U.S. Evangelist in Turkey Detained, Ordered To Be DeportedApril 14, 2016 — ICC Note: David Byle, an American evangelical living in Istanbul, Turkey has been held by authorities for 30 days without charge ahead of deportation. Byle’s application for residency in the...
Egyptian Christian Declared Innocent After Spending Three Years in PrisonApril 13, 2016 — ICC Note: Bishoy Kameel Garas has finally been released after serving half of a six year jail sentence in Egypt. The Christian man was convicted despite having posted warning on...
Leading Muslim Cleric on Persecuted Coptic Christians: They are “Criminal, Aggressive, and Oppressive”April 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Egypt’s premier Salafi, or muslim fundamentalist, has been videotaped inciting violence and hate crimes against Egypt’s minority christian population. Referring to the coptic community as brothers in a...
Turkey Seizes Six Churches As State Property In Volatile SoutheastApril 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Turkey’s war-torn southeastern christian communities take a devastating blow from the Turkish government as their churches have been expropriated into government property. In an Islamic country of over...
Palestinian Christians bitter over destruction of church ruins in GazaApril 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Christians in Gaza City are outraged about the handling of ancient ruins of a Byzantine Church uncovered earlier this week. Construction workers unearthed the site last Wednesday in...
Syria war: IS group killed 21 Christians in al-Qaryatain, says patriarchApril 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Reports have emerged from the recently liberated town of al-Qaryatain showing that some 21 Christians have been murdered. al-Qaryatain was captured by IS last August, trapping approximately 300...
