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.
A physically disabled Coptic man, was forced to convert to Islam through blackmail by Muslims. He was given two choices either to convert to Islam or the immediate settlement of a debt owed.
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.
Under the motto "You are the Homeland: Dream of what you want", the First Cairo Conference on Anti-Discrimination was held from 27-29 March 2009.
ARTICLE 19 and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemn the adoption of a resolution on “combating defamation of religions†by the 10th session of the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday 26 March
CAIRO: Customs officials on Tuesday arrested a Turkish man at Cairo airport after they found ancient Coptic Christian relics in his luggage, an airport official said.