Christians and Muslims in India Join Together to Fight Persecution

September 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians and Muslims in India demonstrated together in New Delhi against increasing persecution and discrimination being felt by both minority communities. Since the BJP, a Hindu nationalist political party, took power in May 2014, religious minorities in India have experienced increase persecution at...

Statue of Christ Vandalized in Mumbai

September 9, 2016 — ICC Note: A statue of Jesus Christ was hid and destroyed by vandals in a suburb of Mumbai as Mother Teresa was being canonized by the Catholic Church on September...

Senior BJP Leader in India Accuses Mother Teresa of Forced Conversions

September 8, 2016 — ICC Note: Last weekend, most of India and the world celebrated the sainthood bestowed upon Mother Teresa. In India, where Mother Teresa gave so much of her life in service,...

Christian Persecution in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar District Continues to Spread

September 7, 2016 — ICC Note: The persecution of Christians in the Bastar District of India's central state of Chhattisgarh began in June 2014. Following a dispute over food rations, Hindu radicals convinced over...

Mother Teresa Declared a Saint By Catholic Church While Persecution in India Rises

September 6, 2016 — ICC Note: Mother Teresa was officially declared a saint of the Catholic Church this weekend in Rome. Many Christians around the world revere the Catholic nun that devoted her life...

Christians in India Face Fresh Outbreak of Persecution in Northern Telangana

September 3, 2016 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 09/03/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Christians in northern Telangana state are under assault as ultra-Hindu nationalists groups are unleashing a fresh dose of violence...

Christians in India Fight Local Government for 100-Year-Old Graveyard

September 1, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians in Karamsad Town, located in India, are fighting with their local government to preserve a 100-year-old Christian burial ground next to their church. Recently, the local government...

Christian Victims of India’s Orissa Riots Still Calling for Justice

August 31, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians affected by the 2008 Orissa Riots, widely considered India's worst instance of Christian persecution, are still calling on the government for justice. It has been 8 years...

Another Pastor in India Beaten by Mob of Hindu Radicals

August 30, 2016 — ICC Note: Reports have emerged of another Christian pastor in India being attacked and beaten by Hindu radicals. Sunny Tyagi, a Protestant Pastor, was attacked and beaten by radicals in Uttar Pradesh....

Prime Minister Modi Praises The Work Of Mother Teresa For The First Time

August 29, 2016 — ICC Note: In a speech yesterday, India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, praised the work of soon to be canonized Mother Teresa in India. This praise came as a shock to...

Hindu Extremists Threaten Christians and Stop Church Construction in Central India

August 26, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians from India's Chhattisgarh state have been attacked again by Hindu extremists. This time, in the village of Chaitama, Hindu extremists blocked local Christians from constructing a church building....

Christians in India Still Waiting for Justice 8 Years After Orissa Riots

August 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Eight years ago, Christians in India experienced the worst instance of anti-Christian violence in the country's independent history. Christians living in India's Odisha State, then know as Orissa,...

Christians in India Mark 8th Anniversary of Country’s Worst Anti-Christian Violence

August 24, 2016 — Many Victims Remain Refugees in Their own Country 08/23/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) and India’s Christian community are marking the eighth anniversary of the 2008 anti-Christian Orissa...

New Report Documents Christian Persecution on the Rise in India

August 24, 2016 — ICC Note: A new report released by the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) has documented 134 cases of Christian persecution in just the first 6 months of 2016. According to...

Christian Persecution in India Continues to Rise Under BJP Government

August 22, 2016 — ICC Note: A recent report released by the Evangelical Fellowship of India has claimed that Christians in India have been attacked at least 134 times since the beginning of 2016....

Evangelist from Manipur Assaulted by Gang of Five Men

August 19, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian evangelist from Manipur was attacked on Thursday by a gang of five unidentified men as he traveled home from his friend’s house in Lakshmipuram. The man...