NEWS ALERT: Iran Detains 32 Christians
By Eric Leijenaar, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent
TEHRAN/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- Iran has detained dozens of Christians in the last two weeks, including former Muslims, and at least eight of them remain imprisoned, a well-informed advocacy group told BosNewsLife Wednesday, August 12.
TEHRAN/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- Iran has detained dozens of Christians in the last two weeks, including former Muslims, and at least eight of them remain imprisoned, a well-informed advocacy group told BosNewsLife Wednesday, August 12. Egypt New Government Pressured To End Killings of Christians
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Egypt's new government faced pressure to end escalating sectarian clashes Wednesday, July 17, amid reports that minority Christians are fleeing their homes after at least nine believers were killed by Islamic supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Egypt's new government faced pressure to end escalating sectarian clashes Wednesday, July 17, amid reports that minority Christians are fleeing their homes after at least nine believers were killed by Islamic supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
NEWS ALERT: More Christians Killed In Iraq
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Iraq were mourning Thursday, February 25, members of two christian families who were killed in the northern city of Mosul.
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Iraq were mourning Thursday, February 25, members of two christian families who were killed in the northern city of Mosul. NEWS ALERT: Iran Court Postpones ‘Execution Trial’ Of Evangelical Christians
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian court has told arrested evangelical Christians who may face execution on charges of apostasy that they "should be punished", but that their trial "has been postpone for April," a senior church official said Thursday, February 17.Iraq Christians Fear More Violence After Church Attacks, Killings
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians in Iraq feared more violence Saturday, June 29, after several Assyrian Christian shops and one church were attacked, killing two people and injuring a dozen others, church representatives said.
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians in Iraq feared more violence Saturday, June 29, after several Assyrian Christian shops and one church were attacked, killing two people and injuring a dozen others, church representatives said. Author: ‘Mideast Christians Pathologically anti-Semitic’; Secret Sin Revealed (Column)
By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife Columns)-- It is “the secret sin” that no one wants to talk about, according to one Iraq-raised Christian. It's, she says, “the elephant in the room in the Arab Christian sub-culture.”
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife Columns)-- It is “the secret sin” that no one wants to talk about, according to one Iraq-raised Christian. It's, she says, “the elephant in the room in the Arab Christian sub-culture.” Health Jailed Iranian Christian ‘Deteriorating’
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Rights activists said late Friday, October 4, they were "extremely concerned" about what they called "a serious deterioration in the health" of a 35-year-old Iranian Christian woman who is serving a four year sentence in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison.
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Rights activists said late Friday, October 4, they were "extremely concerned" about what they called "a serious deterioration in the health" of a 35-year-old Iranian Christian woman who is serving a four year sentence in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison.
Pope Francis Prays for Persecuted Christians in Iraq
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Pope Francis has visited Iraq to reassure the nation’s dwindling Christian community of his...
NEWS WATCH: European Journalists Condemn Killing Pulitzer Photographer In Afghanistan
By BosNewsLife News Center
KABUL/BRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) on Friday, March 4, condemned "the cold blooded killing" of a prominent German photographer in Afghanistan, ahead of Saturday's presidential elections.
KABUL/BRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) on Friday, March 4, condemned "the cold blooded killing" of a prominent German photographer in Afghanistan, ahead of Saturday's presidential elections. Israel Investigating Firebomb Attack On Monastery
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- Israeli police were investigating on Wednesday, August 21, a fire bomb attack on a a Roman Catholic monastery, which also involved anti-Christian graffiti.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- Israeli police were investigating on Wednesday, August 21, a fire bomb attack on a a Roman Catholic monastery, which also involved anti-Christian graffiti. 
