BREAKING NEWS: Egypt Frees Christian Boys Accused of Blasphemy
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
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
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
By BosNewsLife News Center
CAIRO, 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
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, 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
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.
Egypt’s Coptic Church – Inspiration for West (Column)
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
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
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, 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
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, 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.