Christians tackle post-9/11 tensions

ICC Note:

Attacks against Christians increased in Pakistan after 9/11 and again after Osama bin Laden was killed. Despite this, some Christian leaders believe the situation is improving. We at ICC are not so sure.

5/14/2012 Pakistan (UCAN)- Anti-Christian sentiment has risen with anti-Americanism but progress is being made, [...]

Egypt’s Coptic Christians to Shun Islamists In Next Week’s Presidential Vote

ICC Note:

Not exactly a NEWS FLASH piece but a reminder to pray for the upcoming election. While the inability to build Coptic churches is definitely a concern, this piece failed to touch on other Coptic concerns about Islamists like the abduction [...]

This article is a summary of Muslim attacks against Christians in April 2012. It is categorized by country and full of stories like this:  ”500 Muslims had gathered and were watching in amusement as the extremists chased and harassed the Christians, attempting to murder them all, for about 90 minutes.”

5/18/2012 Worldwide (Gatestone)- [...]

Controversial Church-Building Law a Focal Point for Egypt’s Coptic Voters

ICC Note:

More on the upcoming watershed Egyptian Election. 

5/18/2012 Egypt (Christian Post)-Egypt’s Coptic Christians fear they could face further persecution should an Islamist candidate win next week’s presidential elections, as frontrunners vying for leadership stem from the Sharia-leaning Muslim Brotherhood. One of [...]

05/14/2012 China (Foreign Policy) – Like most Chinese, I was educated as an atheist. All textbooks, philosophy classes, and conferences taught us that the Christian faith is an “opiate of the people’s spirit” that Westerners use to numb and neutralize the creativity of the Chinese mind.

But as a student of English [...]