Algerian Christians to Face Trial Soon

March 17, 2021 — 03/17/2021 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Three Algerian Christians will have their appeals heard within the next month for their charges. They face blasphemy and proselytizing charges. Hamid Soudad was sentenced...

Child Sponsorship Highlight: Mental Health Education

March 16, 2021 —

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03/16/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – ICC’s Hope House program primarily seeks to provide education to Egypt’s poorest Christians in an effort to break...

Proposed Egypt Amendment Signals Decline for Women’s Rights

March 12, 2021 — 03/12/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – A proposed amendment to Egypt’s Personal Status Law has sparked an outcry among human rights and female advocacy organizations. Several groups claim the proposed amendments...

Algerian Christians Receive Prison Sentences In Absentia

March 11, 2021 — 03/11/2021 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Two Christians received two-year prison sentences and heavy fines for “proselytizing” in response to incidents that took place in 2008 and 2017. Pastor Rachid Seighir...

Child Sponsorship Highlight: Family Support of Education

March 9, 2021 —

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03/09/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – As Egypt begins to open up after yet another round of closures and COVID-19 precautions, Hope House is...

Child Sponsorship: Hope House Versus Persecution Mentality

March 2, 2021 —

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03/02/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Since Hope House launched in 2017, hundreds of Egyptian Christian children have benefited from its programming. One...

Child Sponsorship Highlight: The Toll of the Pandemic

February 23, 2021 —

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02/23/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) –2020 proved to be an immensely challenging year for Egypt’s Christians as 80% of Hope House families experienced an...

Coptic Man’s Attackers Charged with Murder

February 21, 2021 — 02/21/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Two Muslim brothers have been officially charged with murder after an attack in Alexandria in December 2020. The two Muslim brothers attacked three Christians at...

Algerian Churches Remain Closed Amidst Pandemic

February 18, 2021 — 02/18/2021 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – All mosques were reopened in Algeria starting February 15 with acceptable COVID-19 regulations in place. However, churches were excluded from the recent reopening measures. A...

Post-Revolution Laws Affecting Egypt’s Christians

February 13, 2021 — 02/13/2021 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Just over 10 years ago, Egypt’s January 25 revolution began. The months and years that would follow would bring significant change to the political landscape...

Coptic Christians Call Remembrance to 21 Libya Martyrs

October 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...

Egyptian Church Burned, Faces Potential Rebuild Barriers

October 18, 2019 — 10/18/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – On Wednesday, October 16, St. George Church in al-Mansoura of Dakahlia Governate, was partially burned, reportedly due to an electrical spark that ignited the...

Authorities Set to Close Two Algerian Churches

October 15, 2019 — 10/15/2019 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Algerian officials are set to close two additional churches in Tizi-Ouzou and Makouda. These closures bring the total number of churches shutdown to 11,...

Coptic Church Stands Tall in Rosetta Against Hostile Legalism

September 7, 2019 — 09/07/2019 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – In an incredible court ruling in 2016, a centuries-old church was spared the axe and hammer of demolition in the Alexandria Administrative Court under...

Despite Delay, Algerian Officials Seal Church Shut

September 4, 2019 — 09/04/2019 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – After Algerian Christians successfully prevented a church closure in Ighzer Amokrane on August 26, police discretely sealed the building shut early in the morning...

Mar Mina Church Attackers to Stand Trial

April 17, 2019 — 4/17/19 Egypt (International Christian Concern)- The Cairo Criminal Court has referred two defendants from the December 2017 Mar Mina church attack in Helwan for re-trial. Nine Christians and one Egyptian...