Iraqi Prelate: Traffickers Are Preying On RefugeesApril 19, 2016 — ICC Note: Catholic Patriarch, Raphael Louis Sako, head of the Chaldean Catholic church has warned of Christians fleeing Iraq and living in refugee camps. According to reports, these Christian refugees...
Amid Crackdown, Prisoner in Iran Encourages Faithful to Stand StrongApril 15, 2016 — ICC Note: At this particularly dark time for the Iranian Church, imprisoned pastor, Ebrahim Firouzi, sends a message of strength and encouragement to the heavily persecuted Iranian Christian population. As...
ISIS Crucifies Catholic Priest Tom Uzhunnalil on Good Friday, According to ReportsMarch 28, 2016 — ICC Note: According to reports from the Washington Times, ISIS continued their pattern of barbarity by crucifying a Catholic priest, Reverend Thomas Uzhunnalil, on Good Friday. Uzhunnalil, who is originally...
Islamic State Conflict: Iraqi Forces Launch Operation to Retake MosulMarch 24, 2016 — ICC Note: After months of preparation, Iraqi forces recently launched an initiative to reclaim the ISIS-held city of Mosul. As Mosul is the largest city currently under ISIS control, experts...
Religious and Ethnic Minorities React to Kerry’s Genocide DeterminationMarch 21, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Ethnic and religious minorities directly affected by ISIS responded to Secretary Kerry's genocide determination with both hope and skepticism. Many are happy to hear the United States has...
UPDATE: Praise: Kerry Declares Genocide Happening After Groups Apply PressureMarch 17, 2016 — ICC Note: After an inundation of articles and indictments against Secretary Kerry and the Obama Administration for stating they would NOT declare genocide against Christians and minorities in Iraq and...
GENOCIDE: The Label Our Leaders FearMarch 17, 2016 — Unwrapping the “G” Word Controversy: Why Government Officials Fear the Label of Genocide By: Emma Lane, Regional Manager for the Middle East 3/16/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - In...
ISIS Burns Textbooks to Erase Any Trace of Christianity from Middle East HistoryMarch 15, 2016 — ICC Note: In a new desperate move to forcibly prove its religious indoctrination is the "truth," ISIS militants in Iraq have burned thousands of textbooks and educational resources pointing to...
PRAISE: Despite Rise in Middle East Persecution, More People Coming to Faith in Christ Than Ever BeforeMarch 14, 2016 — ICC Note: "The Harvest is great, but the workers are, indeed, few," said a Christian Pastor from a Middle East church, recently. "We don't even have enough people to disciple...
ISIS in Iraq: Chemical Attack Kills 3-year-old Girl; Wounds 600 PeopleMarch 12, 2016 — ICC Note: ISIS carried out another chemical weapons attack in Iraq on Saturday morning. 600 people have been reported wounded, and a 3 year old girl was murdered. The...
Catholic Priest Demands U.S. Recognize Genocide Against Christians in Iraq, SyriaMarch 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Chaldean Priest, Douglas al-Bazi, gave an inspired and passionate speech in Washington, D.C. regarding the categorization of "genocide" for Christians in the Middle East. Al-Bazi was a former...
Islamic State Used ‘Poisonous Substances’ in Village ShellingMarch 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Kurdish officials noted that ISIS fired rockets with "poisonous" substances into a village in northern Iraq when civilians began suffering skin irritations, rashes, and continual choking and coughing....
Iraqi President: “Christians Are The ‘Original’ Members of Our Nation”March 10, 2016 — ICC Note: In a recent visit to Egypt, Iraq's President Masum, met with Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II to discuss government role in defending Christians. President Masum recognized that Iraq's Christians...
Iraqi Warplanes Drop Leaflets Over Mosul to Warn of Invasion for Liberation from ISISMarch 7, 2016 — ICC Note: Iraqi forces are preparing to retake Mosul in the Nineveh Governate in Iraq to drive out ISIS forces. In preparation for this massive operation, the government dropped "pamphlets" from airplanes over...
Bombed, Burned, and Urinated On: Christianity & Churches Under IslamMarch 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...
ISIS Double Bombing of Baghdad Market Kills at Least 73February 29, 2016 — ICC Note: Nearly 200 civilians have either been killed or hospitalized following twin bombings by ISIS in Baghdad, Iraq. Most Christians and other religious minorities have fled Baghdad finding refuge...
