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September 30, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Xavier P. William reporting from Pakistan
 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian girl in northeastern Pakistan has been removed from school for "blasphemy against Islam" after she made "an innocent" spelling mistake, area Christians and an advocacy group said Friday September 30.
Tags: Faryal Bhatti, Nasir Saeed, Sir Syed Girls’ High School
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Pakistan | 1 Comment »
September 29, 2011
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 TEHRAN/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Poland has summoned Iran's ambassador to demand a stay of execution for pastor Youcef Nadarkhani who has refused to abandon his Christian faith and return to Islam, officials said Thursday, September 29.
Tags: Church, Evangelical, Iran, Pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani
Posted in Europe, Iran, Middle East, Poland | 2 Comments »
September 28, 2011
>Execution is imminent, fear church sources
>U.S., Britain urge Iran to spare pastor's life
>Pastor seen accepting fate
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- As night fell over Iran, there was mounting concern Wednesday, September 28, that Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani would be executed for refusing to abandon his faith in Christ and return to Islam Tags: Church, Court, Firouz, Khandjani, Nadarkhani, Pastor, Sources, Youcef, Yousef
Posted in Iran, Middle East | 5 Comments »
September 28, 2011
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Security forces on Wednesday, September 28, still searched for three Iraqi Christians, a week after they were reportedly kidnapped by suspected militants in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk.
Tags: Alsumaria, Arab Spring, Bishop, Churches, Daquq, Dogs, Hunting, Kirkuk, Landrover
Posted in Iraq, Middle East | No Comments »
September 27, 2011
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
 RASHT, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A young pastor of Iran's largest house church movement has told an Iranian court he will not "recant" his faith in Christ despite facing execution as early as Thursday, September 29, for abandoning Islam, church sources said.
Tags: Church, Movement, Pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani, Yousef
Posted in Iran, Middle East | 13 Comments »
September 26, 2011
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
 ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLfe)-- Algerian Christians are anxiously awaiting the appeal trial of Christian Siagh Krimo, who was sentenced to five years imprisonment for giving a compact disk about Christianity to his neighbor, trial observers say.
Tags: Appeal, Blasphemy, Oran, Siagh Krimo, Verdict
Posted in Africa, Algeria | No Comments »
September 25, 2011
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian court has asked the pastor of one of Iran's largest house church movements to abandon his faith in Christ and return to Islam if he wants to avoid execution, a church official told BosNewsLife Sunday, September 25.
Tags: Firouz Khandjani, Islamic, Lakan, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, Rasht, Youcef Nadarkhani
Posted in Iran, Middle East | 27 Comments »
September 25, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- A suicide bomber has attacked a Protestant church in Indonesia's Central Java province which has close ties with one of America's largest congregations, its pastor revealed Sunday, September 25.
Tags: Pastor Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, Solo City, Southern California
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Indonesia | No Comments »
September 25, 2011
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- A suicide bomber attacked a Protestant church packed with worshippers in Indonesia's Central Java province on Sunday, September 25, killing himself while injuring over 20 others, police and officials said.
Tags: Bambang Sumarsono, Church, Church Bethel Injil, Java, Police, Protestant, Service, Witnesses, Worshippers
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Indonesia | No Comments »
September 24, 2011
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians were urged Saturday, September 24, to "fast and pray" for an Iranian pastor as an Iranian court was to "re-examine" within hours whether he should be hanged for converting from Islam to Christianity.
Tags: Churches, House, Iranian, Present Truth Ministries, President, Province, Rasht, Youcef Nadarkhani, Yousef
Posted in Iran, Middle East | 2 Comments »
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