Egypt Postpones 2 Court CasesSeptember 18, 2020 — 09/18/2020 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Two court cases involving Egyptian Christians were again delayed. The decision comes from separate courts. The Minya Criminal Court postponed the session regarding the...
Christian Woman Appeals Attacker’s ClaimMay 20, 2020 — 05/20/2020 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – In early January, an Egyptian Muslim man attempted to kill a Coptic Christian woman named Katren with a cutting tool in Cairo. Mamdooh, the name...
Iranian Propaganda Touts Religious Diversity in IraqApril 13, 2020 — 04/13/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iranian propaganda is hard at work promoting the appointment of Iraq’s latest Prime Minister Mustafa al-Khadimi, including putting religious minorities in the middle of...
Egypt Ignores Justice for Christian PrisonersMarch 31, 2020 — 03/31/2020 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Egypt has responded to pressure about releasing unjustly held prisoners by freeing 15 prominent opposition activists, while thousands more linger in jail. Pressure to...
Christian Cemetery Attacks Increase in TurkeyMarch 17, 2020 — 03/17/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Independent Turkish news outlets report a growing trend of attacks on Christian cemeteries. Last month, twenty of 72 gravestones in the Ortaköy Christian Cemetery...
Christians Express Concerns Over Turkish StatementsMarch 14, 2020 — 03/14/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Order of St. Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, has expressed concern over recent statements made by Turkey’s President Erdogan and their potential...
Turkey Indicts Priest on Terrorism ChargesFebruary 12, 2020 — 02/12/2020 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A Syriac priest in Turkey’s southeast has been indicted by the authorities for joining a terrorist organization after he was accused of providing food...
Iraqi Archbishop Asks for Equal RightsFebruary 1, 2020 — 02/01/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Archbishop Bashar Warda of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church, based in Erbil, has reissued a plea for a unified Iraq that respects the rights of...
Armenians Protest Patriarchal Election ProcessDecember 6, 2019 — 12/06/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The roadmap established by the Armenian Christian community seeking to elect the successor of their recently deceased patriarch was supposed to have achieved an...
Tensions Remain High in NE SyriaNovember 23, 2019 — 11/23/2019 Syria (International Christian Concern) – The October invasion by Turkey into northeastern Syria continues to have significant repercussions for locals who belong to ethnic and religious minority groups. Turkish...
Coptic Christians Call Remembrance to 21 Libya MartyrsOctober 24, 2019 — 10/24/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – The shrine of the Martyrs of Faith and Homeland Church in Al Our, Egypt, dedicated to the 21 martyrs who died in 2015 at...
Muslim Brotherhood Threatens Church AttacksOctober 3, 2019 — 10/03/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – As Egypt undergoes a period of political protests, the Muslim Brotherhood has expressed a desire to gain an advantage and has issued several warnings...
Iraqi Church Defaced by ISIS RededicatedAugust 18, 2019 — 08/18/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – When ISIS invaded the Iraqi Christian city of Qeraqosh in 2014, they destroyed every symbol of Christianity that they found. The Church of Mar...
Iran Summons 5 Christians to PrisonJuly 11, 2019 — 07/11/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Five Iranian Christian converts were summoned to begin serving prison sentences starting July 5th. Their homes were originally raided in December 2017 as Christians...
Egypt Discriminates Against Copt Who Died for His CountryJune 20, 2019 — 06/20/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Two deadly checkpoint attacks by ISIS in Sinai’s al-Arish resulted in the deaths of eight security officers, one of whom was a Christian completing...
Egyptian State Interferes in Personal Status LawsMay 23, 2019 — 05/23/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – As an Islamic country, Egypt is technically governed by Sharia law. Christians are officially given some degree of independence for how their personal statuses...
