Pakistan Needs Greater Tolerance in Education SystemMarch 18, 2017 — ICC Note: The leader of Pakistan’s Minorities Teachers Association delivered a speech during the festival of Holi and contended that no one religion should take precedence in Pakistan’s education system....
Pakistan Asks Facebook to Help Remove ‘Blasphemous’ ContentMarch 17, 2017 — ICC Note: As Pakistan seeks to remove what it considers ‘blasphemous’ posts from social media, government officials are asking Facebook for help. Facebook is ‘carefully considering’ the request as such...
Two Attacks in Pakistan Leave 3 Military Soldiers DeadMarch 17, 2017 — ICC Note: Militants attacked a Pakistani military facility and then orchestrated another attack across the Afghan-Pakistan border. In total, three troops were killed. Such attacks may not target Christians, but...
Islam Projected to Overtake Christianity as World’s Largest Religion by 2070March 16, 2017 — ICC Note: By 2050, the Pew Research Center estimates that India will have the largest Muslim population in the world and by 2070, Islam will overtake Christianity to become the...
Activists Raise Awareness of Christian Persecution at UNHRCMarch 16, 2017 — ICC Note: Christian activists organized an event alongside the UN’s Human Right’s Commission’s 34th Session in Geneva. The intent is to force the international community to pressure Pakistan into altering...
Activists Raise Concern about Pakistan’s Treatment of ChristiansMarch 15, 2017 — ICC Note: Activists continue to voice concerns about the safety and treatment of Christians and other religious minorities in Pakistan. Social discrimination, physical assaults, and legal discrimination continually persecute Christians....
Pakistan to Conduct First Census in 20 YearsMarch 15, 2017 — ICC Note: Pakistan is preparing to conduct its first census in almost 20 years. The census is necessary to determine seat allocation in Pakistan’s parliament. There will be intense security,...
ICC Remembers 2nd Anniversary of Youhanabad Church BombingsMarch 15, 2017 — 3/15/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Two years ago, suicide bombers killed dozens of Christians and four Muslims in an attack on two Christian churches in Youhanabad, a primarily...
Chhattisgarh’s Christians Face Challenges on Multiple FrontsMarch 15, 2017 — ICC’s India Representative 03/15/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “It is very painful that we had to shut down the church that we have been running for more than...
Church Leaders Join in Land Dispute in IndiaMarch 14, 2017 — ICC Note: Church leaders in India have become involved in a dispute between the government and indigenous groups. Government officials want to use re-zone tribal land for non-agricultural uses but...
Pakistan Censors Social MediaMarch 14, 2017 — ICC Note: Yesterday, Pakistan was only considering censoring social media. Today, Pakistan’s Prime Minister ordered all content that is considered blasphemous to Islam be removed from social media. In addition...
Pakistan Changing Christian Marriage Laws to Better Protect MinoritiesMarch 13, 2017 — ICC Note: In Pakistan, Christian marriage is governed by legislation dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. The rules governing divorce, for example, often forced men to convert...
Pakistan Considering Banning Social Media to Combat BlasphemyMarch 13, 2017 — ICC Note: Recently, numerous accusations have been leveled against Christians and others about blasphemy on social media. Pakistan may choose to combat what they consider blasphemy by banning social media...
Nabeel Masih’s Family Forced to Flee for Safety after Mob Threatens to Kill ThemOctober 19, 2016 — ICC Note: ICC recently reported on 16-year-old Pakistani Nabeel Masih who was accused of blasphemy. After mobs threatened his life, in addition to his lawyers and family’s lives, his family...
