Christians Returning to Qeraqosh SlowlyJune 28, 2017 — ICC Note: Despite ISIS’ exit from Qeraqosh in October 2016, few families have returned home. A city with approximately 50,000 people living there pre-ISIS, now has about 180 families. A...
ISIS Expands Through Upper Egypt with Cluster CellsJune 27, 2017 — ICC Note: As ISIS loses ground in Sinai, it has changed tactics to target Upper Egypt. Upper Egypt is one of the poorest regions in Egypt with weak security. ISIS has...
Pastor Dawood Sees God Use the Refugee Crisis to Futher his KingdomJune 27, 2017 — ICC Note: It's difficult to see God's plan when there are so many injustices in the world, nevertheless God is at work. An Iraqi Exile turned pastor believes that the Refugee Crisis...
83 ISIS Members Pardoned in SyriaJune 26, 2017 — ICC Note: In Raqqa, Syria, a group of Kurdish and Arab allies established a civil council to administer Raqqa after ISIS has been driven out. The Kurdish and Arab allies...
Attack on Egyptian Church FoiledJune 26, 2017 — ICC Note: Egyptian police reported that they stopped an Alexandria church bombing on Saturday by arresting a cell of attackers. The cell included six members. Of those six, two were...
Egyptian Police Kill Seven Suspected of Attacks Against ChristiansJune 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Egyptian police found militants hiding in the desert that they claim were responsible for the terrorist attacks against Christians in the last several months. When the police tried...
Coptic Christians Disillusioned at Failure of Government to Protect EgyptiansJune 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Coptic Christians supported the 2013 coup that established Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as president of Egypt because he promised to protect the Christian minority and bring an end to...
Will we Allow Christians in Iraq to go Extinct?June 22, 2017 — ICC Note: ICC conducted a survey of 496 Christian IDPs in Northern Iraq about their intentions of returning home. 44% of Christian IDPS responded that they plan to return home...
Austria Recognizes ISIS Genocide Against ChristiansJune 22, 2017 — ICC Note: Austria is among one of the first nations to formally recognize ISIS atrocities against Christians as genocide. However, Austria has taken the next step by creating a plan...
ACLJ Remembers 250 Murdered Children in Appeal to UNHRCJune 21, 2017 — ICC Note: The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) recently appealed to the UN Human Rights Council through ACLJ’s affiliate, the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), on...
Watch Young Christian Boy Recount his Father’s Murder by ISISJune 21, 2017 — ICC Note: This video shows the interview of 10-year-old Mina Habib who watched ISIS militants execute his father because he refused to recant his faith. Adel Habib and his son...
Christians in Minya Abandoned by Government Rely Solely on GodJune 20, 2017 — ICC Note: It’s been a month since Islamic State terrorists attacked a bus on the way to a monastery killing Christian men, women and children, however the Christian community in...
Egyptian Policeman Killed in IED Attack in CairoJune 19, 2017 — ICC Note: The Hasm movement, a new group with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, took responsibility for an IED that killed an Egyptian policeman and injured others in Cairo on...
Christians Struggle to Build Churches in Minya Province, EgyptJune 19, 2017 — ICC Note: In Minya province, Coptic Christians struggle to build churches because of the dangerous building process. A permit is necessary and Christians must fight for years in order to...
Christians Feel Betrayed by their NeighborsJune 19, 2017 — ICC Note Christians returning to their homes in Iraq do so warily. As they see the destruction all around them they feel betrayed by their Sunni Muslim neighbors. However, the...
Christians Continue to Flee Iraq and SyriaJune 16, 2017 — ICC Note: According to a new report between 50-80% of Christians have fled Iraq and Syria. In Iraq it is believed that at least 100,000 Iraqi Christians have fled or...
