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Poll: regulates the construction of places of worship in Egypt.
Some Copts are seeking for a law that regulates the construction of places of worship in Egypt.
Press Releases
Coptic persecution’s press release - United Copts of Great Britain
On 6th January 2010, as they left the church after the Christmas Midnight Mass, six Copts were gunned down and killed in a drive-by shooting in Naga Hammadi, a town in southern Egypt.
Press Conference Regarding Muslim Converted in Cairo
- Regarding the case filed for Mohamed Bishoy Hegazy, an Egyptian Muslim converted to Christianity: ...
Egyptian foreign Office indicates some EMP are extremist right-wing Christians
The European Parliament member, Cristiana Muscardini, presented the following interrogation of the Egyptian government:...
Application into UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights
On behalf of Voice of the Copts, President Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah announces the following information regarding the Egyptian citizen, Mr. MOHAMMED BISHOY HEGAZY and FAMILY MEMBERS....
Request for an International Investigation
Regarding the bodies of the eight Copts who were recently massacred on the Coptic Christmas Eve and in view of the confidential information including published photographs just received, ...
Christmas Eve Massacre in Egypt
In regard to the massacre of eight Copts in Upper Egypt after the conclusion of the Coptic Christmas Mass and the ten others seriously injured in the shoot-out which was previously planned by the regime’s operatives, ...
Responsible for Equality And Liberty, Love is more powerful
Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) - Jeffrey Imm, 301-613-8789, usa@realcourage.org Human Rights Day News Conference...
Islamists Attack Pakistani Christian Family For Refusing to Convert
International Christian Concern has learned that on September 28, Islamists attacked the home of a Christian family for refusing to convert to Islam in Murree, a town near the Pakistan capital of Islamabad. ...
Pakistani Police Arrest Two Christians for Eating During Ramadan
Washington, D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 25, police in Pakistan arrested two Christians for eating during the Islamic fasting season of Ramadan in the city of Silanwali. ...
Hindu Extremists Attack Christian School, Beat Staff
Police Ignore Attack and Tell Christians to Stop Causing Trouble ...
Lao Soldiers Decapitate Two-Month-Old Girl
Infant used as target practice during military attacks that leave 26 civilians dead ...
Copts will Speak up at Washington
News Release: Contact: John Edward Hurley 703-855-1266 or Hurley30@hotmail.com or Ashraf Ramelah 516-852-7956 of VoiceOfTheCopts...
Young Christian Shopkeeper Beaten and Arrested for Blasphemy
Muslim Mob Gathers in Faisalabad and Demands His Death ...
Iran Continues the Illegal Detention of Christian Converts
Washington, D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Iranian authorities told Maryam Rustampoor and Marzieh Amirizadeh, converts from Islam to Christianity, to recant their Christian faith during a hearing before a revolutionary court in Tehran on August 9. ...
Up Date: Rally in Support of Egyptian Coptic Christians in Egypt
Direction to gathering locationCourtesy of R.E.A.L. Organization...
Christians Oppose Muslim Push for Sharia in Kenya
Washington, D.C.- International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Muslim leaders are calling for Sharia to be enshrined in Kenya's constitution. The move is opposed by Christian leaders who fear that it will lead to greater persecution, as it has in Sudan and Nigeria. ...
Pakistani's Government Begins Investigation, Death Toll Rises to 11
Christians Blame Violence on Blasphemy Laws, Government Blames Swat Valley Terrorists ...
Nigeria: Islamic Kill Three Pastors, Raze Twenty Churches
Washington, D.C. - International Christian Concern (ICC) has received additional details on attacks by Islamic extremists against Christians and churches in Maiduguri, Nigeria. ICC first reported this story on July 29 ("Islamic Extremists Kill Pastor, Raze Churches in Nigeria"). We have now learned that the Islamists killed 12 Christians, including three pastors, and razed twenty churches. ...
Muslim Mob Ravages Two Towns in Pakistan
International Christian Concern (ICC) is calling on Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari to defend religious freedom by taking swift measures to prosecute the Muslim mobs that attacked Christian neighborhoods near Faisalabad, Pakistan, burning over 100 homes and killing at least eight Christians in two related attacks occurring on July 31 and August 1. ...
Rally in Support of Egyptian Coptic Christians in Egypt
VOICE OF THE COPTS along with National American Coptic Assembly and American Coptic Union are to organize a peaceful demonstration, on the occasion of President Mubarak's visit to Washington DC, in front of the White House....
Islamic Extremists Kill Pastor, Raze Churches in Nigeria
Washington, D.C. (July 29, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Islamic extremists killed a pastor and razed five churches in the city of Maiduguri, Nigeria, on July 27. The extremists also attacked two churches in the Nigerian city of Potiskum. ...
Iraqi Security Forces are Building Trenches to Protect Christians
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Iraqi Security forces are building trenches to protect Christians from further attacks following recent church bombings that killed four people and wounded several others. ...
Christian Shot 8 Times for Refusing to Pay Protection Money
Washington - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian businessman was shot eight times in the legs while driving through Lahore, Pakistan on July 7 after refusing to pay protection money to a Muslim....
Praise Report: Thai Government Agrees to Protect Children
Dear Asharf Ramelah, We are so pleased to report that the Father has answered our prayers! We received word that the Thai government has assured our representatives that the children from our orphanage will not be forced to return to Burma and that the Thai army will stand to protect them against any attack from the Burmese army across the border....
Pakistanis Beat Co-worker after Discovering He is a Christian
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a young man from Pakistan was beaten by his co-workers after they learned that he was a Christian. ...
Muslims Accuse Mentally Challenged Girl of Blasphemy
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the General Secretary of a fundamentalist Muslim party in Pakistan accused a Christian girl of blasphemy, taking her to the police who interrogated her for 16 hours. ...
Muslims Halt Construction of Church Wall for Livestock
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that four radical Muslims are trying to stop Christians in Pakistan from building a boundary wall around the only church in their village because the Muslims use the church's land to stable their livestock. To make matters worse, the police are refusing to defend the rights of Christians to build on their own property....
Christian Murdered for Drinking Tea from a Muslim Cup
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that radical Muslims running a tea stall beat a Christian man to death for using a cup designated for Muslims on May 9. The young man, Ishtiaq Masih, had ordered tea at a roadside stall in Machharkay village, Punjab, Pakistan, after his bus stopped to allow passengers to relieve themselves. ...
Praise Report for ICC Supported Orphans in Burma
Dear Asharf Ramelah, Thank you for praying for the children who were attacked last week in our new orphanage in Burma. We are pleased to report that all 90 of our children have been safely accounted for! We're so grateful to the Father for his provision and protection and to you for praying for their safety. ...
Pakistani Church Shut for Ringing Its Bells
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that authorities for Pakistan Railway have confiscated a church building in Lahore after Muslim leaders complained about the church ringing its bells and using loudspeakers to call Christians to prayer....
Christian Man Raped and Murdered for Refusing Islam
Pakistani Caught in Compromising Situation Still Kept His Faith. International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a young Christian man from Pakistan was caught in a compromising situation with the daughter of a radical Muslim family but refused to convert to Islam despite her insistence and the threats of her three brothers. On May 15, the young man's father found his dead body near a canal in a rural Punjab village, after he had been missing for three days....
ICC Orphanage In Burma Attacked by Burmese Government Forces
Two IDP camps, 200 Children Affected ...
Three Christians Beaten in Two Days in Hyderabad, India
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a pastor and two Christians were attacked by Hindu radicals in two separate incidents near Hyderabad, one of India's most developed cities. ...
Pray for ICC Supported Orphans in Burma
Dear Asharf Ramelah, I just wanted to let you know that one of our worst fears has been realized. Our orphanage in Burma was attacked by the Burmese army last night. ...
Beaten by His Own Family for His Faith in Christ
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 27, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Pakistani man preparing to become a pastor was imprisoned for three months by his own family and continues to receive death threats on a regular basis for his decision to convert to Christianity. ...
Iranian Security Officers Arrest Five Christian Converts from Islam
Two Women Converts Still In Prison ...
Historic Church Ransacked in Northwest Pakistan
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a historic church in a secure area of northwest Pakistan was ransacked and vandalized the night of May 11. ...
Villagers Find Severed Head of Kidnapped Christian Farmer in Philippines
Al-Qaeda-linked radical group beheads elderly hostage in series of kidnappings ...
A Warm Welcome to US President’s Visit to Egypt
A Car Bomb Explodes in Front of the Virgin Mary Church in Cairo. Egypt’s Health Minister Determined to Call the Army to Kill Pigs and the Livelihood of Christian Copts Inciting Hatred and Violence on the Rise against Egypt’s Christian as False Fear of H1N1 Intensifies If this is Not Islamic Terrorism what would it be called?...
Witnesses for Nun's Rape Case Threatened, Refuse to Testify
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 9, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that five prosecution witnesses gave compromised testimony in the case of the nun who was raped during the August pogrom against Christians in Orissa's Kandhamal district because they had been threatened with "dire consequences." The witnesses testified on April 22 in a special court....
US Military Yields to Al Jazeera, Destroys Afghan Bibles
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the U.S. military leadership in Afghanistan has confiscated and destroyed several Bibles in Afghan languages which had been sent to an American soldier serving in Afghanistan....
US Panel Says Nigeria Among Worst Violators of Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 4, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the annual report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom designated Nigeria as a country of particular concern for "tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of freedom of religion."...
Christian Copts of California: Free Father Mattaos!
Coptic (Egyptian Christian) priest is unjustly tried and imprisoned in Egypt....
Christian Brothers Spend Two Months in Prison for Blasphemy
Released After Intervention by Police and Christian Lawyers...
Pakistan Court Orders Police to Arrest Rapist
Police Ignored Christian Father's Cries for Justice against His Daughter's Rapist ...
Muslim Employer Brings Justice to Christian Employee's Raped Daughter
Police Pressure Father to Drop Case ...
Call to Prayer for Sri Lanka Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 8, 2009) - Key organizations that work on religious liberty issues around the world made strong statements on the civil war in Sri Lanka and launched a global campaign calling for prayer for that nation....
Ask Your Congressman to Defend the Church in Turkey
Dear Asharf Ramelah The Turkish government claims to be a secular government where people are free to practice their faith legally. However, for years Turkey has refused to grant churches legal status. Churches that do operate in Turkey must register as "foundations," which come under strict supervision by the government. ...
Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Hisham Mubarak Law Center El-Nadim Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence Arabic Network for Human Rights Information Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression Rights Groups Urge Prosecutions for Assault on Baha'i Egyptians...
Iran Arrests Two Christian Women for Practicing Christianity
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 2, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on March 5, 2009 Iranian security forces detained two Christian women for practicing Christianity. Iranian officials allege that Marzieh Amairizadeh Esmaeilabad and Maryam Rustampoor are 'anti-government activists....
Muslim Mob Drags Christian Women through Streets
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 2, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Noor Husain, the father of a Muslim woman who eloped with a Christian man, led a mob of his neighbors and friends in an attack on his village's only church in Pakistan's Punjab province. After desecrating the church, the men forced their way into Christian homes, dragged out the women, and paraded them forcefully on the streets. ...
Petition to Free Uzbekistan Pastor
Dear Asharf Ramelah, ICC recently received a letter from a young girl in Uzbekistan. She wrote: ...
Film: How? And Until When?
We are not advocating violence, but we are opening our wounds in search for dressings....
The Copts: Is the Egyptian Regime Conscious of their Existence?
Perhaps the one following the policy of the Egyptian government in its dealings with the Copts, may have several mental reservations, the most important one is that the Copts have demands, they form a considerable segment of the Egyptian society, they are real Egyptian citizens and not intruders or strangers, and that they are not just one of the communities....
Libya Tortures Four Christian Converts from Islam
Other Christian converts on the run fearing for their lives. WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 9, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Libyan intelligence officials have detained and tortured four Christians for converting from Islam. The Christians have been imprisoned for the past seven weeks in Tripoli, Libya's capital. ...
Thieves Stone Christians, Killing Woman, for Going to Police
Group Wanted to "Teach a Lesson" to Christians after Robbed Man Reported Them...
13-year-old Girl Raped for Two Days, Then Released
Growing Trend of Muslim Men Imposing Islam on Christian Girls by Rape, Forced Marriage. WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 5, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Muslim man in Pakistan kidnapped, raped, and forced a 13-year-old Christian girl to convert to Islam after deciding he wanted to marry her. ...
ICC Calls for Investigation of Violence against Christians In Bauchi, Nigeria
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 5, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria gunned down Christians and set fire to their homes and churches during a three-day rampage in which 11 people were killed and 3500 were displaced. ...
An earnest plea to Father Youta and Mr. Hanz
Voice of the Copts, on behalf of all honest Copts, is asking you both to please reconsider your decision....
This is an insult to all of us
U S is planning to give $900 M. aid to Hamas to supposedly build Gaza Strip. Get mad and write President Obama, your Senators and Dept. of State, I just did. Read the attached letter which I sent to Dept. of State today. You could use the same letter, but change names, or take info. from it and use your own language. Please circulate this e-mail; we want to give the message to our politicians that charity starts at home. We can't afford to help the whole world particularly those fanatics who caused the misery to themselves. ...
Return of 14-year-old Copt Kidnapped to Convert to Islam by Two Mosque Imams
Kirollos Refat Ibrahim, 14-year-old Coptic boy, was returned after being kidnapped for nine months. He was forcible detained by two Imams (Muslim spiritual leaders) on the roof top of a mosque, in Manshiet Nasr, Cairo....
Serious development in the case of the two children, Andrew and Mario.
The Education Directorate in Alexandria, is forcing young Mario and Andrew to write their religion as Muslim in their secondary school exam application forms 2008/2009...Log in
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- Egyptian State Security Forces Demolishes Coptic Church's Services Building
- Muslim Burns a Young Copt Alive and Murders His Father Because of a Rumor!!!
- Repeated Scenario: Another Copt Murdered on Pretext of Harrassing Muslim Female!!!
- The International Society for Human Rights nominates Coptic Priest Metaos Wahba as "prisoner of the month of November 2008"
- Film: How? And Until When?
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