ICC Press ReleasesFind a specific press releaseChurch Ransacked In Eastern AlgeriaFriday, February 3rd, 2012“We heard noises on the terrace, but we could not get out because the threat was real. They could kill us,” said Pastor Mourad, who was inside the building with his wife and children, according to a statement released by the EPA. Islamists Arrest A Muslim Father After His Sons Convert To ChristianityWednesday, January 25th, 2012Saudi Arabian Officials Assault, Strip Search Christian PrisonersTuesday, January 24th, 2012ICC Urges Saudi Arabia To Release The Prisoners Afghan Christian Widow and Daughters Stranded in India, Fear Persecution in HomelandFriday, January 20th, 2012A Christian widow and three of her daughters were denied refugee status by the UN in New Delhi, India for the second time last month despite fears that being deported to their homeland may mean imprisonment for apostasy. Religious Cleansing Happening In Nigeria?Wednesday, January 18th, 2012Muslim Brotherhood Leader to be Speaker of Egypt’s New ParliamentTuesday, January 17th, 2012Christians Fear Sharia will be Foundation of New Constitution Islamists Belittle Egypt Liberals by Targeting Christian Billionaire for BlasphemyFriday, January 13th, 2012The high-profile trial of a Coptic Christian billionaire will not convene tomorrow as previously announced in what appears to many Egyptian Christians and liberals to be an Islamist attempt to belittle Egypt’s championed secular leader. Nigerian Radical Muslims Kill Twenty Nine Christians In Two DaysFriday, January 6th, 2012Christians Bracing For More Attacks Radical Muslims’ Christmas Gift To Christians: Death And DestructionThursday, December 22nd, 2011From Nigeria to Pakistan, Security Officials Taking Measures to Protect Christians From Violence Saudi Arabia Arrests Ethiopian Christians For “Mixing With Opposite Sex”Wednesday, December 21st, 2011South Korean Church Leader: “Pray that the Sacrifice of Christians Over the Past 65 Years Will Finally Bear Fruit”Monday, December 19th, 2011Christians Face Uncertain Future After Death of North Korea’s Leader 42 Ethiopian Christians Arrested in Saudi ArabiaSaturday, December 17th, 2011Saudi security forces arrest 42 Ethiopian Christians at a prayer gathering in Jeddah Sen. Dick Durbin To Gut U.S Commission On International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)Thursday, December 15th, 2011Sen. Dick Durbin has released his call back on USCIRF only to add an amendment which would gut the commission of its most experienced commissioners. The timing of the amendment, just days before the extinction of USICRF and the winter congressional recess gives lawmakers little choice but to accept Durbin's amendment or accept the end of the commission. Ethiopian Police And Muslim Students Demolish ChurchThursday, December 8th, 2011Radical Islamists Dominate Egypt’s Parliamentary ElectionsTuesday, December 6th, 2011Christians' and Moderates' Greatest Fear Becoming Reality Algerians Unite to Vindicate Condemned ChristianThursday, November 24th, 2011In a positive turn of events, the long awaited trial of Algerian Christian Siagh Krimo was postponed last Thursday after a large gathering of Muslim and Christian supporters rallied for his acquittal. In the unusual show of public solidarity, the demonstrators’ message rang loud and clear – to unjustly condemn one Algerian is to violate the rights of all Algerians. Sen. Dick Durbin To Single Handedly Kill Off The U.S Commission On International Religious Freedom?Thursday, November 17th, 2011“The loss of the U.S Commission on International Freedom is a blow to the cause of religious freedom worldwide. At a time when reports of violent attacks against religious minorities occur almost daily, the United States can ill afford to silence one of the greatest voices speaking out against such intolerance. Nothing less than our international reputation as the champion of religious freedom and human rights is at stake, and the thought that a single senator may compromise that reputation is disturbing, to say the least.” Afghan Christians in Danger at Home and AbroadWednesday, November 16th, 2011Hundreds of Afghan Christians remain on the run from religious-based persecution that targets them at home and abroad. Support Mounting for Algerian Christian Sentenced to Five Year Prison TermTuesday, November 15th, 2011Siagh Krimo, an Algerian Christian who was arrested for proselytizing and is scheduled to stand trial on Thursday, is gaining significant recognition among Christians and human right activists in Algeria who are calling for his immediate acquittal. ICC Discovers Deliberate Targeting of Christians in Islamist Attack that Killed 150 in NigeriaThursday, November 10th, 2011"It was a direct attack against Christians. They asked: 'Are you a Christians or a Muslim?' If you said you were a Christian, they killed you." |
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