during a December bus attack in northeast Kenya has died. Salah Farah sustained gunshot wounds that would take his life...

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...

Son of Kidnapped Burkina Faso Missionaries Pleads for Their Release

January 21, 2016 — ICC Note: Islamist terrorists from Al Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have abducted an octogenarian missionary couple from northern Burkina Faso and now, their son is calling for their...

The ‘Lost’ Chibok Girls

January 21, 2016 — ICC Note: More than 600 days after Boko Haram abducted nearly 300 mostly Christian girls in April 2014, the majority remain missing with little hope that they will ever be...

Cameroon’s Muslims and Christians Unite Against Boko Haram

January 20, 2016 — ICC Note: In the fight against Boko Haram, sometimes there's good news. The Nigeria-based Islamist terror organization has ravaged northeast Nigeria, the Lake Chad region, and northern Cameroon for the...

School Is Back in Session in Garissa, for Now

January 20, 2016 — ICC Note: Now that Garissa University is open for classes in northeast Kenya, security moving forward has become the primary concern in the region. On the surface, the region and...

USCIRF: Release Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonios

January 19, 2016 — ICC Note: Tomorrow marks the ten-year anniversary of Eritrea's house arrest of Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonios. According to reports, the government removed Antonios because he refused to excommunicate thousands of...

One Year Later: Niger’s Christian Community Still Rebuilding After Riots That Rocked the Nation

January 19, 2016 — 1/19/15 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - This weekend marks the anniversary of shocking riots that blazed across Niger in January 2015 when radicalized Muslim mobs targeted Christian property, burned...