Fourth Coptic Christian murdered in 10 daysJanuary 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Another Coptic man was found with his throat slashed in Upper Egypt making him the fourth such victim in 10 days. According to his brother, nothing was stolen...
Charges dropped against men who stripped elderly Coptic woman in publicJanuary 17, 2017 — ICC Note: The three men who were accused of stripping an elderly Egyptian Christian woman in public have been released without punishment. Mrs. Thabet was attacked in June after rumors...
Egypt couple’s murder marks second attack on Christians during Copt ChristmasJanuary 13, 2017 — ICC Note: An Egyptian Christian couple was murdered in their home on January 6, 2017. According to police the crime was motivated by robbery, but family members are saying they...
Libya: Where Egyptian Christians Risk EverythingJanuary 12, 2017 — By Sandra Elliot 01/12/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Christians in Egypt have learned to live despite. Wives have learned to sleep alone. Children have learned to step into...
Four arrests for Copt cathedral bombing which killed 28; also Sisi promises new ‘mega-church’ for 2018January 10, 2017 — ICC Note: Immediately following the December 12 church bombing in Cairo, president al-Sisi named the attacker and vowed justice to the families. Since then, four people have been arrested in...
With bombing victims still dying, it’s a somber Christmas for Egypt’s ChristiansJanuary 9, 2017 — ICC Note: Following the December 12th Church bombing in Cairo, families were hardly able to celebrate Christmas. For the Abdo family, there was no tree, no Christmas decorations, just a...
Egypt arrests four in connection with church bombing, death toll risesJanuary 5, 2017 — ICC Note: The Cairo church bombing initially killed 25 people on December 11, but the number has rised to 28 now. Since the tragedy police have arrested four in connection...
Christian Shopkeeper Slaughtered Outside of His Own Store in EgyptJanuary 4, 2017 — Egyptian Christians Demand Security Amidst Rising Attacks 01/04/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern): International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on January 2, 2017, an Islamic radical killed a Christian...
Hate message against Christians painted on church floorDecember 29, 2016 — ICC Note: Video footage emerged this Tuesday showing the vandalized floor of a Coptic church in Damietta, Egypt. The message read, ‘you will die, Christians’ painted in red on the...
Blood, rubble, dust – and a premonition: Cairo church bomb survivors remember their deadDecember 26, 2016 — ICC Note: The stories and testimonies of Egyptian church members of the December 11 bombing in Cairo. Families tell stories of chaos and terror as the ceiling over the women’s...
Christians ‘Defenseless’ on Christmas ‘Under Yoke of Genocide,’ Warns Watchdog GroupDecember 23, 2016 — ICC Note: As Christmas approaches, Christians in the Middle East and marking the birth of Christ under the yoke of genocide. Executive Director of In Defense of Christians has called...
Egypt’s Cruelty to ChristiansDecember 22, 2016 — ICC Note: The December 11 church bombing is not an isolated case of cruelty and persecution committed against Christians. In fact, in the past years they have clashed with military...
Child Victim of Egypt Church Attack Dies; Death Toll Now 27December 21, 2016 — ICC Note: A ten-year-old girl that was critically wounded in the December 11 bombing in Cairo has died of her wounds raising the death toll to 27. The attack, carried...
Testimonies from St. Mark’s CathedralDecember 20, 2016 — By Sandra Elliot 12/20/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - St. Mark’s Cathedral was especially full on December 11, 2016 as Sunday’s mass aligned with a public holiday celebrating Islam’s...
Rita Panahi: Stand up for Christians who are under siegeDecember 20, 2016 — ICC Note: While Christians continue to suffer widespread persecution and elimination, the world seems to have become numb to the atrocities. There are places this year in the Middle East...
How the Coptic Christian Church EnduresDecember 16, 2016 — ICC Note: After the worst church bombing in Cairo’s history, Egyptian Christians are mourning the lives lost, many of which were women and children. This is not an isolated case...
