Christian Communities Celebrate Christmas in Yangon after 50 years

January 2, 2018 — ICC Note: For the first time in 50 years, the Christian communities in Myanmar, Catholic and Protestant, are able to publicly celebrate Christmas in the streets of Yangon. In the...

What is Christmas Like for Survivors of Persecution? Read Nigerians Accounts Here.

January 1, 2018 — ICC Note Nigerians in Platea State, Nigeria described what their Christmas was like after being affected by some of the worst attacks on Christians in late 2017. They describe how...

Shia Muslims Visit Churches Over Christmas to Encourage Peace in Nigeria

December 30, 2017 — ICC Note In a glimmer of hope for the future of Nigeria, Shia Muslims joined Christians at their Christmas celebrations in Kaduna, Nigeria. Kaduna has been one of the most...

For Christmas, Indonesia reduces sentence for Christian inmates

December 27, 2017 — ICC Note: This Christmas, as part of its policy of sentence remissions to inmates for good conduct on its independence day and during major religious festivals, Indonesia reduced the prison...

Fulani Herdsmen Kill Four Christmas Carolers

December 27, 2017 — A Gloomy Christmas Celebration for Nigerian Villagers This Year 12/26/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that barely 48 hours before Christmas, suspected Fulani militants...

Fulani Herdsmen Attack Villages in Adamawa and Benue

December 27, 2017 — ICC Note In separate attacks, suspected Fulani Militants attacks Christian villages in Benue and Adamawa States, claiming 9 lives and burning down many of the houses. The attack in Benue...

Iowans give this Burmese Christian widow a warm Christmas gift

December 27, 2017 — ICC Note: Christian refugees Stephen and Ester Kiim fled Myanmar from religious persecution in 2011 to move to Des Moines, Iowa. Last April, Stephen was shot and killed in an...

Indonesia pastry shop refuses to write “Merry Christmas” on cake for customer

December 26, 2017 — ICC Note: A pastry shop in Makassar, Indonesia refused to write “Merry Christmas” for its customer since it goes against their “religious principles.” Though the owner later apologized on social...

China claims it’s not banning Christmas celebration

December 26, 2017 — ICC Note: Despite various local instances showing that the Communist Party in China is trying to rid Christmas celebration for fear of people “accepting Western ideology/religion” this year, the Chinese...

Chinese Communist Party Bans Christmas, Calling it ‘Spiritual Opium’

December 21, 2017 — ICC Note: The Chinese government is making sure that none of its Party member nationwide will celebrate Christmas this year— the disciplinary arm of Party has issued a notice banning...

Indonesia: Christians in Jakarta not impressed by Islamist governor’s Christmas celebration arrangement

December 18, 2017 — ICC Note: The Governor of Jakarta, an Islamist organizes the event “Celebration of Christmas” at the National Monument. However, Christians have criticized that the choice of the location, symbol of...

Vietnam: Catholic church asked to remove Nativity scene

December 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Local officials in northern Vietnam has asked a Catholic church in the area, Dong Kieu church, to remove a nativity scene in their parish. While authorities claim that...

No Christmas celebration in North Korea

December 17, 2017 — ICC Note: North Korean Christians have to practice their faith in secret thanks to government’s persecuting nature of Christianity. Although Pyongyang boasts several Christian churches, the reality is that Christians...

Indonesia detains 18 to ramp up security ahead of Christmas season

December 16, 2017 — ICC Note: In an attempt to prevent possible terrorist attacks during Christmas season, the Indonesian police has arrested 18 people and put them in detention. These suspects are mostly linked...

Christmas celebration banned at Shenyang University

December 15, 2017 — ICC Note: The Communist Youth League at Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, in China’s northeast province Liaoning, has issued a notice warning students not to hold Christmas celebrations of any sort in...

Raids on Christmas accessories forbidden: Jakarta Police

December 9, 2017 — ICC Note: Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Idham Aziz has promised that the police officials will be deployed to guard the Christmas celebration in the city. Last year, some raids...