Algerian Christian Sentenced and Fined For “Shaking The Muslim Faith”

July 21, 2021 — 07/21/2021 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – An Algerian Christian was accused of accepting unauthorized donations to spread Christianity and was sentenced to six months in prison and fined 100,000 dinars (US$740)....

Child Sponsorship Highlight: Levels of Persecution

July 20, 2021 —

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07/20/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Daily tasks that many Westerners take for granted, like hygiene maintenance, take conscious effort for people like...

Coptic Activist’s Detention Renewed After 20 Months In Solitary Confinement

July 15, 2021 — 07/15/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Following solitary imprisonment for nearly 20 months, Ramy Kamel had his detention extended yet again for 45 days. Kamel, originally arrested on November 23rd, 2019,...

Child Sponsorship Highlight: Girl’s Education

July 13, 2021 —

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07/13/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – When Weza first joined Hope House over two years ago, her life looked drastically different. The Egyptian...

Security Officials To Be Placed In Every Egyptian Village

July 11, 2021 — 07/11/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced in a tweet that a military officer would be assigned to “each and every village” across the country, as...

Libyan Church Faces Eviction After 51 Years

July 9, 2021 — 07/09/2021 Libya (International Christian Concern) – After years of back and forth on their worship facilities, Union Church in Tripoli is facing eviction from their building as early as August 27...

Historic Church Building Returned to EPA After a Decade

June 4, 2021 — 06/04/2021 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – A church building in Mostaganem was returned to the Église Protestante d’Algérie (EPA), or Protestant Churches of Algeria, after nearly a decade of court...

New Information Emerges From 2 Christian Murders

May 2, 2021 — 05/02/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Two recent events as reported by ICC have shown the continued persecution and potential violence that Christians in Egypt face. Now, new information on the...

Algerian Christians Proselytizing Appeal Delayed

April 28, 2021 — 04/28/2021 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Algerian Christians Pastor Rachid Seighir and his bookshop assistant Nouh Hamami had their court hearing back one month and will now appeal their two-year prison...

Egyptian Village Tensions Led to Multi-Family Fight

April 20, 2021 — 04/20/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – On April 11, a fight between three families over land resulted in the death of one Coptic man. In Madmer Village of Sohag province, two...

Algeria Protests Continue Over Lack of Rights

April 13, 2021 — 04/13/2021 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Algeria’s protest movement, known as Hirak, has been reignited after a year of pandemic restrictions and oppressive legislation. The 2019 protests circulated around then-President...

Algerian Blasphemy Charges Continue

April 12, 2021 — 04/12/2021 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Algerian Christian Slimane Bouhafs served nearly two years in prison on blasphemy charges before seeking asylum in Tunisia. Now, he is seeking refuge yet again...

North African Laws Leave Christians Vulnerable

March 27, 2021 — 03/27/2021 North Africa (International Christian Concern) – Ten years after the Arab Spring, minorities in North African countries continue to experience religious persecution and oppression. According to independent research by...

Algerian Christian Prison Sentence Upheld

March 26, 2021 — 03/26/2021 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Algerian Christian Hamid Soudad had his five-year prison sentence upheld during his appeal case on March 22. Courts convicted him of sharing a cartoon of...

Coptic Girl Harassed and Attacked

March 25, 2021 — 03/25/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – On March 13 19-year-old Coptic Marian Rafat was attacked while leaving church in Al Fashn center, Beni Suef Province. A man named Gamal Nasser approached...

Christian Ruins in Egypt Pre-Date Muslim Presence

March 21, 2021 — 03/21/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Archeological digs unearthed the ruins of a Christian monastery dating back to the fifth century according to a statement from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and...