Algeria Closing Churches Over “Unauthorized Worship”
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent with BosNewsLife Africa Service
ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Algeria have appealed for prayers after authorities closed churches...
The Dilemmas of Prayer (Column)
By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (BosNewsLife Columns)-- It is the kind of news that makes us praise God: a British Catholic newspaper reports from Algeria that Muslims in their thousands are seeking Bibles and turning up in church, wishing to learn about Christianity.
Algeria Closing Churches In Crackdown
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Two more churches have been closed by courts in Muslim-dominated Algeria...
Algeria Releases Christians Held For “Insulting Islam” On Ramadan
By Joseph C. DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent
ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- An Algerian court has acquitted two Christians of breaking the Ramadan fast despite the prosecution's demand that they be punished for "insulting Islam," BosNewsLife learned Sunday, October 16.
Algeria Closing Protestant Church In Crackdown
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Several Protestant Christians in northwestern Nigeria were without a place to worship Sunday, December 3, after authorities closed their church as part of a crackdown on evangelism, BosNewsLife learned.
Algeria Orders Closure Of Protestant Churches
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Algerian authorities have ordered the closure of seven Protestant churches in Algeria's Bejaia region on charges of "disobeying a law regulating worship" and Christians on Thursday, May 26, feared more prosecution in the overwhelmingly-Muslim nation, church officials said.
Algeria Mob Prevents Protestant Church Services
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Tensions remained high in a northern Algerian city Monday, January 3, after a Muslim mob reportedly prevented Christian converts from holding a Christmas service and threatened to kill their church pastor.
Algeria Sentences Christian For Evangelism
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- An Algerian court has fined a former Muslim, who converted to Christianity for evangelism, in a case that activists warned would further undermine religious freedom in the North African nation.