Radical Hindu Rhetoric Intensifies Following US Congressional Letter Criticizing India’s Religious Freedom Record

March 4, 2016 — Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Official Claims Indian Christians are Part of American Conspiracy 3/2/2016 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – Following the delivery of a bicameral, bipartisan letter from the...

Christian Leaders in India Say Most Hindus Are Secular But There Is An Aggressive Minority Persecuting Religious Minorities

March 4, 2016 — ICC Note: At the Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, Christian leaders remarked that most of India's Hindu population was secular and tolerant of India's religious minority...

Christians in Pakistan Fear “Severe Repercussions” Following Execution of Mumtaz Qadri

March 4, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians in Pakistan have expressed concerns that their community will endure "severe repercussions" following the execution of Mumtaz Qadri, the self confessed killer of Salman Taseer. In 2011,...

Indonesia “harvest field” for Christianity According to Singapore Pastor

March 4, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Indonesia and other Southeast Asian nations are hungry for the word of God. While the majority Muslim and Buddhist populations are weary of the rapid growth of Christianity,...

Supporters of Detained Christian Lawyer Angered by Televised Forced Confession

March 4, 2016 — ICC NOTE: After being paraded on Chinese television to confess to allegedly disrupting social order, Zhang Kai's supporters have become angry and rightly so. The Christian lawyer has been missing...

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...

Bangladesh Considers Dropping Islam as Official Religion Following Attacks on Religious Minorities

March 3, 2016 — ICC Note: Bangladesh is considering dropping Islam as the country's official religion following a series of attacks on religious minorities by Islamic extremists. Bangladesh's Supreme Court has started hearing arguments on this...

Reports Claims Christians in India Faced At Least 177 Instances of Persecution in 2015

March 3, 2016 — ICC Note: A report released by the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) has claimed that Christians in India faced at least 177 instances of persecution in 2015. Among these instances...

Christian and Muslim Leaders in Malaysia meet to Improve Recent Distrust

March 3, 2016 — ICC NOTE: In 2015, Muslim and Christian leaders in Malaysia were in a verbal sparring match as Muslim leaders accused Christians of manipulating citizens into converting. The altercations did not...

Christians in Pakistan Commemorate Shahbaz Bhatti on 5th Anniversary of His Assassination

March 3, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians across Pakistan gathered in churches yesterday to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti. Bhatti, who was killed by terrorists in 2011, remains the...

Chinese Activists Pen Letter for Release of 19 Human Rights Lawyers

March 3, 2016 — ICC NOTE: New protests emerge among Chinese activists calling for the release of at least 19 known rights activists and lawyers who have been arrested for subverting the state. In...

Chinese Government to Ordain Catholic Leaders in 2016, not the Church

March 2, 2016 — ICC NOTE: China continues its push to eliminate or control the rise of Christianity. Leaders of two government-controlled Catholic organizations have endorsed the governments plan in 2016 to ordain the...

Thailand Fails to Recognize Christian and Muslim Refugees from Pakistan

March 2, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Thousands of Christians and Ahmadi Muslims flee Pakistan to escape hardships and the infamous blasphemy laws. Many find themselves traveling to Thailand hoping to use the nation as...

Pakistan Agrees to More Parliament Seats to be Reserved for Religious Minorities on 5th Anniversary of Bhatti Assassination

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: A Pakistani parliamentary body has agreed to a constitutional amendment that will increase the number of reserved seats in parliament for religious minorities. The announcement was made the...

Why Pakistani Christians Want Shahbaz Bhatti to be Declared a “Martyr of the Church”

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: Today marks the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the then Pakistani Minister for Minorities. On March 2, 2011, Bhatti was gunned down in Islamabad by members of...

USCIRF Calls on Pakistan for Justice and to Repeal Blasphemy Law on Fifth Anniversary of Bhatti Assassination

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: The U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has renewed its call on Pakistan to bring the killers of Shahbaz Bhatti to justice and to repeal the country's...