Pastor Plans Koran Burning on September 11 Despite Controversy

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By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior International Correspondent WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- A small evangelical Christian congregation in Florida plans to burn Korans Saturday, as a protest against violent Islamic extremists on September 11, the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States, despite international concerns about the action.

NEWS ALERT: Cuba Pastor Rodriguez Released

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By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior International Correspondent HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuba has released a well-known church leader -and dropped all charges of "threatening behavior" against him, after his accusers gave contradictory evidence, an international Christian rights group said Tuesday, September 7.

Cuba Detains Church Leader Rodriguez

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By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior International Correspondent HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- A well-known church leader in Cuba has been unexpectedly detained on trumped up charges of "offensive behavior" and "threats" a Christian human rights organization said Friday, September 3.

Mother Dead Dissident Prevented From Visiting Church, Cemetery

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service
BANES, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- The devoted Catholic mother of late dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died in prison, prepared for another tense weekend Friday, August 20, after Cuban officials made clear she would not be allowed to attend Sunday Mass and visit the cemetery where her son is buried, rights activists said.

AMERICA WATCH: Muslim-Turned-Christian Girl Released From Custody

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By Marshall Ramsey, BosNewsLife North America Correspondent
COLUMBUS, OHIO (BosNewsLife)-- Rifqa Bary, a young Muslim-turned-Christian girl who fled her home amid fears she would be killed turned 18 Tuesday, August 10, and is now released from Ohio state custody, BosNewsLife learned.

BREAKING NEWS: Call2all Co-Founder Avery Willis Dies At 76

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife WASHINGTON DC. USA (BosNewsLife)-- Missionary Avery Willis, the co-founder of one of the world's largest evangelistic movements 'Call2all', has died after losing his battle with leukemia, his family and the movement's president confirmed Friday, July 30. He was 76.

NEWS ALERT: Cuba To Release 52 Dissidents, Church Says

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuba will release 52 political prisoners as part of the communist-run Caribbean island's largest release of dissidents since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998, the Cuban Catholic Church said.

AMERICA WATCH: Obama To Control Internet Under Proposed Senate Bill

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By BosNewsLife North America Service with George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior Correspondent WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)-- American President Barack Obama will receive "absolute power" to shut down the Internet, according to proposed U.S. Senate legislation seen by Worthy News Friday, June 18.

U.S. Pastors Praise Morocco As Christian Serves Jail Sentence For Evangelism

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By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior Correspondent RABAT / WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian is serving 15 years in a Moroccan jail for evangelism, a Christian rights groups said, while American Christian leaders praised Morocco Thursday, June 17, for its "long history of friendship and religious cooperation."

NEWS ALERT: Hamas Leader’s Christian Son Faces Deportation From U.S.

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By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Jerusalem Bureau Chief WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife) -– Masab Hassan Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader who became a Christian, is facing a deportation hearing on June 30 in San Diego because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security views him as "a threat to America’s national security", Worthy News learned Monday, June 14.