Catholic Editor Flees Bangladesh, Fearing for Her Life

August 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Rosaline Costa, a Catholic editor from Bangladesh, fled to the US after receiving numerous threats causing her to fear for her life. She started receiving these threats after...

Rise of Islamic Extremism in Bangladesh as Number of Christians Increases

July 23, 2016 — ICC Note: Reports say that there has been an increase in the level of persecution from Islamic terrorists in Bangladesh recently. The attack on a Dhaka café on July 1...

Thousands of Muslims Converting to Christianity in Bangladesh Despite Rising Persecution

July 22, 2016 — ICC note: There have been thousands of conversions in Bangladesh recently, despite the increase in religious persecution across the country. Christian Post reports 91,000 Muslims have converted to Christianity in...

Dhaka Government Suspects NGOs of Funding Terrorist Groups

July 21, 2016 — ICC Note: The Bangladeshi authorities are now watching 11 charities that they suspect are funding radical Islamic terrorist groups within the country. There has been an increase in the number...

Christians in Bangladesh Receive Death Threats From Extremists

July 11, 2016 — ICC Note: As religious intolerance and attacks on Bangladesh's religious minority communities continues to skyrocket, Christians have reported receiving death threats from a banned extremist group. According to reports, a leaflet from the...

Christians Fear Religious Extremism Rising in Bangladesh

July 8, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians and other religious minorities in Bangladesh fear the rising issue of religious extremism now gripping the country. Last Friday, suspected ISIS militants took hostages at a popular...

Bangladesh Battles for Future of Its Secular Identity

July 7, 2016 — ICC Note: The wave of religiously motivated violence that has struck Bangladesh since 2013 reached its height last week when Islamic radicals took hostages at a bakery in Dhaka and...

Christian and Muslim experts: Dhaka terrorists have been brainwashed

July 6, 2016 — ICC Note: In light of the recent attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery, Christian and Muslim experts are now examining the social causes to explain the increase of young people...

Church Leaders in Bangladesh Condemn Last Week’s Cafe Attack

July 5, 2016 — ICC Note: Church leaders in Bangladesh have condemned last week's terrorist attack on a cafe in the country's capital of Dhaka. According to reports, ISIS militants stormed the cafe in...

ISIS Kill 22 Non-Muslims and Foreigners in Restaurant Attack in Bangladesh

July 3, 2016 — ICC Note: ISIS militants attacked and killed 22 non-Muslims and foreigners in an attack on a restaurant in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The restaurant was retaken by Bangladeshi forces after a 10-hour siege....

Another Hindu Priest Murdered by Militants in Bangladesh

July 1, 2016 — ICC Note: The wave of murders perpetrated by Islamic militants continues in Bangladesh. On Friday, a Hindu priest was hacked to death by unidentified assailants using the hit and run...

Bangladeshi Christians Remain Shaken Following Murder of 71-Year-Old Grocer

June 30, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians across Bangladesh remain shaken following the brutal murder of a 71-year-old Christian grocer in Bonpara village. The murder marks the second time in 2016 that Christians have been targeted...

Police in Bangladesh Charge Seven For Murder of Italian Aid Worker

June 28, 2016 — ICC Note: Late last year, an Italian aid worker was shot and killed by Islamic extremists in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, who claimed to be working with ISIS. Police...

Bangladesh: Christians hold ecumenical prayer to wake up humanity against terrorism

June 22, 2016 — Bangladesh: Christians hold ecumenical prayer to wake up humanity against terrorism ICC Note: In response to the growing number of terrorist attacks in Bangladesh, 2,000 Christians gathered together to pray...

Religious Minorities in Bangladesh Feel Threatened Following Brutal Killing Spree

June 15, 2016 — ICC Note: Religious minorities in Bangladesh, including Christians, Buddhists, and Hindus feel threatened following last week's killing spree that saw two Hindus, one Christian, and the wife of an anti-terror...

Bangladesh Arrests Thousands of Suspected Extremists Following Murder Spree

June 13, 2016 — ICC Note: According to reports, police in Bangladesh have arrested over 5,000 suspected extremists following months of brutal murders. Religious minorities, academics, gay rights activists, foreigners, and atheists have been targeted by...