Gunmen Break into Home, Beat Two Christian Girls and Kidnap OneAugust 24, 2021 — 08/24/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – On August 9, 2021, 16-year-old Muqdus Nadeem was kidnapped at gunpoint while at her home in the village of Peer Mehal in Pakistan’s Punjab province....
ICC Documents Alarming Rise in Blasphemy Accusations Against Pakistan’s Christian Community In Past Three MonthsMarch 4, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="Nine Pakistani Christians have been accused of committing blasphemy in the past three months." use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1524746114971{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="78660" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 03/04/2021 Washington,...
UN Working Group Determines Detention of Iranian Pastor is ArbitraryFebruary 26, 2021 — 02/26/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) - The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has released an opinion that the continued detention of Iranian church leader Yousef Nadarkhani is arbitrary....
Malaysian Muslim Politician Claims the Gov’t Have a ‘Christianization Agenda’September 20, 2019 — 09/20/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – On September 18, the Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) refuted a statement by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man,...
Philippine President Duterte: No Need to Celebrate Arrival of ChristianitySeptember 9, 2019 — 09/09/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – On Friday, Sept. 6, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stated that there is no need to celebrate 500 years of Christianity in the Catholic majority...
Cross Shape Lights On a Building in Malaysia Stirs DebateJanuary 17, 2019 — 01/17/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – The lights at the Grace Residence building in Jelutong, Penang were recently tested since the installation was nearly completed. However, when onlookers saw the...
Philippine President Duterte Mocks Holy Trinity, Rants Against ChurchJanuary 1, 2019 — 01/01/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte once again made comments against Christian doctrines and Catholic Church in a derogatory tone. On December 29, in a speech...
Africa Surpasses South America in Total Number of ChristiansJuly 13, 2018 — ICC Note: Africa has passed South America as the continent with the most Christians, according to the Center for Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Also, according to...
Christianity At Work: Serving Disabled Kenyan ChildrenJuly 11, 2018 — ICC Note: Disabled children in Kenya are being left out to die because of their disabilities. Margaret Njuguna is a devout believer who has not only provided shelter and care...
Anti-Christian Hate Speech is Brought Before CourtJune 21, 2018 — ICC Note: A case has been brought to the attention of Hyderabad High Court in which two Hindu Nationalist individuals were accused of starting a social media campaign to target...
North Korean Defector Was Taught Christianity Is an Evil American ReligionMarch 22, 2018 — ICC Note: A North Korean Christian defector shares how children in North Korea are taught to worship their supreme leaders and know that Christianity is an evil American religion, with...
How Christianity Was Introduced in North KoreaFebruary 9, 2018 — ICC Note: Christians in North Korea are unable to practice their faith freely because the regime has brainwashed citizens into believing their dictator is a god. Parents cannot share the...
Christianity on the rise despite persecution in S.E. AsiaJanuary 11, 2018 — ICC Note: According to Evangelical Focus, evangelicalism in Muslim-majority countries in Southeast Asia including Malaysia and Indonesia is on the rise, with about 10 percent of the population being Christians....
Vietnam Wrestles With Hmong ChristiansNovember 14, 2017 — ICC Note: Since 1980s, ethnic Hmong group in Vietnam went from not knowing Christianity to currently having around 300,000 Christ followers. In the late 1980s, there were no foreign Christian...
Pew: Top 10 Non-Religious Countries Hostile to ChristiansOctober 8, 2017 — ICC Note: According to Pew Research Center’s latest study, twenty-seven countries officially accept Islam as their state religion followed by the thirteen countries who officially accept Christianity. Countries that do...
Brunei: Tropical ruled by sultan with oil wealth and syariah lawOctober 6, 2017 — ICC Note: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the world’s second longest reigning monarch from Brunei celebrated his golden jubilee on October 5th. Due to its vast energy reserves, Brunei was able to...
