Reports Claim ISIS Militants Training Boko Haram in Nigeria

June 23, 2018 — ICC Note: Nigeria is on alert because of reports that ISIS is sending fighters to train Boko Haram. Though the military has said that there is no concrete evidence that...

Authorities in Pakistan Arrest Individuals Involved in 2017 Church Bombing

June 15, 2018 — ICC Note: The Counter Terrorism Department of Balochistan in Pakistan has arrested two individuals involved in the 2017 bombing of Bethel Memorial Methodist Church. In that attack, two suicide bombers...

Could Church Attacks in Chechnya Be the New Norm?

May 30, 2018 —

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05/29/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Republic of Chechnya lies between the Caspian and Black Sea...

Pakistan Must Get Serious About Protecting Minorities in Balochistan

May 9, 2018 — ICC Note: Christians and other minorities in the Pakistani province of Balochistan have faced several attacks by terrorists in recent months. In April, six Christians were killed in targeted attacks...

Hundreds Attend Funeral of Christians Killed by ISIS in Pakistan

April 19, 2018 — ICC Note: Hundreds of Christians in Quetta, Pakistan attended the funerals of two Christians murdered by ISIS militants earlier this week. On Sunday, April 15, ISIS gunmen opened fire on...

ISIS Continues to Target Christians in Pakistan’s Southwest

April 17, 2018 — ICC Note: ISIS continues to target Christians in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan. On Sunday, two Christians were killed in a drive-by shooting claimed by ISIS’s Pakistani affiliate. This came...

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Drive-By Church Shooting in Pakistan

April 16, 2018 — ICC Note: ISIS has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s drive-by shooting of a church in Quetta, Pakistan. The attack left two Christians dead and five others wounded. This marks the third...

Survivor Recounts Details of Deadly ISIS Attack in Pakistan

April 9, 2018 — ICC Note: A survivor of last week’s deadly ISIS attack on a Christian family in Quetta, Pakistan recounted the details of the attack. On April 2, ISIS gunmen attacked and...

Christians in Pakistan Fear Future ISIS Attacks

April 9, 2018 — ICC Note: Christians in Pakistan fear future ISIS attacks on their community following the killing of a Christians family last week. ISIS militants took credit for the attack. In December...

ISIS Pamphlet Threatens “Christian Genocide” in Pakistan

April 6, 2018 — ICC Note: Earlier this week, four Christians in Quetta, Pakistan were shot and killed by ISIS militants while riding in an auto-rickshaw. A pamphlet left behind by the militants declares...

Pakistan’s Political Leaders Condemn Terrorist Attacks on Christians

April 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Pakistan’s political leaders have condemned the deadly terrorist attack on Christians in Quetta. Earlier this week, four Christians were ambushed and killed by ISIS militants while they were...

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Killing of Four Christians in Pakistan

April 4, 2018 — ICC Note: Four Christians in Quetta, a city located in southwestern Pakistan, were killed by ISIS militants over the Easter holiday. According to reports, the militants targeted the Christians as...

ISIS Militants Kill Four Pakistani Christians in Targeted Attack in Quetta

April 3, 2018 — ICC Note: ISIS has claimed responsibility for yesterday’s targeted attack on Christians in Quetta, Pakistan. According to reports, ISIS gunmen attacked a group of Christians riding in a rickshaw. Three...

Rebel Group Warns of Another Siege Like Marawi

February 21, 2018 — ICC Note: A Filipino Muslim rebel group warns that extremists could seize another city in the Philippines as they did with Marawi last year. The five-month siege of Marawi led by...

Bishop returns to his damaged Cathedral for the first time since Marawi siege

January 14, 2018 — ICC Note: Bishop Edwin de la Peña returned to his cathedral in Marawi city for the first time since May 23, 2017, when IS-linked militants attacked and burned his church...

There might be a repeat of Marawi siege in Philippines, says Defense Secretary

January 9, 2018 — ICC Note: In response to the Martial law in Mindanao declared and extended in 2017 because of clashes in Marawi City between the military and armed groups linked with the...