One Vatican, Two Models for Vietnam and ChinaSeptember 2, 2019 — 09/02/2019 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – The Church continues to grow despite religious persecution in Vietnam. A recent example can attest to this fact – On August 15, the solemnity...
Religious Harmony Exemplified at Christian Funeral Held at Mosque GroundSeptember 1, 2019 — 09/01/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Despite a rise of radicalism in Indonesia in recent years, there are still religious communities willing to show how religious harmony should be preserved...
Suhakam Urges the Government to Ratify UN Treaty on Enforced DisappearancesAugust 31, 2019 — 08/31/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – Last April, Suhakam (Human Rights Commission) had conducted an 18-month inquiry into the cases of two missing persons – Pastor Raymond Koh and activist...
Rise of Islamic Hiljah Movement Causes Religious IntoleranceAugust 30, 2019 — 08/30/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The most conservative interpretations of Islam are bringing profound changes to Indonesian society and economy, according to Asia News. Born-again believers are leading an...
Catholic Victims of Land Grabs in Vietnam Pray for Persecuted ChristiansAugust 29, 2019 — 08/29/2019 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – August 22 marks the world’s first International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief established last May by...
Suspects Linked to 2018 Surabaya Church Bombings ArrestedAugust 28, 2019 — 08/28/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – During an Aug. 26 media briefing, Indonesian police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo told reporters that they have arrested six terrorist suspects, two of whom have...
Police in Inhil Regency Disband Church During ServiceAugust 27, 2019 — 08/27/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On August 25, the Inhil District Civil Service Police Unit stopped the worship activities at the GPdI (Indonesian Pentecostal Church) Efata Church in Sari...
Malaysia Arrested 519 People As of July for TerrorismAugust 26, 2019 — 08/26/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – The Malaysian police have arrested 519 people suspected of having been involved in terrorism as of July, according to Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Without...
Death Threats Won’t Stop Church Workers from Fighting for JusticeAugust 25, 2019 — 08/25/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Like many other church workers in the central Philippine province of Negros, Zara Alvarez could potentially lost her life for standing alongside poor farmers....
Women from Southeast Asia Increasingly Involved in Suicide BombingsAugust 24, 2019 — 08/24/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – The involvement of women from the Southeast Asian region in suicide bombing has become more alarming, according to Bukit Aman's Special Branch Counter Terrorism...
Soldiers Continue to Guard a Catholic Church Under Terrorist ThreatAugust 23, 2019 — 08/23/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Despite a reduced risk of terrorist threat issued earlier against a Catholic shrine in the northern Philippines, security forces continue to guard the place...
Indonesian Muslim Scholar Calls the Cross “an Element of the Devil”August 20, 2019 — 08/20/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – A Muslim preacher in Indonesia, has sparked religious controversy since a video of him calling the Christian cross “an element of the devil” during...
Wall of Church in Central Java Torn Down by Unknown NeighborAugust 19, 2019 — 08/19/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The wall of Syaloom Church Bethel Indonesia (GBI) at Solo, Surakarta in central Java was found to have been torn down on Monday afternoon....
U.S. Baptist Leaders Urge Protection Over Kachin Pastors Who Testified at MinisterialAugust 18, 2019 — 08/18/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The two ethnic Kachin pastors who testified at last month’s State Department Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, might face arrest upon their return. For...
Interfaith College Group in Indonesia Seeks Permission to Fight RadicalismAugust 17, 2019 — 08/17/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – As radicalism continues to rise in Indonesia, an alliance of interfaith student groups at university level has called on the Indonesian government to issue...
Churches in Northern Philippines Ask Military Not to Visit ThemAugust 16, 2019 — 08/16/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Pastors in the northern Philippines have told the military to stop paying visit to their churches because it has caused "fear and distress" among...
