Nativity Scene Removed by Force in Saigon’s Loc Hung

December 11, 2019 — 12/11/2019 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – On Sunday, Vietnamese authorities clashed with citizens over a Christmas nativity scene displayed in a Catholic community in Ho Chi Minh City that has...

Communist Laos Makes Evangelism Difficult

December 10, 2019 — 12/10/2019 Laos (International Christian Concern) – The communist Lao government in 2016 passed a religion bill known as Decree 315, which aims to cripple efforts to spread the gospel, as...

Church Permit Cancellation Dispute Enters Yogyakarta Court

December 5, 2019 — 12/05/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Rev. Tigor Yunus Sitorus from the Immanuel Pentecostal Christian Church in Indonesia (GKPI) in Sedayu district, Bantul regency, sued the regent of Bantul to...

Church Charity Event in Southern Vietnam Halted by the Police

December 4, 2019 — 12/04/2019 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – An event organized by the Catholic Church for disabled South Vietnamese veterans in the southern province of Tien Giang, received unexpected guests this week...

Malaysian Home Affairs Minister: Islamic State Might Look for New Base

November 30, 2019 — 11/30/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – On Nov 27, Malaysian’s Home Affairs Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said that terror group Islamic State (IS) may be looking for a new base after...

Vietnamese Priest Banned from Attending Pope’s Mass in Japan

November 28, 2019 — 11/28/2019 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – A Catholic priest was recently blocked by the Vietnamese government from travelling to Japan to attend a mass by Pope Francis. On November 21,...

Hotel Canceled Christmas Celebration in West Sumatra

November 26, 2019 — 11/26/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The Church of Indonesia Bethel Church in Bukittinggi and suburb of Agam have been turned away by the manager of one of the Hotels...

Nearly 100,000 Displaced Due to Ongoing War in Rakhine State

November 23, 2019 — 11/23/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – According to aid volunteers providing humanitarian assistance in Rakhine state, there are approximately 100,000 people displaced by armed conflicts between the Burmese Army (tatmadaw)...

IS-linked Militants Gunned Down in the Philippines, One Responsible for Church Attack

October 31, 2019 — 10/31/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Last week, security forces in the Philippines killed seven suspected members of an Islamic State-inspired militant group during a clash in the southern Philippines,...

More Attacks Might Follow in Southeast Asia After IS Leader’s Death

October 30, 2019 — 10/30/2019 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) – Although Southeast Asian countries lauded the killing of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by the U.S., they are bracing themselves for...

Indonesia’s Christian Minority Region Resists Halal Tourism

October 19, 2019 — 10/19/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Lake Toba region of Sumatra in Indonesia is home to a large Christian minority, the Batak people. The Gospel was brought in by Lutheran...

Suicide Bomb Plots Foiled by Indonesian Police, Suspects Arrested

October 17, 2019 — 10/17/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday, Indonesian police said they uncovered alleged suicide attack plots targeting officials, security personnel, and places of worship on Java island by suspected...

Indonesian Christian Woman with Schizophrenia Tried for Blasphemy Law

October 16, 2019 — Woman with Shoes on Brought Dog into Mosque 10/16/2019 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian woman in Indonesia’s Bogor will be tried...

Missing Malaysian Pastor’s Wife Frustrated at How Investigation Goes

October 15, 2019 — 10/15/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – Missing Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh’s wife, Susanna Liew, stated her frustration at the government’s investigation on her husband’s case. She alleged that the police...

Islamic Radicals Want to Send Jihadis to Christian Majority West Papua

October 9, 2019 — 10/09/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The deteriorating situation in West Papua, as residents continue to protest against racism and call for a referendum on independence from Indonesia, gave some...

Malaysian MP Wants Sunni Islam as Official Religion

October 7, 2019 — 10/07/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – A lawmaker at Malaysia’s Pasir Mas suggests that the government should amend the Federal Constitution to make the Sunni denomination the only permissible school...