BREAKING NEWS: Egypt Frees Christian Boys Accused of Blasphemy

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service A woman protests against reported persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt. CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Egyptian authorities on Thursday, October 4, released two Coptic Christian children who were accused of "insulting Islam" by allegedly urinating on a paper with verses of the Koran, prosecutors and other officials said.

Disabled Christian Beaten In Egypt For Conversion

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- A physically disabled Christian man was beaten in Egypt due to his conversion to...

Egypt Detains Brazilian Tourists Over Pro-Israel Materials, report

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By BosNewsLife News Center large_flag_of_egyptCAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- A group of Brazilian tourists was arrested in Egypt for carrying pro-Israel material, a Jewish news agency reported Thursday, May 21.

Egypt Christian Mother Wins Custody Of Twins; Loses Religious Battle

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service twins1-150x1501CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian mother has won custody of her twins but Egypt's highest court ruled they can not be recognized as Christians, trial observers said in comments monitored by BosNewsLife Thursday, June 25.

Egypt Militants Kill Christian For Faith; Others Injured

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with a Special Correspondent in Egypt CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Egypt have faced a deadly New Year as Islamic militants killed a Christian man while angry Muslims injured at least five believers and forced a Christian couple to leave their town, BosNewsLife learned Friday, January 26. Despite the bloodshed, an embattled Christian community pledged to build the first church in its troubled history.

Violence Overshadows Re-opening Of Egypt Churches

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- The re-opening of churches that had been closed under ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is overshadowed by violence, according to rights activists.

Egypt’s Coptic Church – Inspiration for West (Column)

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Martin Roth By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife Columns)-- The exciting but controversial discovery of what could be the oldest known fragment of a Christian gospel – scraps of recycled papyrus used to make an Egyptian mummy’s mask – puts the spotlight on Egypt’s Coptic Christians.

NEWS WATCH: Clinton Questions Hungary’s Democratic Credentials

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has raised concerns with Hungary's government about legislative measures that critics claim limit press freedom and reduce powers of previously independent institutions. Clinton also expressed solidarity with pro-democracy activists in Egypt, where she says the U.S. will re-open talks with the controversial Muslim Brotherhood group.

Egypt Muslim Mob Assault Elderly Christian Woman, Homes Destroyed

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service Coptic_BishopCAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Egyptian police have detained six men after an armed mob stripped an elderly Christian woman and paraded her naked on the streets in an attack in which seven Christian homes were also looted and torched, security and church officials say.

Egypt President Condemns Anti-Christian Violence

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
churchegyptCAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi has condemned anti-Christian violence outside Cairo's main church in which as many as two people were killed and up to 90 others were injured.