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December 27, 2010
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
 ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Four Christian men of a small Protestant church in Algeria are appealing a court decision to hand them suspended prison sentences for worshiping without a state permission, BosNewsLife established Monday, December 27.
Tags: Algeria, Dinar, Flag, Man, Protestant
Posted in Africa, Algeria | No Comments »
December 26, 2010
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in northern and central Nigeria were mourning victims Sunday, December 26, after multiple attacks on churches and other sites on Christmas Eve claimed at least 38 lives in Plateau State and Borno State.
Tags: Baptist, Borno State, Jos, Maiduguri, Pastor, Plateau State
Posted in Africa, Nigeria | 2 Comments »
December 26, 2010
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Tensions remained high Sunday, December 26, near Jakarta where a group of angry Muslims backed by police surrounded homes of Christians in protests against what they called "unauthorized religious services", BosNewsLife learned.
Tags: Batak Christian Protestant Church, Hendro Pandowo, Rancaekek Wetan, Worship
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Indonesia | 5 Comments »
December 25, 2010
By BosNewsLife News Center with reports from Vatican, Africa, Asia and Middle East
 VATICAN CITY/MANILA/ABUJA/BAGHDAD/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- Christmas celebrations have been overshadowed by deadly violence against Christians in Africa and Asia, while several church services in the Middle East were canceled due to concerns over terror attacks.
Tags: Christmas Eve, Jolo, Jos, Maiduguri, Sulu
Posted in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Nigeria, Philippines, Vatican | 2 Comments »
December 25, 2010
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
 MAIDUGURI/JOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in northern and central Nigeria tried to restore calm Saturday, December 25, after suspected Muslim militants targeted churches and other sites in Christmas Eve attacks that killed as many as 38 people, police and church leaders said.
Tags: Baptist, Boko Haram, Church of Christ, Mohammed Abubakar, Muslim, Sect
Posted in Africa, Nigeria | 2 Comments »
December 25, 2010
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 MANILA, PHILIPPINES (BosNewsLife)-- Six people were injured when a bomb rocked an early morning Christmas mass in a church at a military base on a Muslim-dominated southern island in the Philippines, the military said.
Tags: Abu Sayyaf, Forces, Military, Movement, Nuns, Priests
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Philippines | No Comments »
December 25, 2010
By BosNewsLife Middle East and Africa Services with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- An Egyptian Christian faced another tense Saturday, December 25, fearful of leaving his home amid death threats, after he was charged with "defaming Islam" for converting from Islam to Christianity, Christians said.
Tags: Ashraf Thabet, Islamic, Jesus Christ., Port Said
Posted in Africa, Egypt | No Comments »
December 24, 2010
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- "Many" church services have been canceled in Iraq over the Christmas period following deadly attacks and new terror threats, several church groups said Friday December 24.
Tags: Baghdad, Christmas, Kirkuk, Mosul
Posted in Iraq, Middle East | No Comments »
December 24, 2010
By BosNewsLife Africa and Middle East Services with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Some 130 Christian worshipers, including children, remain imprisoned in Egypt, a month after some 2,000 security forces attacked their church under re-construction, killing several people, American and local missionaries told BosNewsLife Friday, December 24.
Tags: CAM, Giza, Missionaries, Police
Posted in Africa, Egypt, Middle East | 2 Comments »
December 24, 2010
(ADDS REPORTS OF VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS)
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
 HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Christians of house churches and other non-recognized groups prepared Friday, December 24, for a tense Christmas, after security forces halted Christmas celebrations and detained believers in several areas of Vietnam, Vietnamese Christians and rights investigators said. Tags: Hanoi, National Convention. Hanoi, Nghe An and Quang Nam, Thanh Hoa
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Vietnam | No Comments »
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ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Four Christian men of a small Protestant church in Algeria are appealing a court decision to hand them suspended prison sentences for worshiping without a state permission, BosNewsLife established Monday, December 27.
