Fueling Persecution Part 3 of 4: When Scarcity Needs Someone to Blame November 5, 2026 — By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette By the end of the month, Samuel has changed the prices in his small neighborhood shop three times. He is a Christian shopkeeper in...
Amid Drop in Official Blasphemy Accusations, Underlying Concerns Remain in PakistanNovember 3, 2026 — A recent Reuters report said that registered blasphemy cases have seen a huge drop this year, after Pakistan’s army chief cracked down on fundamentalist groups. After years of widespread increases...
Demand to Repeal Anti-Conversion Law Grows in KarnatakaNovember 2, 2026 — Christian minority leaders and human rights advocates met in the southern state of Karnataka in India on Oct. 29, demanding the immediate repeal of the contentious “anti-conversion” law. At a...
Christians Rendered Homeless in Chhattisgarh’s Tribal BeltOctober 27, 2026 — In southern Chhattisgarh’s tribal belt, localized community disputes over religious adherence have rapidly escalated into severe civil rights violations and forced displacement, in which Christian families are being forcibly evicted...
Update: Christian Teen Healing from Mob Assault Forgives His Attackers October 20, 2026 — Two months after being severely beaten by an angry mob, 17-year-old Ikhlaq Masih told an International Christian Concern (ICC) staffer that about two-thirds of his wounds have healed. The mob...
Bible Convention Attacked in IndiaOctober 20, 2026 — An armed mob of about 200 religious fanatics assaulted a major annual indigenous gathering of Santhali Christians on Oct. 9 in the Indian state of West Bengal, highlighting the escalation...
ICC Releases Report on Financial Networks Enabling Christian PersecutionOctober 19, 2026 — A new report by International Christian Concern (ICC) examines the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) and the international financial networks that enable the systematic targeting of Christian communities. Written by...
Christian’s Death Sentence Upheld in PakistanOctober 16, 2026 — In 2018, two Christian brothers were sentenced to death over allegations of blasphemy. After about a decade of fighting for their freedom, one brother was acquitted by Pakistan’s Supreme Court...
24 South Korean Christians Arrested at Nepalese Bible CollegeOctober 13, 2026 — Nepalese Police have arrested 24 South Korean Christians after complaints were lodged against them for “illegal religious teaching, training, and promotion.” Sources in Nepal and South Korea state that the...
Mob Burns Christian Man’s Home, Pharmacy Over Blasphemy AllegationOctober 13, 2026 — A Christian man’s home and adjoining pharmacy in Pakistan’s Sheikhupura district were burned by a mob on Oct. 9 following a blasphemy allegation, sparking safety fears for his family and...
Chhattisgarh’s Anti-Conversion Law Challenged in CourtOctober 13, 2026 — A petition challenging the validity of the Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, was heard in the Chhattisgarh High Court on Oct. 8, even as the intense persecution of the...
Christians Reel Under Effects of Floods, Persecution in Chhattisgarh October 6, 2026 — Christians in Chhattisgarh, India, facing relentless pressure from Hindu nationalists, must now deal with the aftermath of recent floods. The flooding unfolded between Sept. 24 and 27 along the volatile...
Punjab Panel Approves Bill to Reform Christian Marriage LawOctober 5, 2026 — A legislative committee in Pakistan’s Punjab province has unanimously approved a bill that would set the minimum age for Christian marriages at 18 for both partners, require official registration, and...
Churches Restrict Entry of Non-Christians in Persecution-Hit RegionSeptember 28, 2026 — In an unprecedented development last week, more than 40 churches in the Dhamtari district of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, India, declared that worship is restricted to Christians only,...
Conditions Worsen for Stateless Rohingya ChristiansSeptember 28, 2026 — The Rohingya are known largely as a Muslim ethnic group forcibly driven from Myanmar. But a small subset of Rohingya are Christian. Numbering about 1,500 in total, these Christians comprise...
Seven Letters from the Persecuted ChurchSeptember 25, 2026 — By International Christian Concern’s field leader for South Asia Recently, I traveled through Nepal, India, and Bhutan as part of our ministry to the persecuted church, meeting believers and listening...
