Murder of Key Somali Pastor Ranked Top Christian Persecution Story in 2014

January 11, 2015 — ICC Note: The underground church in Somalia (one of the most hostile countries on earth against the practice, yet alone spread, of Christianity) has seen major setbacks in recent years...

Christian Persecution on the Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa

January 11, 2015 — ICC Note: Regrettably, persecution is on the rise., 2014 marked one of the worst years of Christian persecution in decades, if nor centuries. Across the world, it's estimated more than...

African Countries Moving Up on List of Top Christian Persecutors

January 10, 2015 — ICC Note: Each year, Open Doors, a preeminent Christian persecution watchdog and aid agency, releases the World Watch List, detailing the 50 worst countries in the world for Christians. This...

Massacres in Kenya Ranked Top Christian Persecution Story in 2014

January 10, 2015 — ICC Note: Morning Star News is reviewing the top persecution stories from 2014. Ranked at #7 is the rise of lethal attacks again non-Muslims in Kenya by the Somalia-based radical...

Senior al-Shabaab Official’s Defection Raises Debate Over Amnesty

January 3, 2015 — ICC Note: Late last month, senior al-Shabaab leader, Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, surrendered to Somali officials, marking the first significant defection by core al-Shabaab in response to amnesty offers the Somali government has...

Al-Shabaab Targets Christmas Party Attendees

December 30, 2014 — ICC Note: Al-Shabaab, a radical Islamic insurgency based in Somalia (one of the most hostile countries toward Christians in the world), killed three peacekeepers and a civilian contract in an...

Mystery Surrounds Al-Shabaab Leader’s Surrender

December 28, 2014 — ICC Note: According to a Somali intelligence officer, the core leader of al-Shabaab, a radical Islamic insurgency based out of Somalia that has essentially eradicated Christianity from that country, Zakariya Ismail...

al-Shabaab Threatens to Murder Somali Pastor in Kenya

December 19, 2014 — ICC Note: All across Kenya, militants affiliated with the radical Islamic insurgency, al-Shabaab, are devastating communities, killing pastors, attacking churches and inciting Muslim youths to commit violence against their Christian...

Churches Call on Their Muslim Counterparts to Condemn Christian Massacres

December 12, 2014 — ICC Note: Following the massacre of 64 non-Muslims, a majority of whom were Christians, in northern Kenya by al-Shabaab militants, Churches are reaching out to Muslim communities, asking them to...

Kenya’s Pastors Terrified by Spate of Christian Killings

December 10, 2014 — ICC Note: In a matter of 11 days, al-Shabaab, a radical Islamic insurgency bent on eradicating Christians, killed 64 non-Muslims, a majority of whom were professed Christians. In response, Kenya's...

White House Statement Fails to Recognize Targeting of Christians

December 4, 2014 — ICC Note: Over the course of 11 days, al-Shabaab has committed to attacks in northern Kenya, singling out and executing 64 non-Muslims for failing to recite Islamic creeds. A majority...

Al-Shabaab Kills 64 Non-Muslims in 11 Days

December 3, 2014 — Back-to-Back Massacres Leave Scores of Christians Dead as Islamic Militants Retaliate Against Mombasa Mosque Raids 12/03/2014 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that 36...

Leaked UN Report Says Despite Recent Setbacks, al-Shabaab is “Deadly As Ever”

October 15, 2014 — ICC Note: Following the death of al-Shabaab's former leader late last month, a recent United Nations report on the Islamic insurgency leaked to the press revealed that despite recent setbacks,...

al-Shabaab Losing 30 Members a Day to Amnesty and Rehabilitation Program

September 17, 2014 — ICC Note: For decades, Somali Christians have suffered a genocidal campaign against their existence by the radical Islamic insurgency known as al-Shabaab. In recent years, the group's authority in the region has waned,...

The Death of Godane and the Future of al-Shabaab

September 12, 2014 — ICC Note: Al-Shabaab, or "the boys," is a radical Islamic insurgency that grew out of a Saudi-funded pro-Wahhabism campaign in the late 1980s to early 1990s. For decades the group,...

Al-Shabaab Names New Top Commander After Killing American, AU Peacekeepers, Civilians

September 6, 2014 — ICC Note: Following a targeted airstrike carried out Monday by the United States that killed former al-Shabaab leader, Ahmed Godane, the radical Islamic insurgency has named its former third leader, "low-ranking commander" Ahmed...