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Series of Attacks Plagues Egypt’s Beleaguered Christians
Posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2018
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that, as the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha concluded, a series of four attacks struck Upper Egypt from August 22 to 25, 2018. In each of these incidents, security forces either delayed…
Judge Orders Return of Confiscated Church Property in Sudan
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2018
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Khartoum-based court has ordered the authorities to immediately surrender church property belonging to the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC). Authorities confiscated the property on February 11, 2018 when the church…
Authorities in Algeria Seal Shut Another Church Building
Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Church leaders didn’t get an explanation for why the seventh worship building to be closed in Algeria since November was sealed last week, but they suspect lack of registration was the pretext.
Indian Christians Suffer Fifteen Attacks in Fourteen Days
Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2018
International Christian Concern (ICC) has documented at least 15 separate anti-Christian incidents across India in the past 14 days. These incidents include physical assaults, a church demolition, forced conversions, false accusations of forced conversions, and social boycotts.

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Christian persecution includes any form of harassment, discrimination, legal restriction, or violence targeted at believers because of their faith in Jesus Christ. It ranges from social and economic pressure to imprisonment, torture, and martyrdom.

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