BREAKING NEWS: Christians Egypt, Libya Fear Attacks As Film Protests Kill US Ambassador

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos and reports from the region TRIPOLI/CAIRO (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians in Egypt and Libya faced potential violence Wednesday, September 12, after American Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three staff members were killed when gunmen attacked the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to protest a film deemed offensive to Islam.

BREAKING NEWS: Christians In Crossfire Amid Deadly Turmoil Over Anti-Muslim Film

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting from the Middle East, Asia and Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIRUT/CAIRO/ISLAMABAD (BosNewsLife)-- Christians across the Muslim world faced turmoil Friday, September 14, as deadly protests against an anti-Islam film spread across the Middle East, Africa, and south and east Asia.

Seven Christians Executed In Libya

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service Christiansfearrise BENGHAZI, LIBYA (BosNewsLife)-- The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) urged prayers Friday, February 28, after the bodies of seven Egyptian Christians were found on a beach in a suburb east of Benghazi, Libya'ssecond largest city

Libya Church Torched After Death Evangelical; Indonesia Church Facing Destruction

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service and BosNewsLife Asia Service LibyaTRIPOLI/JAKARTA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in two heavily Islamic nations were struggling Thursday, March 21, as believers in Libya faced rebuilding their torched church while half-a-world away in Indonesia, Christians were ordered to dismantle their place of worship.

‘Lybia Militants Kill U.S. Teacher For Faith In Christ’

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By BosNewsLife Middle East and Africa Services RonnieSmith_LG TRIPOLI, LIBYA (BosNewsLife)-- A month after an American teacher was gunned down in Libya friends an d family members are convinced that he was killed because of his Christian faith.

NEWS ALERT: Egypt Condemns Deadly Church Bombing In Libya (Update)

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(ADDS CHURCH REACTIONS, MORE DETAILS) By BosNewsLife Middle East Service churchblastTRIPOLI/CAIRO (BosNewsLife)-- Egypt on Monday, December 31, condemned the bombing of a Coptic Christian church in neighboring Libya that killed two Egyptians and wounded two others.

NEWS ALERT: Libya Releases Christian Converts From Prison

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By BosNewsLife News Center muammar_al_gaddafiTRIPOLI, LIBYA (BosNewsLife)-- Amid international pressure, Libya has released four Christians who were detained for converting from Islam, after nearly three months of imprisonment, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, April 21 from a key advocacy group involved in the case.

BREAKING NEWS: Libya Forces Detain Son Late Leader Gadhafi; Christians On Edge

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>Seif al-Islam detained in desert >Christians remain on edge amid reported opposition >Future uclear By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife African Service TRIPOLI, LIBYA (BosNewsLife)-- Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's fugitive son Seif al-Islam was captured in the south of the country, officials said Saturday, November 19, but it remained unclear whether minority Christians would feel safer in the still troubled nation.  

BREAKING NEWS: Concerns Over Libya’s Christians As Allies Launch Military Action (Update)

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By BosNewsLife Middle East and Africa Services with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos at BosNewsLife News Center
TRIPOLI, LIBYA (BosNewsLife)-- Libya's minority Christians were among those facing danger Saturday, March 19, as the international community began enforcing a no fly zone over the predominantly Sunni Muslim nation to halt attacks by forces loyal to embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Egypt Christian Dies After Libya Attack

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service christiansegypt CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- An Egyptian Christian who was shot in the head by a suspected Islamic extremist in Libya has died of his injuries, family members said.