February 22, 2011
By BosNewsLife Africa and Middle East Services
TRIPOLI, LIBYA (BosNewsLife)-- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said Tuesday, February 22, he would not resign and that he wants to die as a martyr in the country, a move that was expected to add to anxiety among minority Christians as the country moved towards civil war.
Tags: Christians, Ghadafi, Helicopters, Tripoli, Warplanes
Posted in Africa, Libya | No Comments »
February 22, 2011
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- At least over 30 Christians who were recently detained remained behind bars in Iran Tuesday, February 22, but there were reports that scores of other believers have been released after being held by security forces in several parts of the strict Islamic nation.
Tags: Ahwaz, Evin Prison, Isfahan, Leonard Keshishian
Posted in Iran, Middle East | 2 Comments »
February 21, 2011
By BosNewsLife African and Middle East Services with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
TRIPOLI/CAIRO (BosNewsLife)-- There is concern about Libya's tiny Christian community amid reports that hundreds of anti-government protesters have been killed as demonstrations spread to the northern African nation's capital Tripoli.
Tags: Mission, Moammar Gadhafi, Paul Estabrooks
Posted in Africa, Libya | No Comments »
February 20, 2011
By BosNewsLfe News Center in Budapest with reports from Tunis and Warsaw and additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
TUNIS/WARSAW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A tense calm returned to Tunis Sunday, February 20, where thousands of people demonstrated against extremism after the murder of a Polish missionary.
Tags: Don Bosco, Islamist Ennahdha, Marek Rybinski, Religion, Tunis
Posted in Africa, Middle East, Tunisia | 1 Comment »
February 19, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of Indian Christians have demonstrated at the border with neighboring Pakistan against the death sentence given to Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi on charges of committing blasphemy against Islam, The Times of India news paper reported Saturday, February 19.
Tags: Asia Bibi, Asif Ali Zardari, Pratapgarh District, Shahbaz Bhatti
Posted in Asia/Pacific, India | 1 Comment »
February 19, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST/TASHKENT (BosNewsLife)-- A frail Christian pastor who was released from prison in Uzbekistan last month still faced severe restrictions on his freedom Saturday, February 19, and authorities plan to prosecute other believers for involvement in an unregistered local Baptist church, Christians said.
Tags: Andijan, Andrey Shevchenko, David (Dmitri) Shestakov, Pastor
Posted in CIS (ex-USSR), Europe, Uzbekistan | 1 Comment »
February 18, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Police in Pakistan have filed murder charges against a Muslim employer who allegedly killed his Christian worker for staying at home one day because he was ill, BosNewsLife monitored Friday, February 18.
Tags: Imran Masih, Lal Masih, Voice Of the Martyrs Canada
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Pakistan | No Comments »
February 17, 2011
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian court has told arrested evangelical Christians who may face execution on charges of apostasy that they "should be punished", but that their trial "has been postpone for April," a senior church official said Thursday, February 17.
Tags: Church of Iran, Firouz Khanjani, Middle East Concern, Revolutionary Tribunal
Posted in Iran, Middle East | 1 Comment »
February 16, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The founder of Central and Eastern Europe's first online Christian news agency has welcomed the Hungarian government's pledge to ammend a controversial media law that critics saw as a threat to press freedom, but he cautioned it was to early to celebrate.
Tags: Fidesz, Legislators, NMHH, Zoltan Kovacs
Posted in Europe, Hungary | 2 Comments »
February 16, 2011
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Tensions remained high in Nigeria's Plateau State Wednesday, February 16, where up to eight people were killed and more injured in sectarian clashes sparked by the stabbing of a police officer.
Tags: Agreement, Bauchi, Grandmother, Jos, Peace, Plateau State
Posted in Uncategorized | 9 Comments »
TRIPOLI, LIBYA (BosNewsLife)-- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said Tuesday, February 22, he would not resign and that he wants to die as a martyr in the country, a move that was expected to add to anxiety among minority Christians as the country moved towards civil war.
