The MENA Region Drops Significantly on Annual Freedom Press Index

December 26, 2022 — 12/25/2022 MENA (International Christian Concern) – Reporters Without Borders completed its annual freedom press index which reviews how journalism is accepted in each country. Within this report, the Middle East...

Kidnapped Algerian Refugee Given Prison Sentence

December 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...

Three U.S. Senators and Three Representatives Visit Tunisia’s President

September 1, 2022 — 9/1/22 Tunisia (International Christian Concern) – Earlier last week, a U.S. congressional delegation paid a visit to Tunisia’s President Kais Saied at his presidential palace in Carthage, Tunisia. The delegation...

New Tunisian Constitution Concerns Christians

August 31, 2022 — 08/31/2022 Tunisia (International Christian Concern) – Tunisia’s recently approved constitution concerns religious minorities, including Christians, after more powers were given to the sitting president and increased references to Islam. The...

Tunisia to Open Investigation Into Repatriation of Algerian Christian Refugee

September 15, 2021 — 09/15/2021 Tunisia (International Christian Concern) – Following international attention linking the arrest and repatriation of Algerian Slimane Bouhafs to the arrest and return of former Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, Tunisian...

Algerian Christian Convert Repatriated From Tunisia

September 4, 2021 — 09/04/2021 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Algerian Christian convert Sulieman Bouhafs was arrested by secret police on August 25 in Tunisia and repatriated back to Algeria. Bouhafs, a refugee under...

Tunisian PM Removed By President, Future Unclear

July 27, 2021 — 07/27/2021 Tunisia (International Christian Concern) – Tunisian President Kais Saied suspended parliament and removed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi following violence, protests, and COVID-19 mismanagement. In the past 10 years since the...

North African Laws Leave Christians Vulnerable

March 27, 2021 — 03/27/2021 North Africa (International Christian Concern) – Ten years after the Arab Spring, minorities in North African countries continue to experience religious persecution and oppression. According to independent research by...

Tunisian Christians Fight for Recognition

July 22, 2020 — 07/22/2020 Tunisia (International Christian Concern) – A new report published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) details Tunisian religious minorities’ ongoing battle for full recognition. The report...

Non-Christian Groups Join Tunisian Church in Solidarity

August 23, 2018 — ICC Note: In order to show religious solidarity, non-Christians in Tunisia joined the church in celebration of the church’s religious feast. Normally, this feast includes a procession from the church...

Tunisians Protest for Right to Break Ramadan Fast

May 22, 2018 — ICC Note: In the Middle East, it is not unusual for an individual who eats or drinks in public during Ramadan to be jailed. A protest against this practice is...

Christianity Growing in 99% Muslim-Majority Tunisia

November 9, 2017 — ICC Note: Despite the 99 percent Muslim majority and ongoing persecution, Christianity in Tunisia has been growing in the last few years. Mustapha, who converted to Christianity some time ago,...

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...

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,...