Technology Can Help Persecuted Christians August 27, 2024 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Technology, just like money, is a tool that can be used for good or evil. We know that technology has increased persecution.(1) It also has profoundly...
Education is Key August 26, 2024 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow “Education is key,” they say. Education for religious tolerance can be effective in developing mutual respect and understanding among individuals from different religious backgrounds. Democratic nations...
Christian Activist Detained in Egypt Starts Hunger StrikeAugust 21, 2024 — 8/21/2024 Egypt (International Christian Concern) — A prominent Christian activist recently launched a hunger strike, protesting the Egyptian government’s treatment of him while he’s in prison. Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo, a...
A Life Restored in EgyptAugust 19, 2024 — 08/19/2024 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – When Aisha put her trust in Jesus 14 years ago in Egypt, she knew she couldn’t tell her Muslim husband. She taught her children about...
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....
Examining the Intergenerational Trauma of PersecutionAugust 9, 2024 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Intergenerational trauma resulting from Christian persecution refers to the psychological and emotional wounds passed down through successive generations within Christian communities affected by persecution. This form...
ICC Files Human Rights Sanctions Request Against AzerbaijanAugust 9, 2024 — 8/9/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern (ICC) recently sent U.S. government officials a formal sanctions request against Azerbaijan and prisons where Armenian prisoners of war and...
Anti-Proselytizing Laws: Christians Persecuted Under the Guise of Religious FreedomAugust 8, 2024 — 8/8/2024 (International Christian Concern) — Many nations claim to uphold religious tolerance, yet they imprison Christians who proclaim their faith to non-believers. Anti-proselytizing laws in these countries produce little more...
Encountering ‘Keyboard Jihadis’ in an Interconnected WorldAugust 7, 2024 — 8/7/2024 (International Christian Concern) — Hostile face-to-face encounters naturally pose more of an immediate threat than online encounters. However, hostility expressed online can still cause emotional distress, and it can...
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....
Christian Suffering Likely to Continue Under Iran’s New PresidentJuly 29, 2024 — 7/29/2024 Iran (International Christian Concern) — The election of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, in early July, brings little hope for Christians living under the new regime due to the...
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...
Turkish Authorities Deny Church Land for Worship CenterJuly 24, 2024 — 7/24/2024 Turkey (International Christian Concern) — The Diyarbakir Protestant Church Foundation sought to acquire land zoned for religious use to build a worship center, but Turkish authorities recently denied their...
Hope House: Breaking the Cycle of Persecution Around the WorldJuly 8, 2024 — 07/08/2024 (International Christian Concern) – In many countries where they are the minority religion, Christians are considered second-class citizens. Christian children are denied a quality education. Hope House provides Christian...
