NEWS ALERT: China Bans House Church Meetings During Asian Games
By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Officials in Guangzhou have banned "house churches" from holding services while the Chinese city hosts the 16th Asian Games, according to Christians with close knowledge about the situation.URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Afghan Facing Islamic Court, Execution, For Christian Faith
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A disabled Afghan man jailed since May for his Christian faith was to face an Islamic court Sunday, November 21, without legal representation and amid fears he may be executed for converting to Christianity, trial observers confirmed.India Hindu Militants Attack Punjab Church
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India
LUDHIANA, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A major evangelical group has urged the government of India's Punjab state to protect minority Christians after Hindu militants allegedly attacked a church and injured at least one Christian, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, November 20.Indonesia To Prosecute Muslim Hardliners For Attack On Church
By BosNewsLife Correspondents Stefan J. Bos and Joseph C. DeCaro
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indonesia will put on trial over a dozen Islamic hard-liners who were allegedly involved in a September attack on two leaders of the Batak Christian Protestant Church just outside Indonesia's capital Jakarta, BosNewsLife monitored Friday, November 19.India Christians Face Forced Conversions After Deadly Attacks
By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Two years after losing relatives and property in anti-Christian violence that killed over 100 people, survivors in India's Orissa state are still being pressured to "return" to Hinduism, according to a human rights investigation.URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Relatives Appeal Against Execution Pakistan Christian
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife at BosNewsLife News Center with BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Relatives of a Pakistani Christian mother sentenced to death for "insulting" Islam's Prophet Muhammad have filed an appeal against her conviction, BosNewsLife established Monday, November 15.Pakistan Interfaith Couple In Hiding Amid Death Threats
By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian worker, his Muslim wife and their baby remained in hiding Sunday, November 14, nearly a month after some 20 armed Muslim gunmen allegedly attacked their rented house in an area of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city.
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian worker, his Muslim wife and their baby remained in hiding Sunday, November 14, nearly a month after some 20 armed Muslim gunmen allegedly attacked their rented house in an area of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city. BREAKING NEWS: Burma Releases Aung San Suu Kyi; Christians Hopeful
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Burma's military government on Saturday, November 13, freed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent most of the last two decades in detention.
RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Burma's military government on Saturday, November 13, freed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent most of the last two decades in detention. Bhutan To Arrest More Christians For Showing Jesus Film; One Jailed
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI/THIMPHU (BosNewsLife)-- Police in Bhutan attempted to arrest two more Christians Friday, November 12, for involvement in showing a film about Jesus, shortly after another believer was jailed for similar activities, Christians said.
NEW DELHI/THIMPHU (BosNewsLife)-- Police in Bhutan attempted to arrest two more Christians Friday, November 12, for involvement in showing a film about Jesus, shortly after another believer was jailed for similar activities, Christians said. BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan to Execute Christian Mother For ‘Blasphemy’
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian mother of four to death for "insulting" Islam's Prophet Muhammad, BosNewsLife learned Wednesday, November 10. Asia Bibi, 45, is believed to be the first woman sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy law.
