Egypt Detains Christian For “Praying Without License”

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service copticeaster1CAIRO, 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

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service haninazeer-11CAIRO, 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

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos maryam-rostampour-marzieh-amirizadeh-esmaeilabad1TEHRAN, 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

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service news-gaza-ayyad-oct071-150x1501JERUSALEM/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

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent, BosNewsLife missile1TEHRAN/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

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service ap_iraq_christians_081031_mn1BAGHDAD, 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

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service p10100871CAIRO, 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

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife iranian-christians31TEHRAN, 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

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By BosNewsLife News Center maryam-and-mazrieh-2-150x15011TEHRAN/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

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service peres1JERUSALEM, 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.