Egypt

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.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service RAFAH/CAIRO (BosNewsLife)-- A tense calm returned to Egypt's northern city of Rafah Wednesday, October 3, one week after suspected Islamic militants riding a motorcycle opened fire on a Christian-owned shop, injuring nobody, but prompting Coptic Christian families to flee the area local Christians said.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos and reports from the region TRIPOLI/CAIRO (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians in Egypt and Libya faced potential violence Wednesday, September 12, after American Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three staff members were killed when gunmen attacked the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to protest a film deemed offensive to Islam.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)–- Hundreds of Christians were preparing Monday, July 30, for a massive protest outside Egypt's Constitutional court to demand the dissolution of what they view as an Islamist-dominated assembly tasked with writing the country’s new constitution, rights activists said.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- An American evangelical pastor is "thanking God" that he and two others have been released after they were kidnapped in Egypt last week.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service with BosNewsLife's Chief International Correspondent Stefan J. Bos CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Native Christian missionaries in Egypt remained concerned Saturday, June 30, saying at least two fellow believers were killed by suspected Islamists since Mohammed Morsi was declared the country's president.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- The acting head of Egypt's Coptic Catholic Church pledged Wednesday to pray that the country's Islamic president-elect Mohammed Morsi will develop a democratic society that will respect rights of everyone, including minority Christians.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsi said Sunday he will the leader of "all Egyptians," amid concerns among the country's minority Coptic Christians about their future and indirectly tried to calm down Israel.

(ADDS MORE COMMENTS, REACTIONS) By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)--Egypt's election commission said Sunday, June 24, that Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood movement has won Egypt's first free elections since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, adding to international concerns over the future of minority Christians.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Egypt's minority Christians faced more uncertainty about their future Monday, June 18, after Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi claimed victory in the country's first presidential poll since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak last year.