Algeria Closing Churches In Crackdown

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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...

Algerian Christians Appeal Against Prison Sentence

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Four Christian men of a small Protestant church in Algeria are appealing a court decision to hand them suspended prison sentences for worshiping without a state permission, BosNewsLife established Monday, December 27.

Islamists Burn, Loot Algerian Church

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service
arton148275-37f9fALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Islamists burned and looted a Protestant church in northern Algeria in an attack that was fueled by violence against Christians elsewhere in the Muslim and Arab world, church officials said Monday, January 11.

Algeria Detains Christians In Conversion Row, Group Says

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Two Algerian Christians are to appear in court on charges of "proselytizing", or attempted conversion, and "blasphemy" that could carry a five year prison sentence, a Christian rights group said Monday, April 25.

Algeria Detains Christians For ‘Illegal’ Worship

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Five Algerian Christians remained jailed in north-eastern Algeria Tuesday, November 1, after they were reportedly detained this weekend for "worshiping in an unregistered location."

Algeria Pastor, Co-Worker Face Prison For Christian Work

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Supporters of an Algerian pastor and his co-worker have urged prayers after an appeal hearing...

Algeria Mob Prevents Protestant Church Services

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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 Christian Appeals “Blasphemy” Prison Term

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLfe)-- Algerian Christians are anxiously awaiting the appeal trial of Christian Siagh Krimo, who was sentenced to five years imprisonment for giving a compact disk about Christianity to his neighbor, trial observers say.
 

Algeria Closing Protestant Church In Crackdown

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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 Closing Churches Over “Unauthorized Worship”

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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...