Indonesia

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- A suicide bomber has attacked a Protestant church in Indonesia's Central Java province which has close ties with one of America's largest congregations, its pastor revealed Sunday, September 25.    

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- A suicide bomber attacked a Protestant church packed with worshippers in Indonesia's Central Java province on Sunday, September 25, killing himself while injuring over 20 others, police and officials said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- An international Christian rights group has expressed "grave concerns"about increased violence against Christians and other religious minorities in Indonesia and urged the government to tackle Islamic extremism.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indonesia's president urged authorities Wednesday, February 9, to crackdown on violent groups as a hardline Muslim mob clashed with police and attacked churches and other Christian properties in Central Java province.

By George Whitten, Worthy News International Correspondent JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- A church leader was stabbed in the stomach and a reverend hit in the head with a wooden plank during an attack on a group of Christians in Indonesia’s province of West Java on Sunday in , September 12, officials said.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife WASHINGTON/KABUL/JAKARTA/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians in strict Islamic countries remained anxious about their safety Friday, September 10, amid deadly protests against plans by an American pastor to burn copies of the Koran, although it remained uncertain whether the bonfire would go-ahead.

By Mike Bouwer, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife) -- Hundreds of Muslim militants surrounded and attacked a Protestant church in Indonesia's province of West Java Sunday, August 8, injuring at least a dozen Christians including a pastor, Christians said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Johan Th. Bos in the Netherlands and Stefan J. Bos at BosNewsLife News Center AMSTERDAM/JAKARTA (BosNewsLife)-- The Dutch far right Party for Freedom (PVV) says the Netherlands should demand that Indonesia improves protection of Christians amid reports that hard-line Muslims prepare for a religious war with that country's Christian minority.