Some Christians In Egypt Looking To Establish Own Political Party
Posted Sunday, February 5, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
01/31/2012 Egypt (Bikyamaser) – A number of Coptic Christian activists said on Tuesday that they agreed on the need for the establishment of an independent political Coptic Council away from the influence of the Coptic Church, pointing to the continued policy of marginalization of the Coptic community in Egypt, especially after the revolution, and described [...]
Send Pastor Umar Mulinde a Letter of Encouragement
Posted Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
Remember Ugandan Pastor Umar Mulinde (below) who was assaulted with acid for reaching Muslims with the Gospel? We thought it would be great if our community of supporters wrote him letters of encouragement to spur him on during this time of recovery. Anyone who’s interested send us an email at icc@persecution.org with the subject line [...]
Time To End North Korea “Genocide”
Posted Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
02/02/2012 North Korea (The Diplomat) – The evidence is clear – mass killing is underway in North Korea, argues Robert Park. The international community can no longer stand idly by. Has North Korea violated the international norm known as the Responsibility to Protect to the point that intervention is warranted? I would argue the answer [...]
2011 Annual Report Of Chinese Government Persecution Of Christians And Churches In Mainland China Released
Posted Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
02/01/2012 China (ChinaAid) – Government persecution of Christians and churches in China worsened significantly in 2011. In comparing the total number of persecution cases, the number of people persecuted, the number detained, the number sentenced, the number of abuse cases and the number of people abused with the same figures for 2010, the total of [...]
Christianity In The Middle East Must Be Safeguarded
Posted Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
01/25/2012 Middle East (The Algemeiner) – It’s time for journalists, human rights activists and church leaders in the U.S. to confront the prospect of Christianity’s destruction in the region of its birth. That’s the message that came out of a one-day conference that took place in Framingham, Massachusetts on Jan. 21, 2012. The conference, titled [...]
Egypt’s Christian Fear Hard Times Under Islamist Party
Posted Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
02/01/2012 Egypt (CBC) – Coptic Christians make up 11 to 15 per cent of Egypt’s population and are the largest Christian community in the Middle East. The Zabbaleen, known in Arabic as ‘the garbage collectors,’ are one of the largest single concentrations of Coptics in the country. For decades, the Zabbaleen have served as the [...]
US Condemns Bomb Attacks By Sudan In Which Bible School Buildings Were Destroyed
Posted Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
U.S. Accuses Sudan Of Bombing Civilians ICC Note The Islamist government of Sudan bombed civilians and a Bible school in a recent bomb raid. Two Bible college buildings were destroyed as the result of the bombings. 02/03/2012 Sudan (CNN)-The United States accused Sudan of targeting civilians in recent airstrikes, including one that destroyed a Bible school [...]
UK Christian Group Ordered To Remove Ads Claiming It Can Heal People
Posted Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
UK Christian Group Ordered To Remove Ads Claiming It Can Heal People ICC Note UK’s advertising watchdog (ASA) told the Christian group not to advertise about prayers healing the sick. The Christian group has appealed the decision of the watchdog. 02/02/2012 UK (Fox News)-Britain’s advertising watchdog is forcing a Christian group to remove claims from its [...]
Church Ransacked In Eastern Algeria
Posted Friday, February 3, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
Washington, D.C. (February 3, 2012) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that armed men raided a church in Ouargla, Algeria on Wednesday tearing down the gate to the church’s compound and damaging the iron crucifix on the church’s roof. The Protestant Church of Ouargla in eastern Algeria was vandalized by an unknown number of [...]
Thousands Join Brooklyn Bridge March To Protest Ban On Churches Renting Schools
Posted Friday, February 3, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
Lift up New York City churches in your prayers. The city recently passed a bill that will ban churches from renting out school buildings to hold their weekly services. 68 churches are forced to relocate in a city where rent is high and space is limited. Church leaders and elected officials marched across the Brooklyn [...]