Extremist Group in Southern Philippines Target Church, Law Enforcement

January 5, 2021 — 01/05/2021 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Last December, the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a terrorist group based in the southern Philippines, attacked a parish church after conducting...

Philippines Arrests Indonesian Woman Plotting a Suicide Bomb Attack

October 12, 2020 — 10/12/2020 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – On October 10, the Philippine authorities captured an Indonesian woman they suspect was plotting a suicide attack. According to Benar News, the woman, identified...

Suicide Bombers in Southern Philippines Identified as Terrorists’ Widows

August 28, 2020 — 08/28/2020 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Philippines’ notorious terrorist group Abu Sayyaf has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings near a cathedral in the southern Philippine city of Jolo on...

Twin Bombing in Southern Philippines Kills More Than a Dozen

August 26, 2020 — 08/26/2020 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – On August 24, the southern island of Philippines, Jolo, again saw another terrorist attack, after a cathedral was bombed early last year. So far,...

New Law Could Choke Freedoms in Philippines

July 22, 2020 — 07/22/2020 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Bishop Broderick Pabillo wrote a letter published by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) denouncing the newly passed anti-terrorism law. The law...

4 IS-linked Terrorists Killed in Philippines

July 8, 2020 — 07/08/2020 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – On June 26, Philippine security forces raided the Metro Manila area in the capital. They shot and killed four terrorists in Paranaque City, who...

Anti-Terror Act in Philippines Might Lead to Rights Abuse

July 6, 2020 — 07/06/2020 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – On July 3, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the controversial anti-terrorism bill into law, which many fear would pave the way for rights abuses including...

Police Foiled Church Bomb Plot in Southern Philippines

January 20, 2020 — 01/20/2020 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Two suspected Abu Sayyaf militants tasked with carrying out a bomb attack at a Catholic cathedral in Basilan province in the southern Philippines were...

Grenade Went Off Near Cathedral in Southern Philippines

December 23, 2019 — 12/23/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – A grenade was thrown into a military truck patrolling Cotabato City near the Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral while Mass was underway on Sunday evening. According...

Solidarity Movements in the Philippines Against Injustice

November 8, 2019 — 11/08/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Philippine priests and nuns led a march on November 5 in solidarity with those who are victims of social injustices. The government reportedly has...