October 31, 2010
By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Reporting from Pakistan
 LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's Federal Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, handed over a nearly 6,000 dollar cheque to the mother of a murdered Christian domestic worker who became a symbol of ongoing mistreatment by Muslim employers of minority Christians in the Asian nation.
Tags: Domestic, Nasreen Bibi, Punjab, Suspects
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Pakistan | No Comments »
October 30, 2010
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- The leader of one of Iran's largest Protestant movements who faces imminent execution for abandoning Islam says he remains faithful to Christ, despite pressure from Iranian authorities to change his mind, according to a message from prison seen by BosNewsLife Saturday, October 30.
Tags: Fatemeh Passandideh, Lakan, Pastor, Rasht, Yousef Nadarkhani
Posted in Iran, Middle East | 18 Comments »
October 29, 2010
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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 NEW DELHI/THIMPHU (BosNewsLife)-- A court in Bhutan has sentenced a Christian to three years imprisonment for "attempting to promote civil unrest" by showing films about Christianity, underscoring international concerns about the situation of religious minorities in the heavily Buddhist Himalayan nation, BosNewsLife learned Friday, October 29.
Tags: Monarchy, Nepalese, Prem Singh Gurung, Southern
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Bhutan | No Comments »
October 28, 2010
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Hindu militants armed with machetes and sticks "severely beat" a pregnant Christian woman Thursday, October 28, while she was attending the funeral of her infant daughter in India's volatile state of Orissa, a human rights group said.
Tags: Body, Infant, Orissa, Sonadei, Vijay Kumar
Posted in Asia/Pacific, India | 1 Comment »
October 27, 2010
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary says it supports Turkey's efforts to join the European Union and that it will try to push Turkey's case when it assumes the bloc's rotating presidency next year. The announcement comes despite EU concerns over the treatment of the Christian minority and other controversies in the country. Turkey's chief negotiator for talks with the European Union, Egemen Bagis, urged Hungary on Wednesday, October 27, to use its influence on Turkey's behalf.
Tags: Egemen Bagis, Flotilla, Janos Martonyi, Nabucco
Posted in Europe, Hungary, Turkey, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
October 26, 2010
By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent
 ISTANBUL,TURKEY (BosNewsLife)-- Two Turkish Christians were free Tuesday, October 26, after they were acquitted on charges of insulting Turkey and its people by spreading Christianity following a long legal battle.
Tags: Benedict XVI, Istanbul, Luigi Padovese, Muhammad
Posted in Europe, Turkey | No Comments »
October 25, 2010
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
 BUDAPEST/PIRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Doctor Peter Bossman, who was born in Ghana, is starting his work as mayor of Slovenia's coastal town of Piran. Bossman's election earned him the distinction of being Eastern Europe's first black mayor, but he as urged supporters not to view him as the next Barack Obama, a reference to the United States' first black president.
Tags: Adriatic Sea, Barack Obama, Gulf of Piran, Peter Bossman
Posted in Americas, United States of America | No Comments »
October 21, 2010
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST/ASHGABAT (BosNewsLife)-- A Protestant pastor in Turkmenistan was sentenced to a four-year prison term Thursday, October 21, on what church members said were "fake charges" of swindling to "punish" him for his religious activities.
Tags: Ilmurad Nurliev, Mary Town Court, Maya Nurlieva, World Church
Posted in CIS (ex-USSR), Turkmenistan | No Comments »
October 20, 2010
By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife North America Correspondent
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A pending bill that bars government funding for non-profits having religious requirements in their hiring process is a "serious assault" on faith-based charities, according to the senior vice president of the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) in the United States.
Tags: Broadcasters, National, NRB, Religious
Posted in Americas, United States of America | 2 Comments »
October 19, 2010
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- European Union crisis response chief Kristalina Georgieva says massive toxic flooding in Hungary that killed nine people and injured more than 120 others has underscored the need for a stronger European disaster response.
Tags: Accident, Aid, Humanitarian, Kristalina Georgieva
Posted in Europe, Hungary | No Comments »
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LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's Federal Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, handed over a nearly 6,000 dollar cheque to the mother of a murdered Christian domestic worker who became a symbol of ongoing mistreatment by Muslim employers of minority Christians in the Asian nation.
