Islamists Burn, Loot Algerian Church
By BosNewsLife Africa Service

Massive New Year and Christmas Attacks In Arab World, Africa, Asia
By BosNewsLife Center with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BAGHDAD/CAIRO/BEIJING (BosNewsLife)-- Rights investigators said Wednesday, January 13, there has been "a surge ofattacks" against Christians since December, with deaths, detentions and destruction reported in the Arab world, Africa and Asia.

The Dilemmas of Prayer (Column)

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 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...
Algeria Pastor, Co-Worker Face Prison For Christian Work
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 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.

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.
