India’s Radical Hindu Nationalists Gather in ChicagoSeptember 4, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Matias Perttula" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1536085206528{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99701" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 09/05/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On September 7, 8, and 9, the World Hindu Congress will...
City Removes Ten Commandments Plaque from Public Park Following ComplaintAugust 27, 2018 — ICC Note: Following a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, city officials in Steubenville, Ohio removed a plaque depicting the Ten Commandments from a public park. The group suggested...
Freedom From Religion Foundation Wants Sheriff’s Office to Remove ‘For God and Country’ PatchesAugust 24, 2018 — ICC Note: The Freedom From Religion Foundation recently sent a letter of complaint to an Ohio sheriff’s office regarding the officers’ uniforms. The complaint asserted that the uniforms’ patches that...
Members of Congress Denounce Religious Persecution in Letter to Prime Minister of IndiaAugust 8, 2018 — Congressional Letter Sheds Light on Rising Intolerance in India 08/08/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has closely recorded developments in India as religious persecution continues...
Appeals Court Upholds DC Metro’s Ban on Catholic Church’s Christmas AdAugust 8, 2018 — ICC Note: Last November, the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington filed a lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) after an ad for their Christmas campaign was rejected. The...
InterVarsity Sues University of Iowa After 38 Student Groups Are Expelled Over PoliciesAugust 7, 2018 — ICC Note: InterVarsity Graduate Student Fellowship recently filed a lawsuit against the University of Iowa after the group was de-recognized due to its leadership policies. The group maintains a policy...
Group Sues to Stop City Council Members from Opening Public Meetings with PrayerAugust 3, 2018 — ICC Note: The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently filed a lawsuit regarding a city council in West Virginia that recites the Lord’s Prayer before their meetings. The FFRF suggested...
Appeals Court Rules California School Board’s Prayers at Public Meetings Violate Establishment ClauseJuly 27, 2018 — ICC Note: An appeals court in California has upheld a ruling that a California school board violated the constitution by presenting prayers during its board meetings. The matter arose in...
Ohio Cafe to Continue Sunday Church Bulletin Discount Despite Threat From Atheist OrganizationJuly 24, 2018 — ICC Note: An Ohio restaurant recently began a program that offered customers a 10% discount if they brought a church bulletin with them, in hopes of attracting a post-church brunch...
School Violated Law by Promoting Fellowship of Christian Athletes Mission Trip, Court RulesJuly 20, 2018 — ICC Note: A federal judge has ruled that a Colorado school district violated the US constitution’s Establishment Clause by promoting a Christian student group’s mission trip. The ruling took place...
School Threatens to Call Police on Person Handing Out Bibles to Elementary StudentsJuly 18, 2018 — ICC Note: Following a request from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, an Illinois school district sent a cease and desist letter to an individual who was distributing Bibles to students...
High School Football Coach Who Lost Job for Praying on Field Petitions US Supreme Court to Hear AppealJune 28, 2018 — ICC Note: As previously reported, in 2016, a Washington State school district decided not to renew a high school football coach’s contract due to his practice of post-game prayer on...
US Supreme Court Asks Washington Supreme Court to Revisit Florist Judgment in Light of Bakery RulingJune 26, 2018 — ICC Note: In 2012, a florist from Washington State was accused, and eventually found guilty, of discrimination for declining to provide arrangements for a same-sex wedding. However, in light of...
Trump Promises Actions to Aid Persecuted North Korean ChristiansJune 15, 2018 — ICC Note: President Trump said that “things will be happening” for the persecuted North Korean after he had an unprecedented meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on June 12. David...
North Koreans Not Benefiting from Trump-Kim Agreement, say Rights GroupsJune 13, 2018 — ICC Note: Despite the seemingly successful summit between US President Trump and North Korean leader Kim held on June 12, rights groups are concerned that the absence of human rights on...
Former Korean American Detained by North Korea Shares his TestimonyJune 8, 2018 — ICC Note: Kim Hak Song, one of the three American detainees released last May by North Korea, shared his testimony with his home church for the first time last Sunday in...