Boko Haram kidnaps six girls, two Christian school workers
The Islamic extremists in Nigeria, Boko Haram, have terrorized the region for years and again has kidnapped little girls. From the local report: Boko Haram logo photo/Arnold Platon via wikimedia commons A day before More...
14 Year old Pakistani Girl, Benish Imran kidnapped and forced into Marriage and Conversion to Islam
(International Christian Concern) –Benish Imran, a 14-year old Christian Pakistani girl was kidnapped, and forcibly married and converted to Islam. On July 2, 2019, Benish disappeared from home. When she was finally More...
Algeria: Christian man acquitted of blasphemy charges after wife made bogus claims to get Muslim divorce
(International Christian Concern) –An Algerian Christian farmer from a Muslim Background was acquitted of blasphemy charges on December 30th, according to Middle East Concern. This farmer became a Christian in More...
Iranian Sisters Make Bail Following Harsh Interrogation
(International Christian Concern) –Two Christian sisters arrested and assaulted during interrogation by Iranian authorities have reportedly been released on bail. They were arrested in early December in Ahvaz More...
Iranian Christian, Jamshid Derakhshan Released on Bail with Health Concerns
(International Christian Concern) –Jamshid Derakhshan, an Iranian Christian who was found in Rajaee Shahr Prison two weeks after his disappearance, has been temporarily released on bail. Jamshid had converted More...
Burkina Faso: Dr Ken Elliott has been an Al-Qaeda captive for 1000 days, was running a hospital
(International Christian Concern) –Dr. Ken Elliott has now spent more than 1000 days in the captivity of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb(AQIM). It was on 15 January, 2016 when Dr. Elliott and his wife, Jocelyn, More...
State Department, USCIRF condemn ISIL purge of Christians from Mosul, Iraq
UPDATE: Two years later and Iraqis are still reeling from the attacks by Islamic State militants. “Around half-a-million people fled when militants stormed Iraq’s second city in June 2014. Many were displaced More...
Christian converts denied asylum in Sweden, ADF fights against deportation
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Wednesday on the case of an Iranian who converted from Islam to Christianity and who was denied asylum by Sweden. The Grand Chamber of the court found inF.G. v. Sweden that More...
ISIS converts Mosul church into a mosque for jihadists
The Islamic State is converting one of the largest churches in Mosul into a mosque for their Sunni Muslim followers. This news comes just a year after the city fell to ISIS as notices of the conversion have been More...
