ISIS Retaliates Against Egyptian ForcesMarch 16, 2017 — ICC Note: ISIS is reportedly retaliating against security forces in Egypt. Two officers were killed and another four injured in a roadside bomb attack. The Egyptian forces are said to...
Churches Step Up to Provide Homes for Coptic ChristiansMarch 15, 2017 — ICC Note: Many of the Christian families fleeing Arish are congregating in the Egyptian city of Ismailia. With very few personal belongings and little preparations, these families arrive in the...
ISIS Intercepts Coptic Christians Fleeing El-ArishMarch 14, 2017 — ICC Note: ISIS has retaliated against Egyptian forces in El-Arish and is said to be checking ID cards at checkpoints. The extremist group is reported to have said that they...
Abducted Christian Woman Given Muslim IdentityMarch 10, 2017 — ICC Note: The brother of the 18-year-old Christian woman abducted in late January is reported to have learned that Hanan Girgis has been given a new Muslim identity and is...
Death Sentence for Murderer of Coptic ChristianMarch 10, 2017 — ICC Note: A sliver of justice seems to have finally prevailed for Egypt’s Coptic Christians. While another reported targeted killing has taken place against 61-year-old Youssef Lamei, his alleged Muslim...
Targeted Killings in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula Displace Hundreds of Christian FamiliesMarch 9, 2017 — By ICC’s Egypt Correspondent 03/09/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Amnesty International reported that targeted attacks against Christians, through kidnapping and murder, have increased in the Sinai Peninsula over...
Spokesman for the Coptic Church Prays for Conversion of PersecutorsMarch 9, 2017 — ICC Note: A spokesman for the Coptic Church requested prayer for the conversion of the persecutors in Egypt. While Egypt’s Christians have endured much persecution over the last 5 years,...
Conference Brings Christians and Muslims TogetherMarch 6, 2017 — ICC Note: A two-day conference was held at Al-Azhar University in Cairo and with a reported 600 Christian and Muslim leaders from more than 50 countries attending. The goal of...
ISIS Video Threatens Elimination of Coptic ChristiansMarch 3, 2017 — ICC Note: Murders of Coptic Christians are reported to have increased after ISIS released a video vowing to remove this entire minority population from Egypt. Killers are said to be...
Iraqi Forces Discover Mass Grave of ISIS’s VictimsMarch 3, 2017 — ICC Note: Iraqi forces have taken control of the area containing a massive sinkhole, which is estimated to contain numerous bodies of ISIS’s victims. Reports suggest Christians and other religious...
Egyptian Government Should Better Protect Vulnerable Christian PopulationMarch 2, 2017 — ICC Note: Numerous sources have reported an increase in the killing and kidnapping of Coptic Christians in northeastern Egypt. As extremist groups continue these attacks, Amnesty International has accused the...
Christians flee Egypt after ISIS executes kill listMarch 1, 2017 — ICC Note: More than 100 families fled the the city of el-Arish in the Sinai after seven Christians were killed in a manner of 3 weeks. According to locals, the...
Egyptian President Offers Assistance for Fleeing ChristiansFebruary 28, 2017 — ICC Note: After the Islamic State claimed responsibility for killing Christians in Arish earlier this year, hundreds of Christians fled from Ismailia from January 30 to February 23. On Saturday...
Egyptian Christians flee Sinai terrorFebruary 27, 2017 — ICC Note: Over 100 Egyptian Christian families have fled the Sinai after weeks of terror from the Islamic State in and around el-Arish. At least six people were murdered by...
Christians are genocide victims and should get priority in refugee orderFebruary 24, 2017 — ICC Note: The atrocities committed across the Middle East are widespread and extensive, however, it is Christians, Yazidis and other minorities that are facing total annihilation through genocide. It is...
Sixth Christian killed in Egypt’s Sinai in a monthFebruary 24, 2017 — ICC Note: Another Coptic Egyptian man has been gunned down in Al-Arish by suspected ISIS terrorists. Kamal Youssef, a local plumber and Christian, was shot multiple times in front of...
