Fewer than 70 Christian Families Remain in MosulOctober 2, 2025 — Iraq (International Christian Concern) — At one point, Mosul, Iraq, was home to more than 50,000 baptized Christians. Today, fewer than 70 Christian families live there. In his Sept. 24 message...
Sweet Redemption: Restoring a Family’s LivelihoodApril 10, 2025 — 04/10/2025 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Nadia, her husband, and their three children were driven from their homes when the Islamic State group (ISIS) swept through Iraq in 2014 —...
Online Jesus Film Reaches Persecuted Nations in Southeast Asia and Beyond March 27, 2025 — 3/26/2025 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) – Revelation Media announced the results from its six-month campaign where it intentionally and strategically targeted spreading its Real Story of Jesus short film...
Crude Consequences: The Hidden Cost of U.S. Oil Imports from Persecuting NationsJanuary 2, 2025 — 01/02/2025 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Eight of the 12 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) actively participate in or condone Christian persecution within their...
A Medical Worker’s Ministry of Hope and Healing in IraqSeptember 26, 2024 — 9/26/2024 Iraq (International Christian Concern) — After working in an emergency department for several years, Waleed opened his own medical clinic in Qaraqosh, Iraq. The clinic had been a dream...
Middle East Christians Prepare for a Possible New ConflictAugust 16, 2024 — 8/16/2024 Middle East (International Christian Concern) — As religious tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate and Israel’s war with Hamas rages on, Christians caught in the middle are...
Rape as a Form of PersecutionAugust 13, 2024 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Rape as a form of Christian persecution is a grave human rights violation and an egregious act of violence used to intimidate, degrade, and destroy communities....
Iraq’s Christians Remember Genocide 10 Years AgoAugust 6, 2024 — 8/6/2024 Iraq (International Christian Concern) — On Tuesday, Iraq’s Christians in the Nineveh Plains reflected and remembered the Islamic State group’s (ISIS) attack on their communities exactly 10 years ago. The...
Iraq’s Christians Mark Grim Anniversary of Mosul’s Fall to ISISAugust 1, 2024 — 08/01/2024 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The first week of June 2024 marked the 10th anniversary of the Islamic State group (ISIS) capturing Mosul, the capital of Iraq’s second-largest province, Nineveh....
Roua’s Resilient ReturnJuly 29, 2024 — 07/29/2024 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Roua lived a normal life with her family in Bartella, Iraq, attending school while her father worked. Their lives were disrupted one morning by the...
Iraqi Court Commands Christian Mother and Daughters to Convert to IslamJune 17, 2024 — 6/17/2024 United States (International Christian Concern) — Iraq’s Personal Status Law, which mandates children adopt Islam if one of their parents converts, has forced a mother, Elvin Joseph, and her...
Court Tells Married Christian Mother to Convert to IslamJune 8, 2024 — 6/8/2024 Iraq (International Christian Concern) — Although she is a married woman, an Iraqi court recently told Elvin Joseph that she and her three children should convert to Islam because...
Iraq’s Christians Mark Grim Anniversary of Mosul’s Fall to ISISJune 3, 2024 — 6/3/2024 Iraq (International Christian Concern) — This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Islamic State group (ISIS) capturing Mosul, the capital of Iraq’s second-largest province, Nineveh. As the city...
ISIS Foments Persecution with Zeal to Conquer Again May 25, 2024 — By Garret Baird JD, ICC Fellow In January 2024, the Islamic State, or ISIS, spokesman Abu Hadhayfah Al-Ansari catalyzed the global terror campaign under the slogan “kill them where you...
ICC Perspectives: Christians are Leaving the Middle East. So Why is Persecution Increasing?May 24, 2024 — 5/24/2024 Middle East (International Christian Concern) — Every month, International Christian Concern (ICC) sources in the Middle East witness Christians leaving the region. The rates are especially alarming in countries...
Revival in a Tea Shop in IraqApril 8, 2024 — 04/08/2024 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Before ISIS invaded Qaraqosh in 2014, Najeeb was the proud owner of a tea shop. He would go to the shop early in the morning...
