UK Prison Worker Barred from Chapel Services for Quoting Bible on Homosexuality Loses AppealAugust 7, 2017 — ICC Note: In May 2015, a prison worker named Barry Trayhorn who led chapel at a UK prison referenced 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, which includes references to sexuality. Following a complaint...
Preachers Acquitted of UK ‘Crime & Disorder Act’ Charges over Public Offense at Exclusivity of GospelJune 30, 2017 — ICC Note: Earlier this year, two preachers in the UK were found guilty of violating the Crime and Disorder Act of 1998 for their open air preaching. Police reported that...
Man Shouts ‘Allahu Akhbar’ and Assaults Priest at Christian WeddingJune 9, 2017 — ICC Note: Earlier this month, a young Moroccan man stormed into a Catholic wedding in Spain. Wedding guests report that the man cried out, “Allahu Ahkbar” before throwing objects at...
Christian Converts in German Refugee Camps Growing in Number Despite Attacks by Muslim RefugeesMay 11, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, there have been several incidents of violence led by Muslim refugees against their Christian counterparts in German refugee camps. Unfortunately, these violent attacks have only...
UK Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Appeal of Bakers Punished for Declining ‘Support Gay Marriage’ CakeMay 10, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, a family-owned bakery in the UK, Ashers Baking Company, declined to make a cake for a homosexual advocacy group that read, “Support Gay Marriage.” The...
Afghan Christian in Germany Presumably Killed Because of Her FaithMay 9, 2017 — ICC Note: An asylum-seeking Afghan Christian woman was recently stabbed to death in front of her children outside of a supermarket by a Muslim man. The woman’s sister believes that...
UK Student Expelled Over Facebook Post Citing Biblical Law on Homosexuality Granted Judicial ReviewMay 3, 2017 — ICC Note: In September of 2015, a Master’s student in the UK was expelled from the University of Sheffield in South Yorkshire over a post on his personal Facebook page....
USCIRF Releases Annual Report on Religious FreedomApril 26, 2017 — ICC Note: The United States Commission on Religious Freedom has released a report highlighting Countries of Particular Concern with regards to religious freedom. From Asia, countries such as China, Vietnam,...
Evangelical Church Attacked Near ParisApril 5, 2017 — ICC Note: On April 2, an arsonist attacked the Armenian Evangelical Church of Alfortville by lighting a trash can on fire in front of the building. This is the second...
Swiss Evangelical Groups Lose Government Backing, Vow to Continue WorkMarch 31, 2017 — ICC Note: Ten Christian youth organizations in Switzerland were recently informed that they were being cut off from government funding. The Christian community has generally been disappointed in the decision,...
US Pastor Charged for ‘Illegal’ Bible Study in Russia Appeals to European Court of Human RightsMarch 30, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, an American pastor, Donald Ossewaarde, was convicted under Russia’s recently implemented Yarovaya laws for “conducting illegal missionary activities.” He has made several appeals, reaching even...
French Teacher Suspended After Reading Bible Verses to his StudentsMarch 6, 2017 — ICC Note: A French school teacher was recently suspended from his position after a group of parents anonymously complained that he read Bible verses to their children. The school board...
Mass Rape Epidemic of Women, Girls and Teenage Boys Inside France Refugee CampFebruary 13, 2017 — ICC Note: A mass rape epidemic is ravaging the Dunkirk refugee camp in northern France. Human traffickers are targeting women and unaccompanied children in the bathrooms of the camp. Many...
France sees 245 percent rise in anti-Christian attacksFebruary 10, 2017 — ICC Note: Religious attacks in France have been on the demise, but not for Christians. While incidents of anti-Antisemitism and anti-Islam have dropped significantly, attacks against Christians have risen by...
Christian converts ‘facing deportation after clueless questioning’ by authoritiesJanuary 28, 2017 — ICC Note: In a letter by Reverend Gottfried Martens, he explains how Christian asylum seekers from the Middle East are being cheated by their translators when facing German Ministry of...
Archbishop of Canterbury intervenes to save Iraqi Christian from deportationJanuary 24, 2017 — ICC Note: The Archbishop of Canterbury is interceding on behalf of a Syriac Christian man who fled Mosul when it was first invaded by ISIS in 2014. The man now...
