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May 23, 2013
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
 DAMASCUS, SYRIA ( BosNewsLife)-- Christians in war-torn Syria have marked one month since the kidnapping of two bishops near the Turkish border with a new appeal for their release, amid mounting concerns about the leaders' safety and health.
Tags: Aleppo, Anxious, Appeal, Border, Christians, Churches, Greek Orthodox, Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim, People, Prayers, Turkey Posted in Middle East, Syria | No Comments »
May 22, 2013
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
OKLAHOMA CITY, USA ( BosNewsLife)-- Crisis-trained chaplains linked to famed evangelist Billy Graham have arrived "to help spread home" in the U.S. midwestern state of Oklahoma where a rare and powerful tornado claimed at least 24 lives, injured 230 and left dozens missing, officials said.
Tags: Billy Graham, Children. School, Cry, Janae Hornsby, Water Posted in Americas, United States of America | No Comments »
May 21, 2013
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
TEHRAN, IRAN ( BosNewsLife)-- A pastor of the Central Assemblies of God (AoG) Church in Tehran was detained Tuesday, May 21, as part of Iran's wider crackdown on evangelical believers, Christian rights activists confirmed. The arrest of Reverend Robert Asserian came as his church prepared for possible closure by the end of June due to pressure from the feared Iranian Intelligence Ministry, said advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).
Tags: Advocacy, Evin Prison, Reverend, Robert Asserian Posted in Iran, Middle East | No Comments »
May 20, 2013
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA ( BosNewsLife)-- Nearly fourteen years after Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons were burned to death by a mob in eastern India, police have detained two more suspects, BosNewsLife learned Monday, May 20.
Tags: Graham, Missionary, Philip, Sons, Staines, Timothy Posted in Asia/Pacific, India | No Comments »
May 19, 2013
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 BAGHDAD, IRAQ ( BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians were among those suffering Sunday, May 19, after at least 140 people died during four consecutive days of violence in Iraq, raising fears that sectarian conflicts could lead the troubled Middle East nation into civil war. "It is difficult to tell of the intensity of violence here over the past week," said Canon Andrew White...
Tags: Andrew White, Anglican Church, Believers, Canon, Conflicts, Days, Iraqi, Massacre, Middle East, Sectarian, Shia, St. George, Suffering, Sunni Posted in Middle East | No Comments »
May 18, 2013
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service

CAIRO, EGYPT ( BosNewsLife)-- At least one Christian died and dozens were injured in clashes between Muslims and Christians in Egypt's Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, police and local media said Saturday, May 18.
Tags: Cathedral, Christians, Clashes, Copts, Tensions Posted in Africa, Egypt | No Comments »
May 17, 2013
By Joseph DeCaro
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife Columns)– While the Obama administration carefully avoids any religious connection between Islamic jihad and the Boston bombings, the president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation bluntly told Pentagon officials that Christian troops who proselytize are guilty of sedition and treason and should be punished.
Tags: Christians, Freedom, Pentagon, Soldiers Posted in Americas, United States of America | No Comments »
May 16, 2013
By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent
 ABUJA, NIGERIA ( BosNewsLife)– African Christians are divided over a proposal to grant amnesty to the militant members of Boko Haram, the violent Islamist group whose bombings killed thousands, many of them Christians, and destroyed hundreds of churches in northern Nigeria.
Tags: Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram, Christians, Islamists, Leader, Nigerian, Oil Production Posted in Africa, Nigeria | No Comments »
May 15, 2013
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
 ABUJA, NIGERIA ( BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants have killed a Christian leader in north-eastern Nigeria shortly after the president declared a state of emergency in the region to tackle "insurgents and terrorists" threatening Africa's most populous nation.
Tags: Believers, Christian Association of Nigeria, Christians, Continent, Faye Pama Musa, Islamic, Militants, Terrorism, West Africa Posted in Africa, Nigeria | No Comments »
May 14, 2013
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN ( BosNewsLife)-- Christian leaders and rights activists have urged Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to protect religious minorities after he claimed victory in the country's deadliest election yet.
Tags: Christians, Extremism, Islamic, Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Posted in Asia/Pacific, Pakistan | No Comments »
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