Egypt Detains Christian For “Praying Without License”
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- A Coptic Christian was believed to remain under police surveillance Friday, November 6, after he was reportedly detained for two days in central Egypt for "praying without a license."
Detained Coptic Blogger Forced To Convert To Islam
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- A Coptic Christian blogger, who has been detained for over a year in Egypt after criticizing authorities, is "being pressured" by violent prison authorities to convert to Islam in exchange for his freedom, attorneys and rights activists said.
Iran Christian Women May Face Execution On Apostasy Charge
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two young women who converted from Islam to Christianity may face execution or at least life imprisonment after an Iranian court officially charged them with "apostasy" and "propagation of the Christian faith", trial observers and Iranian Christians confirmed Thursday, October 8.
Palestinians Remember Murdered Christian Bookstore Leader
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
JERUSALEM/GAZA CITY (BosNewsLife)-- Palestinian Christians on Tuesday, October 7, urged prayers as they observed the second anniversary of the day that militants murdered the director of the only known Christian bookstore in the Gaza Strip.
BREAKING NEWS: Iran Fires Long Range Missiles Able To Hit Israel
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent, BosNewsLife
TEHRAN/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- Iran on Monday “test” fired long range Shabab-3 and Sajjil rockets that could potentially reach Israel and U.S. military bases in the Gulf region, Iranian media said.
BREAKING NEWS: Gunmen Kidnap Christian Female Doctor
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Gunmen have kidnapped a Christian doctor from her home near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul overnight in front of her four children, police said on Sunday, September 27.
Egypt Police Detains Muslim In Murder Of Christian
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Egyptian police have detained a Muslim man who allegedly killed a Coptic Christian and seriously injured two other Copts in two different villages, north of the capital Cairo, Christians said Wednesday September 23.
NEWS ALERT: Iran Releases Christian Converts On Bail
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A group of ex-Muslims who converted to Christianity were preparing Wednesday, September 16, for an upcoming court hearing in Iran on suspicion of “apostasy”, after they were temporarily released on bail from one of the country's most notorious prisons, BosNewsLife learned.
Iranian Women Demand Release Christian Converts
By BosNewsLife News Center
TEHRAN/LONDON (BosNewsLife)-- Women dressed in white have gathered outside the Iranian embassy in London as part of a prayer vigil to highlight the plight of two female Christian converts from Islam who have been held at Evin Prison in Teheran “without charge” for the last six months, organizers said.
BREAKING NEWS: Israel President Peres Faints, Rushed To Hospital
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- Israel's president Shimon Peres was rushed to hospital Saturday night, September 12, after he collapsed on stage while speaking at an event in Tel Aviv, officials said.