Christian woman who fled Islamic persecution overturns asylum decision
A Christian woman who fled Islamic persecution to seek asylum in the UK has won the legal right to remain in the country despite resistance from Islamic elements in the Home Office and evidence of ‘tampering’ with her application. ‘Maria’ who cannot be named or identified for security reasons, says she and her family essentially ...
28 May 2025 ArticlesChristian woman who fled Islamic persecution overturns asylum decision despite Home Office ‘bias’
A Christian woman who fled Islamic persecution to seek asylum in the UK has won the legal right to remain in the country despite resistance from Islamic elements in the Home Office and evidence of ‘tampering’ with her application.
28 May 2025 Press Office
Persecution and standing firm in tough times
2-4 May will see intercessors from the UK, Africa, and North America gather together for a weekend retreat conference at The Preacher Retreat. On Saturday 3 May at 12:00, Pastor Ade Omooba will be speaking on standing firm in the face of persecution. For more information about registration, you can email hmenko@aol.com.
3 May 2025 Events
Songs of Hope and Glory for the Church in Times of Persecution
On the evening of Saturday 28 September, Stanmore Baptist Church are hosting a creative arts event to be encouraged and challenged by the New Testament letters of 1 and 2 Peter. There will be 12 Scripture songs based on the biblical text with video teaching on Peter and Persecution from David Pawson. Alireza Ghazi-Torbati (Christian ...
28 September 2024 Events
‘My story of persecution is sadly just one among many in the UK’
Rev. Dr Bernard Randall spoke at a recent online conference hosted by the Observatory of Intolerance Against Christians in Europe (OIDAC). Their most recent report has revealed that the UK is one of the most intolerant European countries towards Christians. Bernard’s story is sadly one of many similar cases of intolerance towards Christians in the ...
9 December 2021 Articles
Christian convert faces deportation to Iranian persecution
An Iranian Christian, whose bid for asylum has already been twice rejected, is facing the prospect of imprisonment, torture and separation from his English wife and child if the Home Office rejects his application again. Reza Karkah, 38, now lives in Bradford with his wife Leigh and four-year-old daughter Bonnie. Having re-launched his bid for ...
17 February 2020 Articles
Contact Foreign Office about Christian persecution
An independent review of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) support for persecuted Christians has revealed that the FCO has been discriminating against Christians. Read our article for an explanation of this conclusion. Take action: Please ask the FCO to respond to the review by increasing its support for persecuted Christians. You can contact the ...
19 July 2019 Articles
Are Christian nations really about special privileges for Christians?
For all of our existence, Christian Concern has been clear that Jesus Christ is the hope for our nation. Paul Huxley reflects on our Lent campaign and the hope of what a Christian nation might offer a society. It’s been a delight through Lent to be involved in our Hope for our Nation series, praying ...
2 April 2026 Articles
Felix Ngole
Felix missed out on his dream social work job because of his views on marriage despite his Court of Appeal free speech win.
16 February 2026 Cases
Global Call to Courage: Reflections from our International Symposium
Niel Deepnarain comments on our international symposium that we hosted at our offices this week In a time when the gospel faces mounting pressure across continents, our international symposium became a sanctuary of truth, unity and vision. We had the profound honour of hosting international delegates from Nepal, India, Barbados, St Vincent, Grenada, Jamaica, Colombia, ...
12 September 2025 Articles
Sacked chaplain: ‘I am too Christian for my church’
At this week’s Make the UK Holy Again conference, Rev. Dr Bernard Randall shared with hundreds of Koreans from the UK and around the world the story of how his life was turned upside down for defending pupils’ freedom to believe the Biblical view of marriage. You can watch his speech and read the full ...
6 August 2025 Articles
“Free speech is not harmful” – Bernard Randall
Rev. Dr Bernard Randall was sacked for a sermon in which he said it was ok for children to debate and disagree with gender identity teaching. Bernard, who the Christian Legal Centre is supporting, was dismissed as chaplain at Trent College in Derbyshire and then referred to Prevent and the DBS, both of which cleared ...
1 August 2025 Articles
Is Islam influencing the Home Office’s immigration decisions?
Mike Phillips from the Christian Legal Centre was on the Daily Sceptic discussing the extraordinary case of ‘Maria’, a Christian woman who encountered much difficulty seeking asylum in the UK due to Islamic influence in the Home Office. Maria, who fled Islamic persecution to seek asylum in the UK, has won the legal right to ...
25 July 2025 Articles
Convicted for burning a Qur’an – offending Islam is now an offence
Our Head of Policy, Tim Dieppe, discusses the case of Hamit Coskun, and the worrying implications it has for the ability to freely criticise Islam in the UK. Burning a book is not an offence in Britain. Or is it? It depends which book. If you burn a copy of the Qur’an in public then ...
3 June 2025 ArticlesThe State of the Nation
Sean Redfearn from our Communications team will be speaking at Holy Trinity Church in Exmouth on Wednesday 21 May at 7pm. Holy Trinity are showing the new Bonhoeffer film, and Sean is going to follow up by speaking about the state of our nation now and what to expect in the future, what to pray, ...
21 May 2025 Events
Report launch: the case against buffer zones
Join us on Monday 30 June in London for the launch of a new independent report on The Case Against Abortion Buffer Zones. The report, commissioned by Christian Concern and the Christian Legal Centre and authored by Dr Martin Parsons, offers an in-depth legal, ethical, and human rights analysis of this growing area of UK ...
30 June 2025 Events
Report from ‘The Challenge of Islam’ book launch
Holly Baines reports on the successful book launch event for Tim Dieppe’s newly released book The Challenge of Islam. She writes about the state of Islam in the UK, and shares how attendees were encouraged to be bold in their faith, bold in their opposition to Islam, and bold in their love for Muslims. Yesterday, ...
7 February 2025 Articles
Ex-gay-turned-Christian says ‘conversion therapy’ ban is an attack on the gospel
Sean Redfearn talks to Jack Sterling, who surrendered his life to Jesus Christ after a previous life of homosexuality, and is also opposed to a ‘conversion therapy’ ban Several governments have promised to take action to stop ‘conversion therapy’. They claim that any support given to people to help shape their sexual desires is not ...
17 January 2025 Articles
Is the UK ignoring the fate of Syrian Christians under Islamic rule?
Dr Martin Parsons examines the implications the jihadist takeover of Syria will have for Syrian Christians and analyses how the UK government should think about these Christians’ fate before removing the terrorist designation from HTS The British ambassador reported that “the greatest revolution that we know anything of has been effected…with the loss of very ...
20 December 2024 Articles
Highlights from the Parliamentary debate on Assisted Suicide
Carys Moseley reflects on the ‘Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill’ debate which had its second reading in parliament on Friday 29 November The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed its second reading last Friday, and now goes on to the Committee Stage. MPs voted for it by a majority of 55, ...
5 December 2024 Articles
The false gospel of assisted suicide
Communications Officer Ben John explores the deep links between our culture’s obsession with autonomy and the ideology of assisted suicide We need to wake up to the danger that assisted suicide is to our society. It is far deeper than the surface level arguments that are often presented. As we face the very real possibility ...
31 October 2024 Articles
Antisemitism in Islam part five: is it still a problem?
Head of Public Policy Tim Dieppe concludes his series on antisemitism in Islam by assessing the state of antisemitism in modern Islam. Read parts 1, 2, 3 and 4. As I’ve shown in the previous parts of this series, many examples of antisemitism can be found in Islam’s source documents and throughout its history. But ...
4 October 2024 Articles
Antisemitism in Islam part four: confirmation in history
Head of Public Policy Tim Dieppe continues his series on antisemitism in Islam, this time revealing how many of the leading figures in Islam have expressed exactly the kinds of antisemitism you would expect, given what we have already seen As we have already seen, there is ample evidence in the Qur’an and the traditions ...
25 September 2024 Articles
Preacher wins payout after arrest for damaging her own Qur’an
A Christian preacher has won £10,000 in damages and costs from the Metropolitan Police after being arrested, strip searched and unlawfully imprisoned for wearing a Charlie Hebdo t-shirt and having her property stolen at Speakers’ Corner in London. Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, Miss Hatun Tash had launched legal action after she was arrested ...
20 September 2024 Articles