Alaa al-Moussawi apologizes to the Christian CommunityMay 26, 2017 — ICC Note After the uproar caused by a video of Alaa al-Moussawi, head of Iraq’s Shia Endowment Fund, where he seemed to be calling for Iraq’s Jews to convert to...
ICC Builds Well for Displaced Christians Returning to QeraqoshMay 25, 2017 — By Sarah Kearney 05/25/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, ISIS stormed onto the international stage with brutal, violent, and merciless rage, intent on establishing an Islamic caliphate...
Witnessing the devastation in QaraqoshMay 25, 2017 — ICC Note Pastor William Devlin of Infinity Bible Church in New York visited Qaraqosh, once the home to the largest Christian population in Iraq, and witnessed the devastation left behind...
Christians in Iraq Call for the Rebuilding of Religious Sites Destroyed by ISISMay 24, 2017 — ICC Note: As ISIS continues to be removed from northern Iraq, Christians moving back to liberated towns and villages are calling on the government to rebuild the Christian religious sites...
Iraqi Christians Ask for Government Help to Rebuild ChurchesMay 22, 2017 — ICC Note Now that many areas in the Nineveh Plains are free of ISIS, Christians have begun moving back home. They are finding many of their churches in ruins, the...
Christian women face double persecutionMay 20, 2017 — ICC Note According to News Busters the term ‘war on women’ is often used in our current political climate without acknowledging the war that is conducted against persecuted women abroad....
ISIS continues to lose ground in MosulMay 19, 2017 — ICC Note Iraqi Armed Forces are moving closer to a complete victory in Mosul. ISIS now controls less than 5% of the city after Iraqi troops liberated an ancient Christian monastery...
Inflammatory rhetoric sparks lawsuit in IraqMay 19, 2017 — ICC Note According to an Iraqi judicial source, 180 Christian families filed a lawsuit against the head of Iraq’s Shia Waqf, Sheikh Alaa al-Moussawi. The lawsuit accuses al-Moussawi of hate...
The plight of IDPsMay 18, 2017 — ICC Note With the growing attention on the refugee crisis, it is easy to ignore the plight of those who cannot leave a war zone also known as Internally Displaced People (IDP)....
Why are Iraqi Christians wary about going home?May 18, 2017 — ICC Note After towns like Tel Keyf are liberated of ISIS, Christians are still wary about returning home. Christians face many obstacles when trying to return home including destroyed homes,...
Christians Fear for Safety Even if ISIS is Driven Out of IraqMay 17, 2017 — ICC Note Reports from coalition forces suggest that Mosul is almost ISIS-free. Despite the good news, the absence of ISIS does not mean Iraq will foster a religiously tolerant society...
Christians Building New Church in Kurdistan Region of IraqMay 17, 2017 — ICC Note Just north of Erbil, Iraq, in the Kurdistan region, Christians are constructing the “largest church in the Kurdistan Region, and one of the greatest in Iraq….” The Ainkawa...
Doctor Rescues Estimated Thousand Yazidis from IraqMay 15, 2017 — ICC Note The UN declared that ISIS was conducting a genocidal campaign against the Yazidis, an ethnic and religious minority, in Iraq. Thousands of Yazidis have been killed, kidnapped, displaced,...
Civilians Continue to Flee Mosul as ISIS RetreatsMay 11, 2017 — ICC Note Reports suggest that coalition forces are in the last push to free Mosul of ISIS. Fighting has increased as coalition forces gain new ground, causing ISIS to retreat....
100 Homes Scheduled for Rebuilding in Nineveh PlainsMay 8, 2017 — ICC Note The Nineveh Reconstruction Committee has received funding from the Aid to Church in Need to fund the construction of 100 houses in the Nineveh Plains region. Towns like...
Woman Searches for Daughter Held Captive by ISIS for 3 YearsMay 2, 2017 — ICC Note A woman has been searching for 3 years for her daughter who was kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 when militants attacked Mosul. As people like Christina’s mother fled...
