Kuwaiti Christians File Lawsuit Against Hardline ClericJune 18, 2019 — 06/18/2019 Kuwait (International Christian Concern) – Kuwaiti Christians have filed a lawsuit against Islamic cleric Othman al-Khamis for “stoking sectarian tension” after the Sheikh gave yet another sermon stoking violence...
Kuwaiti Cleric Urges Violence Towards ChristiansJanuary 31, 2019 — 01/31/2019 Kuwait (International Christian Concern) – Kuwaiti Islamic cleric Othman al-Khamis has issued yet another statement in his weekly fatwa session encouraging his followers to kill apostates. He argues that apostates...
Building Up Peshawar’s Next GenerationSeptember 18, 2023 — This story is updated and republished from July 2021 Persecution magazine. 09/18/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On September 22, 2013, the congregation of All Saints Church, located in...
A New Life in an Unfamiliar LandAugust 31, 2023 — 08/31/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – When we last spoke with Sukru toward the end of 2021, he and his family of three were living on a U.S. military base,...
China Brokers Deal Restoring Diplomatic Relations Between Iran, Saudi ArabiaMarch 22, 2023 — United States (International Christian Concern) – China recently brokered a diplomatic agreement to normalize relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, two historic rivals. The deal marks a significant shift in...
Blasphemy Laws: A Global PerspectiveNovember 8, 2022 — By Linda Burkle, PhD Blasphemy laws “ban speech or actions considered to be ‘contemptuous of God or of people or objects considered sacred.”[1] Many such laws are vague and applied...
Lost Home, Newfound Freedom in the USJanuary 10, 2022 — 01/10/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Sukru held his two-year-old son in the crowded soldiers’ barracks in an unfamiliar land, grateful to God that his family’s long and arduous...
Afghanistan in CrisisAugust 25, 2021 — By Linda Burkle, PhD Prior to his departure from office, President Trump announced the withdrawal of most U.S. troops by September 11, 2021, ending a twenty-year presence in Afghanistan. Once...
Building Up Peshawar’s Next GenerationJuly 22, 2021 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By William Stark" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1623944790213{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="125249" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 07/22/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On September 22, 2013, the congregation of All Saints Church,...
The Abraham Accords and Religious Freedom in the Middle East’s Gulf RegionMarch 26, 2021 — 03/26/2021 Israel (International Christian Concern) - As more Middle Eastern countries formalize relations with Israel, many human rights advocates claim that the effects of these events on religious minorities in...
