ICC fellows are experts, professionals, academics, gifted writers, and Christian leaders who research, discuss, and advance topics relating to persecution, international religious freedom, and human rights.
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Linda Burkle, PhD With so many catastrophic events occurring throughout the world, it is not surprising that many ongoing humanitarian crises continue without much attention. Currently,...
Lisa Navarrette, MS In 1927, Yitzhak Lamdan penned the famous poem “Masada: A Historical Epic.” The poem was his emotional response to his struggles as a Jew. The poem became an...
Lisa Navarrette, MS "For the first time since the heyday of the antebellum South, cotton slavery is once again polluting the local economy on an industrial scale," said Nury...
By Lisa Navarrette The Philippines is comprised of over 7,000 islands, making governance a challenge. The Filipino people hail from hundreds of different tribes, each with unique...
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...
Again, in 2022, ICC tracked incidents of persecution in China and compiled them in this report. Picking up where the 2021 report left off—at the beginning of July 2021 — this report summarizes ICC's reporting on the topic in the last...
By: Lisa Navarrette, M.S. The Cyrus Cylinder was dedicated to the City of Babylon in 539 B.C. by its new king, Cyrus of Anshan (Persia).[1] The cylinder is made of clay and is nine...
Lisa Navarrette, MS What is an inalienable right? An inalienable right is a right that cannot be taken away, not by man nor by the government. It is an inherent, natural right bestowed...
Lisa Navarrette, MS The United States provides more international foreign aid than any other country in the world. In 2021, at least forty-one billion dollars of aid were distributed to...
Lisa Navarrette MS Peace and harmony are fundamental values of every major world religion. So why is there so much hate and violence towards people of other faiths? The answer can be...
By Linda Burkle, PhD Throughout my professional career, I have had the privilege and challenge of directly working with victims of human trafficking as well as administering programs to...
Afghanistan is in the midst of what the UN has called the worst humanitarian crisis in history. Even as over 30 million Afghans face acute or emergency-level food insecurity, the Taliban is going door to door enforcing its fundamentalist interpretation of Sharia law...
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