BosNewsLife - Christian News Agency » Middle East http://www.bosnewslife.com Christian News Agency - BosNewsLife Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:53:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 NEWS ALERT: Tortured Iran Pastor Facing Execution, Christians say http://www.bosnewslife.com/11785-news-alert-tortured-iran-pastor-facing-execution-christians-say http://www.bosnewslife.com/11785-news-alert-tortured-iran-pastor-facing-execution-christians-say#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:48:07 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=11785 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- The detained Assyrian pastor of an evangelical church in Iran has been tortured and told he may be executed for converting Muslims to Christianity and related charges, his wife and Christians with close knowledge about his situation said. ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/11785-news-alert-tortured-iran-pastor-facing-execution-christians-say/feed 2 NEWS ALERT: Christians Anxious As 30 Die In Iraq Election Violence http://www.bosnewslife.com/11648-news-alert-christians-anxious-as-30-die-in-iraq-election-violence http://www.bosnewslife.com/11648-news-alert-christians-anxious-as-30-die-in-iraq-election-violence#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:33:29 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=11648 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians in Iraq anxiously awaited the outcome of a parliamentary vote testing the country's still fragile democracy Sunday, March 7, as suspected Islamic militants killed up to 30 people in the capital Baghdad and other areas of the troubled nation.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/11648-news-alert-christians-anxious-as-30-die-in-iraq-election-violence/feed 0 Iran Detains Christian Couple http://www.bosnewslife.com/11766-iran-detains-christian-couple http://www.bosnewslife.com/11766-iran-detains-christian-couple#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:21:38 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=11766 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian Christians on Monday, March 1, were searching a Christian couple after they were detained by Iranian security forces for apparently leading an unauthorized house church, BosNewsLife learned.
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian Christians on Monday, March 1, were searching a Christian couple after they were detained by Iranian security forces for apparently leading an unauthorized house church, BosNewsLife learned.
]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/11766-iran-detains-christian-couple/feed 1 Iran Government Closes Evangelical Church; Nine Detained http://www.bosnewslife.com/11639-iran-government-closes-evangelical-church-nine-detained http://www.bosnewslife.com/11639-iran-government-closes-evangelical-church-nine-detained#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:34:34 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=11639 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical pastor and eight other Christians were behind bars in Iran Friday, February 26, after authorities closed their church as part of a new government crackdown on devoted Christians in the Islamic nation, rights investigators said]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/11639-iran-government-closes-evangelical-church-nine-detained/feed 2 NEWS ALERT: More Christians Killed In Iraq http://www.bosnewslife.com/11636-news-alert-more-christians-killed-in-iraq http://www.bosnewslife.com/11636-news-alert-more-christians-killed-in-iraq#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:57:52 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=11636 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.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/11636-news-alert-more-christians-killed-in-iraq/feed 0 NEWS ALERT: Up To 6 Christians Killed In Iraq http://www.bosnewslife.com/11550-news-alert-up-to-6-christians-killed-in-iraq http://www.bosnewslife.com/11550-news-alert-up-to-6-christians-killed-in-iraq#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:27:13 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=11550 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Up to six Christians have been killed in a new wave of anti-Christian violence rocking the northern city of Mosul and nearby areas, an advocacy group said.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/11550-news-alert-up-to-6-christians-killed-in-iraq/feed 0 Massive New Year and Christmas Attacks In Arab World, Africa, Asia http://www.bosnewslife.com/10937-10937 http://www.bosnewslife.com/10937-10937#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:12:00 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/10937-10937 BAGHDAD/CAIRO/BEIJING (BosNewsLife)-- Rights investigators said Wednesday, January 13, there has been "a surge ofattacks" against Christians since December, with deaths, detentions and destruction reported in the Arab world, Africa and Asia.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/10937-10937/feed 3 BREAKING NEWS: Suspects Coptic Killings Surrender To Police; 7 Killed (Update) http://www.bosnewslife.com/10851-breaking-news-suspects-coptic-killings-surrender-to-police-7-killed http://www.bosnewslife.com/10851-breaking-news-suspects-coptic-killings-surrender-to-police-7-killed#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:33:59 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=10851 CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Three suspects in a drive-by shooting in front of a church that killed six Coptic Christians and a Muslim policeman in southern Egypt surrendered to police, but Christian organizations urged authorities to do more to end "inter-faith tensions."]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/10851-breaking-news-suspects-coptic-killings-surrender-to-police-7-killed/feed 0 Iran Places Christian Mother Under House Arrest http://www.bosnewslife.com/10890-iran-places-christian-mother-under-house-arrest-2 http://www.bosnewslife.com/10890-iran-places-christian-mother-under-house-arrest-2#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:08:00 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=10890 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian court forced a Christian convert with a Muslim background to sign a confession that she is "mentally unstable" and placed her under three months of house arrest in the city of Mashhad, 850 kilometers (530 miles) east of the capital Tehran, trial observers said.
]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/10890-iran-places-christian-mother-under-house-arrest-2/feed 3 North Korea, Iran World’s “Top Persecutors” Of Christians, Report Says http://www.bosnewslife.com/10840-north-korea http://www.bosnewslife.com/10840-north-korea#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:32:50 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=10840 AMSTERDAM/WASHINGTON D.C. (BosNewsLife)-- One of the world's largest mission agencies, Open Doors, named North Korea and Iran Wednesday, November 6, as "the worst persecutors of Christians".]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/10840-north-korea/feed 0