Apr 10, 2025 | News & Stories
Today was the day. As she followed the preschool director back to the bathroom, Kirana* was already anticipating all the ways her life was about to change. Kirana had been bringing her daughter to the neighborhood preschool for several months. She noticed something...
Apr 2, 2025 | News & Stories
Christianity is one of six accepted religions in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim majority country. Christians are just 11% of the population. With 280 million people across three time zones, experiences vary widely. Some areas, like Java, have large, open...
Mar 25, 2025 | News & Stories
We are two friends from the Gaza Strip. We live and were born in Gaza; we were both born to Muslim families. On October 7, 2023, the terrorist attack on the citizens of the Israeli people happened and after that the war on Gaza began. When the terrorist attack on...
Mar 21, 2025 | News & Stories
Abdullah was once a Muslim extremist. He belonged to a group of terrorists who fought against the authorities and anyone who opposed their ideology. His life was characterized by violence and unwavering allegiance to his cause—until everything changed. Arrested and...
Mar 15, 2025 | News & Stories
How you can pray: Pray for Christians who are in prison for their faith. Pray for protection for pastors and evangelists caring for believers and sharing the gospel. Pray that God uses the skills and understandings of ICR partners to help traumatized people. Pray for...
Mar 12, 2025 | News & Stories
Sometimes a scent will bring Marc right back to his prison cell. A whiff in the market, a waft down an alley as he passes. And each time, something inside him freezes. He never wants to go to prison again. When Marc first became a Christian in North Africa, he tried...
Mar 7, 2025 | News & Stories
Salah was a devout Muslim and an imam in North Africa. As a cleric, his role included leading prayers and calling the faithful to worship from the mosque loudspeaker five times a day. With his beautiful voice and deep devotion, Salah was well-respected in his...
Mar 5, 2025 | News & Stories
The countries that make up North Africa – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt – have a lot in common. They are Muslim majority and Arabic-speaking, though the dialects are different. In every place, converts who leave Islam suffer terrible social pressure. The...
Feb 20, 2025 | News & Stories
This is Aasiya* and Shae.* Aasiya’s husband, Sohail, is a mechanic. One day, a man came to his shop to pick up his motorbike, which Sohail had repaired. When Sohail told the customer how much he owed for the work, the man became angry. He said, “I will not pay you. I...
Feb 13, 2025 | News & Stories
Pray for persecuted Christians to persevere. Pray that Pakistan does not implement Shariah (Islamic) law. Pray for people from higher social classes to come to faith. Pray that God meets radical Muslims in a supernatural way. Pray that God will give secret believers...
Feb 10, 2025 | News & Stories
“When I was born, I was a slave.” Jal Masih was born into Pakistan’s modern-day slavery. (“Masih” means “messiah” and is the surname adopted by many Christians in Pakistan.) Jal’s grandfather became enslaved to a brick kiln owner, and his son and grandson inherited a...
Feb 5, 2025 | News & Stories
Pakistan is the fifth-largest country by population in the world. It’s not illegal to be a Christian, but they are only about 1% of the population. Most Pakistanis are Muslim (about 97%). Pakistan’s historic Christian population dates to 1947, when Pakistan and India...