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NEWS ALERT: China Bans House Church Meetings During Asian Games

November 22, 2010

By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent


BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Officials in Guangzhou have banned "house churches" from holding services while the Chinese city hosts the 16th Asian Games, according to Christians with close knowledge about the situation.

URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Afghan Facing Islamic Court, Execution, For Christian Faith

November 21, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife


KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A disabled Afghan man jailed since May for his Christian faith was to face an Islamic court Sunday, November 21, without legal representation and amid fears he may be executed for converting to Christianity, trial observers confirmed.

India Hindu Militants Attack Punjab Church

November 20, 2010

By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent reporting from India


LUDHIANA, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A major evangelical group has urged the government of India's Punjab state to protect minority Christians after Hindu militants allegedly attacked a church and injured at least one Christian, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, November 20.

Indonesia To Prosecute Muslim Hardliners For Attack On Church

November 19, 2010

By BosNewsLife Correspondents Stefan J. Bos and Joseph C. DeCaro


JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indonesia will put on trial over a dozen Islamic hard-liners who were allegedly involved in a September attack on two leaders of the Batak Christian Protestant Church just outside Indonesia's capital Jakarta, BosNewsLife monitored Friday, November 19.


India Christians Face Forced Conversions After Deadly Attacks

November 18, 2010

By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent


NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Two years after losing relatives and property in anti-Christian violence that killed over 100 people, survivors in India's Orissa state are still being pressured to "return" to Hinduism, according to a human rights investigation.

Muslim Militants Kill More Christians In Iraq

November 17, 2010

By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent with BosNewsLife Middle East Service

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in northern Iraq mourned a Christian father and his 6-year-old daughter Wednesday, November 17, after they were killed in a bomb attack, the latest in a string of strikes against the country's dwindling Christian population.

Belarus Pastor Fined, Church’s Bank Account Frozen

November 16, 2010

By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent


MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A pastor in Belarus was fined for alleged unsanitary conditions at his church's summer Bible school while another church in Minsk must exist without a legal bank account, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, November 16.


URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Relatives Appeal Against Execution Pakistan Christian

November 15, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife at BosNewsLife News Center with BosNewsLife Asia Service



ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Relatives of a Pakistani Christian mother sentenced to death for "insulting" Islam's Prophet Muhammad have filed an appeal against her conviction, BosNewsLife established Monday, November 15.



Pakistan Interfaith Couple In Hiding Amid Death Threats

November 14, 2010

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan

KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian worker, his Muslim wife and their baby remained in hiding Sunday, November 14, nearly a month after some 20 armed Muslim gunmen allegedly attacked their rented house in an area of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city.

BREAKING NEWS: Burma Releases Aung San Suu Kyi; Christians Hopeful

November 13, 2010

By BosNewsLife Asia Service

Aung San Suu Kyi has been released.RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Burma's military government on Saturday, November 13, freed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent most of the last two decades in detention.