Newly Released ISIS Video Depicts Execution of Nigerian ChristiansMay 19, 2022 — 05/19/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On May 12, 2022, ISIS released a video via a news outlet of the execution of twenty Nigerian Christians in the northeast Nigerian state...
Three Churches Attacked and Looted in Northern NigeriaMay 17, 2022 — 05/17/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) On May 14, 2022, protestors attacked and looted three churches and other Christian-owned stores in northern Nigeria. The three churches damaged by the protestors were...
Islamic Cleric Defends the Killing of Christian Student: “Here we Kill”.May 16, 2022 — 05/16/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Bello Yabo, an Islamic cleric in Northern Nigeria, has defended the brutal murder of Deborah Emmanuel, a 25-year-old Christian student fatally beaten and burned on...
Sentenced with a ClickMay 16, 2022 — 05/16/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Egypt’s 1981 blasphemy law, noted in Article 98 (f) of the Penal Code, criminalizes the “defamation of religions” and “ridiculing or insulting a...
Extremists Kill Somali Soldiers in Coordinated AttacksMay 13, 2022 — 05/13/2022 Somalia (International Christian Concern) – On May 5, two attacks perpetrated by Islamic extremists killed eleven soldiers in Burkina Faso. Nine more soldiers were injured. While it is unclear which...
Female Student Murdered, Body Burned by Classmates in NigeriaMay 12, 2022 — Mob Attack Spurred by Supposedly Blasphemous WhatsApp Message 05/12/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Deborah Emmanuel, a 25-year-old Christian student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Nigeria’s Sokoto...
East African Terrorist Group Celebrates Crimes in New VideoMay 12, 2022 — 05/12/2022 Somalia (International Christian Concern) – Al Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, recently released a video highlighting attacks conducted by the group in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. ...
Christian Couple Face Flogging for “Adultery” After Conversion to ChristianityMay 11, 2022 — 05/11/2022 Sudan (International Christian Concern) – A young Christian couple in Sudan who have two children together are facing 100 lashes on charges of “adultery” after a sharia (Islamic law)...
ICC Helps Spread the Gospel Through Music in UgandaMay 9, 2022 — 05/09/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Prior to finding Christ, Andrew was addicted to drugs for ten years, beginning in high school. Eventually, he became a powerful drug dealer...
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...
Nigerian Senate Threatens Parents of Kidnapped ChildrenMay 7, 2022 — 05/07/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Last month, the Nigerian Senate passed a bill criminalizing the families of kidnapped persons and threatening them with a minimum of fifteen years in...
U.S. Government Commission Again Criticizes State Department Decision to Take Nigeria Off CPC ListMay 5, 2022 — 05/05/2022 United States (International Christian Concern) – As it has every year since 2009, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) earlier this month recommended that the U.S. Department...
Nigerian Militants Displace, Kill Christian Villagers and Soldier in Brazen AttackMay 3, 2022 — Nigerian Militants Displace, Kill Christian Villagers and Soldier in Brazen Attack 05/03/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern – Fulani militants with sophisticated weapons attacked a Christian community and killed four Christians,...
Coptic Woman Slapped and Verbally Assaulted by Muslim ManMay 3, 2022 — 05/03/2022 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – A Muslim man verbally abused and physically assaulted a Coptic Christian woman after she visited the local drugstore during Ramadan without a head covering. On...
Burkina Faso Supports Local Talks With JihadistsMay 3, 2022 — 05/03/2022 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – Burkina Faso, which has been struggling against a rise in jihadism and violent attacks over the last several years, has announced that it...
ISWAP Claims Bombing that Targeted ChristiansMay 2, 2022 — 05/02/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) armed group has claimed responsibility for an explosion that killed or injured 30 people at a...
