Pastor Survives Assassination Attempt in Islamabad October 2, 2025 — Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — A Presbyterian pastor narrowly survived an assassination attempt on Sunday morning after being shot in Islamabad’s Iqbal Town. Pastor Kamran Naz, head of the Presbyterian...
Rising Attacks on Christians in India’s Rajasthan StateSeptember 29, 2025 — India (International Christian Concern) — Civil society organizations in northwest India’s Rajasthan state have protested the rising attacks on Christians just weeks after an anti-conversion law was passed by its government...
Christian Students in Pakistan Face Relentless Harassment at SchoolSeptember 24, 2025 — Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — Maryam Hadayat, a fourth-grade student at a government primary school in Gujranwala, Pakistan, has been continuously harassed by her fellow Muslim classmates. “My fellows abuse...
Christian Man Faces Blasphemy Accusation in PakistanSeptember 24, 2025 — Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — A first information report (FIR) was filed at the Nishtar Colony Police Station in Lahore, Pakistan, against a young Christian man and his uncle, but...
India’s Supreme Court Requests Responses to Petitions Against Anti-Conversion Laws in 9 StatesSeptember 17, 2025 — India (International Christian Concern) — On Tuesday, India’s Supreme Court requested responses from nine states regarding petitions challenging their anti-conversion laws. The court gave the states four weeks to respond....
Targeted in Chhattisgarh | ICC Exclusive On-the-Ground ReportSeptember 16, 2025 — 09/16/2025 India (International Christian Concern) – After worship ended on Sunday, Aug. 10, in a remote Chhattisgarh village, most of the church members returned home. The few who stayed behind, however,...
New Nepalese Prime Minister Promises Democratic Elections Next YearSeptember 15, 2025 — Nepal (International Christian Concern) — Newly appointed Prime Minister Sushila Karki, serving her first week on the job, promised on Sunday to facilitate elections in early 2026 and relinquish power...
Hindus Fear New Survey Could Lead to Christians Regaining Government BenefitsSeptember 15, 2025 — India (International Christian Concern) — A draft list published last week by the southern Karnataka government in India for a socio-educational and economic survey, including Christian sub-castes, has raised objections from...
ICC’s Persecution Response Training is ‘The Need of the Hour’September 11, 2025 — India (International Christian Concern) — When a mob of angry Hindu nationalists stormed Pastor Sanjay’s church during Sunday morning worship on March 23, in Chhattisgarh, India, the pastor, thankfully, knew...
Uncovering the Truth in ChhattisgarhSeptember 9, 2025 — 09/09/2025 India (International Christian Concern) – When a church congregation and seven Christian families were brutally attacked because of their Christian faith in Chhattisgarh, India, last month, no major news outlet...
USCIRF Claims Religious Freedom is Eradicated in Afghanistan, Calls for ActionSeptember 4, 2025 — 9/4/2025 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) — The U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued a press statement last week condemning the Taliban’s continued efforts to “subjugate and target” religious...
Villages in India Restrict Christian Movements and ActivitiesSeptember 1, 2025 — 9/1/2025 India (International Christian Concern) -- Six villages in the Kanker District of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh passed resolutions prohibiting Christian pastors, priests, and so-called “conversion agents” from...
Under-the-Radar Threat: Christians Endure Persecution by Buddhist ExtremistsAugust 30, 2025 — 8/29/2025 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) -- In the nations of Bhutan and Myanmar, both of which are Buddhist-majority nations, Christians continue to experience persecution by Buddhist extremists. It often...
Pakistan forcibly converts Christians to IslamAugust 30, 2025 — 8/29/2025 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) — In May 2025, a 16-year-old Christian Pakistani girl was abducted from her home and married to a 28-year-old Muslim, Muhammad Asim. Because it is...
Afghan Minorities Face Renewed Pressure as Anniversary of U.S. Withdrawal Nears August 26, 2025 — 8/26/2025 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) — After two decades of U.S.-backed governance, Afghanistan’s dramatic fall to the Taliban terrorist organization in 2021 shocked the world. The Taliban’s takeover took just...
Chhattisgarh Authorities Further Restrict House ChurchesAugust 25, 2025 — 8/25/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — More than 200 house churches in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh have been affected following new restrictions on worshipping inside a house, claiming...
