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RSS Celebrates in New York Amid Continuing Persecution in India
September 4, 2026 India, United States — The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India’s leading Hindu nationalist organization and ideological parent of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has taken its campaign to reshape its international image to...
Moroccan Christians Navigate Restrictions, Animosity
September 3, 2026 Morocco — Morocco has recently received an unusual degree of attention amid viral videos showing tens of thousands of people heading away from the country into a North African territory technically part...
Chinese Pastor Still Missing After Being Arrested in March
September 3, 2026 China — A 73-year-old Chinese pastor is still missing months after Chinese authorities arrested him at his home in March. Pastor Wang Sanyuan is the pastor of Chanchunli Church in Ji’nan, the...
Hindus Cut Water, Electricity Off for Christian Family in Chhattisgarh
September 2, 2026 India — A radical Hindu mob recently attacked a Christian family in Chhattisgarh after they refused to participate in a Hindu reconversion ceremony called Ghar Wapsi. The mob tore down the roof...
A Father’s Stand, A Son’s Suffering
September 2, 2026 Sudan — For many years, Pastor “Emmanuel” faithfully served the church in Khartoum, Sudan, as secretary of the pastors’ council. When the government, operating under Sharia influence, formed an organized body...
Plateau Governor Cracks Down on Unauthorized Islamic Police ‘Hisbah’ Operations in Jos
September 1, 2026 Nigeria — Plateau State Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has ordered security agencies to shut down unauthorized activities by a group reportedly operating as Hisbah, warning that anyone attempting to enforce Islamic rules,...
A Biblical Focus on Persecution
September 1, 2026 Morocco — By Greg Cochran, PhD, ICC Fellow Recently, International Christian Concern (ICC) released a report on religious liberty in Morocco. According to that report, three areas of persecution still restrict freedom...
Africa News
See All Africa NewsMoroccan Christians Navigate Restrictions, Animosity
September 3, 2026 ICC News — Morocco has recently received an unusual degree of attention amid viral videos showing tens of thousands of people heading away from the country into a North African territory technically part...
A Father’s Stand, A Son’s Suffering
September 2, 2026 ICC News — For many years, Pastor “Emmanuel” faithfully served the church in Khartoum, Sudan, as secretary of the pastors’ council. When the government, operating under Sharia influence, formed an organized body...
Plateau Governor Cracks Down on Unauthorized Islamic Police ‘Hisbah’ Operations in Jos
September 1, 2026 ICC News — Plateau State Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has ordered security agencies to shut down unauthorized activities by a group reportedly operating as Hisbah, warning that anyone attempting to enforce Islamic rules,...
A Biblical Focus on Persecution
September 1, 2026 ICC News — By Greg Cochran, PhD, ICC Fellow Recently, International Christian Concern (ICC) released a report on religious liberty in Morocco. According to that report, three areas of persecution still restrict freedom...
Middle East News
See All Middle East NewsCanada Grants Asylum to Iranian Christian Deported from US
August 31, 2026 ICC News — After being deported from the United States while seeking asylum, a Christian convert who fled persecution in Iran has a new home. Artemis Ghasemzadeh, 27, recently received asylum through Canada’s...
Baptist Pastor Released from Detention in Syria
August 14, 2026 ICC News — A Kurdish pastor has been released from a Syrian prison after being detained for two weeks without an official charge. Pastor Nihad Hassan was visiting family in Afrin, Syria, when...
Armenian Church Leader Faces Trial as Government Pressure Escalates
August 12, 2026 ICC News — The Armenian government’s confrontation with the Armenian Apostolic Church has reached an unprecedented point, with Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II appearing in court on criminal charges last week while...
Egypt’s High School Honors List Highlights Christian Marginalization
July 31, 2026 ICC News — Egypt’s Ministry of Education recently announced the country’s top-performing students in the 2025–2026 General Secondary Certificate examinations, but the list has drawn attention from Christian advocates after no Coptic Christians...
South Asia News
See All South Asia NewsRSS Celebrates in New York Amid Continuing Persecution in India
September 4, 2026 ICC News — The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India’s leading Hindu nationalist organization and ideological parent of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has taken its campaign to reshape its international image to...
Hindus Cut Water, Electricity Off for Christian Family in Chhattisgarh
September 2, 2026 ICC News — A radical Hindu mob recently attacked a Christian family in Chhattisgarh after they refused to participate in a Hindu reconversion ceremony called Ghar Wapsi. The mob tore down the roof...
Churches Affected by Nepal Floods
August 31, 2026 ICC News — As the death toll from Nepal’s floods exceeds 900 people and the number of missing sits at more than 4,400 people, narratives are starting to emerge about the lives that...
Concern Grows as Hindu Leaders Call for Nepal to Be Declared a Hindu Nation
August 27, 2026 ICC News — Christians in Nepal have expressed growing apprehension after a delegation of Hindu religious leaders met with the government and demanded that Nepal be declared a Hindu nation. These concerns...
Southeast Asia news
See All Southeast Asia NewsChinese Pastor Still Missing After Being Arrested in March
September 3, 2026 ICC News — A 73-year-old Chinese pastor is still missing months after Chinese authorities arrested him at his home in March. Pastor Wang Sanyuan is the pastor of Chanchunli Church in Ji’nan, the...
Baptist Pastor Martyred in Myanmar by Military Dictatorship
August 28, 2026 ICC News — The Burma Research Institute (BRI) has confirmed that Rev. William and another Chin Christian, Nam Ceu, were extrajudicially murdered on June 4 by the Burmese military dictatorship. Rev. William had pastored...
Pastor Sentenced to Prison in Indonesia
August 21, 2026 ICC News — The arrest and detention of Pastor Dedi Saputra in February 2026 have continued to spark prolonged public debate in Indonesia. Saputra is an Aceh native who converted to Christianity and...
Petition Launched to Bring Home Pastor Imprisoned in China
August 19, 2026 ICC News — ChinaAid, an international organization supporting persecuted Christians inside China, has launched a petition and advocacy campaign to bring Pastor John Cao back to his home in the U.S. Pastor John...
Religious freedom in the west
See All The West NewsRSS Celebrates in New York Amid Continuing Persecution in India
September 4, 2026 ICC News — The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India’s leading Hindu nationalist organization and ideological parent of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has taken its campaign to reshape its international image to...
Canada Grants Asylum to Iranian Christian Deported from US
August 31, 2026 ICC News — After being deported from the United States while seeking asylum, a Christian convert who fled persecution in Iran has a new home. Artemis Ghasemzadeh, 27, recently received asylum through Canada’s...
Gang Attacks Church, Kills Dozens in Haiti
August 28, 2026 ICC News — From Aug. 23 to 24, more than 50 people were kidnapped, and 47 people were killed in an attack in Haiti’s Kenscoff commune. Starting at 10:30 p.m. and lasting through...
UK Pastor Booked on Bizarre Charges
August 24, 2026 ICC News — Authorities charged a British Christian leader of Indian descent in Pune, Maharashtra, India, for allegedly attempting to illegally convert Hindus to Christianity under a law that has yet to come...
ICC Fellows
See All ICC Fellows NewsPerspective on Middle East Policy, Politics, and Persecution
April 1, 2026 ICC Fellows, ICC News — By ICC Fellow Dr. Greg Cochran What makes a home? Beyond the quality of neighborhoods and locations near good schools, houses currently for sale must compete for the attention of skilled buyers who are well-suited to scrutinize — buyers making...
Economic Persecution (Part 1 of 5)
March 9, 2026 ICC Fellows, ICC News — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow When persecution is discussed, it is usually framed in images of violence: burned churches, imprisoned pastors, mobs chanting in the streets. These images are real, and...
Update on Syria: A New Era or More of the Same for Syrian Christians?
September 19, 2025 ICC Fellows — By Linda Burkle, Ph.D., ICC Fellow Several years ago, while in Jordan, I had the privilege of participating in a feeding and grocery distribution program for Syrian refugees. We served...
Word Wrangling in the Sahel Region
May 8, 2025 ICC Fellows — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow One of the greatest half-truths ever unleashed on humanity was the pithy encouragement parents commonly passed down to their children: “Sticks and stones may...
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