Most Important Religious Freedom Legislation in Over a Decade Approved by CongressDecember 14, 2016 — The Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act Passes Both Houses 12/14/2016 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) is elated to announce that the Frank Wolf International...
Christians in Middle East face grim reality, Villanova speakers sayDecember 11, 2016 — ICC Note: International scholars, government officials and leaders of non-governmental organizations met to discuss the long-simmering tensions of Christians in the Middle East. The conference at Vilannova Univeristy focused on...
New Mexico City Continues Fight to Defend Ten Commandments Monument Declared UnconstitutionalDecember 8, 2016 — ICC Note: The legal battle continues in New Mexico over a Ten Commandments monument located on city hall grounds which was previously declared unconstitutional. Earlier this week, the city council...
Mexico ‘In Denial’ Over Thousands of Evangelicals Forced Out of HomesDecember 6, 2016 — ICC Note: In recent years, the persecution of Christians in Mexico has risen, leading to the displacement of thousands of evangelical Christians. According to human rights groups, unfortunately, the Mexican...
US Church Sprayed With Bible Verse About The Killing Of 185,000 Assyrian ChristiansDecember 6, 2016 — ICC Note: An Assyrian church in the San Fernando Valley of California was recently vandalized and graffiti-ed with a verse referencing the killing of 185,000 Middle East Christians. Assyrian Christians,...
Christians are being forced out of their homes in MexicoDecember 6, 2016 — ICC Note: Thousands of families in Mexico are being displaced due to their evangelical Christian faith. The government has developed a "policy of denial" towards the very harsh treatment of individuals...
Persecution Expert Claims Religious Freedom “Deteriorated Tremendously” in 2016December 2, 2016 — ICC Note: In a recent interview, ICC's Advocacy Director, Isaac Six, explained how religious freedom deteriorated tremendously in 2016. Specifically, Six called attention to the persecution of Christians in China, India,...
US Supreme Court Justice: Religious Freedom in ‘Greater Danger’ than Free SpeechNovember 29, 2016 — ICC Note: Samuel Alito, a US Supreme Court Justice, discussed in a recent speech that religious freedom may be under greater threat than citizens’ rights to free speech. The speech...
Appeals Court Upholds School District’s Order for Teacher to Cleanse Christianity from ClassroomNovember 23, 2016 — ICC Note: An appeals court has recently upheld a ruling that demanded that a high school science teacher remove various references to the Christian faith from her classroom. From posters...
Humanists Want to Ban Christian Shoebox Gifts to Children around the WorldNovember 18, 2016 — ICC Note: Since 2014, the American Humanist Association (AHA) has been working to cease the ministry of Operation Christmas Child, a ministry under the organization Samaritan’s Purse. The ministry seeks...
Kidnapped Mexican Priest Is Found Alive but TorturedNovember 15, 2016 — ICC Note: Father Jose Luis Sanchez Ruiz, a Catholic priest and activist from Mexico, was recently found alive following his recent kidnapping. Unfortunately, reports indicate that Sanchez Ruiz displayed signs...
Appeals Court Upholds Order to Remove Ten Commandments from New Mexico City HallNovember 11, 2016 — ICC Note: During an appeals hearing, a New Mexico court of appeals upheld the order to get rid of a Ten Commandments monument on the property of a city hall....
Oklahoma Voters Reject Proposal to Allow Ten Commandments at State CapitolNovember 9, 2016 — ICC Note: A monument displaying the Ten Commandments on Oklahoma state capitol grounds has yet again come up for debate, this time in the form of a ballot proposal. On...
Atheist Activist Group Says Houses of Worship Shouldn’t Be Polling PlacesNovember 8, 2016 — ICC Note: The Freedom from Religion Foundation, an atheist activist group, recently issued letters to state that places of worship should not be used as polling places for elections. In...
Cuban Pastor Awaits Outcome of AppealNovember 4, 2016 — ICC Note: A pastor from Cuba, Juan Carlos Núñez Velázquez, is currently awaiting the results of his appeal after he was sentenced to one year of house arrest. Núñez Velázquez...
Christian Pastor Refuses to Obey Order To Hand Sermons to the StateNovember 3, 2016 — ICC Note: Dr. Eric Walsh was fired in 2014 by the Georgia Department of Public Health after sermons he previously delivered on topics including sexuality surfaced. The state then demanded...
