Bombing Trial in Sri Lanka PostponedJanuary 30, 2022 — 01/30/2022 Sri Lanka (International Christian Concern) – The trial of twenty-five men accused of planning the Easter Sunday Bombing in 2019 was postponed in order to translate the indictments to...
Shandong Seminary Continues its Path towards SinicizationJanuary 29, 2022 — 01/29/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Shandong Theological Seminary held an end-of-year summary meeting on January 18 to look back on the successes, struggles, or failures throughout 2021. The Vice...
More Islamic Studies Concern Malaysian ParentsJanuary 28, 2022 — 01/28/2022 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – A Malaysian father’s recent tweet went viral after he questioned the hours of Islamic studies in his daughter’s weekly schedule. The father was shocked...
Protest in Pakistan Following Child AbductionsJanuary 28, 2022 — 01/28/2022 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – 2022 has only just begun, and at least four Christian girls have been abducted this year in Pakistan. The Union of Catholic Asian News...
Lampung Police Detains Suspects in Christian PersecutionJanuary 27, 2022 — 01/27/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Lampung Police have named and detained eight new suspects for the criminal case of incitement and hate speech at the Indonesian Pentecostal Church...
ICC Responds to Church Attacks in IndiaJanuary 27, 2022 — 01/27/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Since the rise of the ruling BJP party in India, pastors and Christians across the nation have experienced a surge in violence and...
This Chinese Church Escaped Persecution, But Now Fears Being Returned to ChinaJanuary 26, 2022 — 01/26/2022 South Korea (International Christian Concern) – With thanks to an interview conducted by Radio Free Asia (RFA), we have learned that the members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church...
Terrorism Gradually Infiltrates Indonesian Islamic SchoolsJanuary 26, 2022 — 01/26/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – According to Indonesia’s National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT), nearly 200 Islamic boarding schools have ties to terrorist networks. On January 25, BNPT chief Boy Rafli...
Christian Girl Abducted and Raped in PakistanJanuary 26, 2022 — 01/25/2022 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this month, a 16-year-old Christian girl was kidnapped near her college in Okara by a Muslim man. She was drugged and then driven...
Police Only Ask Witnesses Three Years after Pastor and Wife Went MissingJanuary 25, 2022 — 01/25/2022 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – The Malaysian police only interviewed two witnesses nearly three years after Pastor Joshua Hilmy and his Indonesian wife Ruth Sitepu disappeared. In an oral...
Turkey, Qatar Reach Tentative Deal on Kabul Airport SecurityJanuary 25, 2022 — 01/25/2022 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) – Turkey and Qatar reportedly have reached an agreement on the security of the Kabul international airport, should they be awarded the responsibility following continued talks...
Families Forced to Convert or Flee After Attack in East IndiaJanuary 25, 2022 — 01/25/2022 India (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this month, two Christians sustained severe injuries when radical Hindu nationalists brutally attacked a Pastor and his Church members. According to Pastor Hemanth...
ERCC Member Taken Away from Rented ApartmentJanuary 25, 2022 — 01/24/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A member from the Chengdu-based Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was taken away by the place when he returned to his rented apartment with...
Detained Elder from Sichuan House Church Banned from Meeting LawyerJanuary 23, 2022 — 01/23/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church elder in China’s Sichuan province who was arrested on Christmas Eve last year is banned from meeting his lawyer. Elder Wu...
ICC Comforts the Blind Christians in Tumultuous MyanmarJanuary 22, 2022 — By Gina Goh 01/22/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Myanmar Christian Fellowship of the Blinds (MCFB) is a Christian organization that serves the blind. It is one of the Christian...
State Administration for Religious Affairs in China Explains New Internet RegulationsJanuary 21, 2022 — 01/21/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – To better answer the public’s questions concerning the latest measures promulgated to curb religious activities online, the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) in...
