Ruth’s Story: Religion is Not an Inheritance, but a Personal Journey with God

October 19, 2022 — 10/19/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) - My name is Ruth, and I am 26 years old. I was born into a Muslim family, and we belonged to a tribal community...

Priests in Papua Petition Government for Fair Trials

October 13, 2022 — 10/13/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) - In Papua, a tumultuous majority-Christian region of Indonesia, over 100 Catholic priests have signed a petition seeking fair trials in cases of violence. ...

Indonesian Police Kill MIT’s Last Member Involved in Christian Attacks

October 12, 2022 — 10/12/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On September 30, the Indonesian Police's special counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, said that they killed a militant who was the last remaining member of...

Religious Leaders in Indonesia Use Social Media to Combat Radicalism

October 10, 2022 — 10/10/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) - The chairman of Indonesia’s Religious Harmony Forum (FKUB), Prof. KH Zainal Abidin, asked religious leaders, including church leaders, to intensify “da'wah” or “messages of...

Christian Students Condemn Kendari Church Attack

October 9, 2022 — 10/09/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Indonesian Christian Student Movement (GMKI) Kendari Branch condemned the attack on the Pentecostal Church in Indonesia (GPDI) of the Jesus Shepherd Congregation in...

ICC Sends Bibles to Christian Learning Center in Indonesia

July 27, 2022 — 07/27/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – David* and his wife were called seven years ago by God to serve in Kolonodale in the Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. The couple...

ICC Provides 60 Bibles to Rural Community in Indonesia

April 3, 2022 — 04/03/2022 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – In the middle of 2021, Malaki Aritonang and his wife founded the ministry Garis Depan in the town of Gunang Tua, a rural village...

Indonesia’s Anti-Terror Squad Arrests Makassar Cathedral Bombing Terrorist Suspect

December 14, 2021 — 12/14/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Special Detachment (Densus) 88 Anti-terror Police in Indonesia arrested a fugitive terrorist suspect in South Sulawesi who was allegedly involved in the Makassar...

Another Suspect Linked to Makassar Cathedral Attack Arrested

April 19, 2021 — 04/19/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Special Anti-Terror Squad (Densus 88), together with the South Sulawesi Regional Police, arrested a man in Maros Regency, South Sulawesi today. He is...

Not Yet Recovered – Two Years After Surabaya Bombings

June 20, 2020 — By ICC’s Indonesia Correspondent 06/19/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – For many, the Sunday morning on May 13, 2018 is still fresh in their minds – bomb blast was...

Malaysia Arrests Three IS-linked Terrorists

June 2, 2019 — 06/02/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – In an effort to counter growing terrorism threat in the country, the Bukit Aman Special Counter Terrorism Division in Malaysia has nabbed three terror...

The building of Churches in Brunei is prohibited

October 4, 2016 — ICC Note: Hudud law is an Islamic concept where all are punished under Sharia law found in the Quran. Brunei is one of the sovereign states who implements this controversial law....

Traditional Religious Adherents, Freedom of Religion Under Siege in Indonesia

August 9, 2016 — ICC News: The presence of intolerant Islamists and jihadists in some areas of Indonesia is not the only obstacle that the Christian church there faces - religious liberty in general...

Freedom House Index Reports Southeast Asia Remains Predominately Repressed

January 28, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Freedom House, a non-profit non-partisan organization, unveils an index for each countries record of freedom ranging from political freedom to religious freedom. The 2016 edition has unveiled little...

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