Churches Attacked Across India On Palm Sunday
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian groups in India have urged authorities to increase protection of churches during the Easter season after at least five churches in the country were reportedly targeted on by Hindu extremists and government officials. The Palm Sunday attacks included disrupting worship services and prayer gatherings, the detention of pastors, their wives and other church members, as well as the beating by a mob of a pastor for allegedly violating "anti-conversion laws".
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian groups in India have urged authorities to increase protection of churches during the Easter season after at least five churches in the country were reportedly targeted on by Hindu extremists and government officials. The Palm Sunday attacks included disrupting worship services and prayer gatherings, the detention of pastors, their wives and other church members, as well as the beating by a mob of a pastor for allegedly violating "anti-conversion laws". Controversy Over Dutch Support For Hindu Goddess
By BosNewsLife News Center
AMSTELVEEN, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- Citizens in the Dutch town of Amstelveen have condemned plans by local authorities to support a controversial Hindu festival that would involve praying to a Hindu goddess from India, in the heart of the town.
AMSTELVEEN, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- Citizens in the Dutch town of Amstelveen have condemned plans by local authorities to support a controversial Hindu festival that would involve praying to a Hindu goddess from India, in the heart of the town.
NEWS ALERT: India Dalit Christians To Receive State Benefits, Commission Suggests
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian groups in India have welcomed recommendations from a government-appointed commission to give Christian converts of a Hindu 'Dalit' caste background similar state benefits as underprivileged groups professing Hinduism, Buddhism or Sikhism as their religion.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian groups in India have welcomed recommendations from a government-appointed commission to give Christian converts of a Hindu 'Dalit' caste background similar state benefits as underprivileged groups professing Hinduism, Buddhism or Sikhism as their religion. BosNewsLife’s Week in Review: Christians Worship As Islamic Militants Attack And Kill (Nov.11-17)
By BosNewsLife News Center
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The November 11-17 newsweek was marked by reports of Islamic militants attacking churches and, in at least one case, beheading a young Christian man "for leaving Islam", though believers continued to gather in worship expressing their faith in Christ and in their future.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The November 11-17 newsweek was marked by reports of Islamic militants attacking churches and, in at least one case, beheading a young Christian man "for leaving Islam", though believers continued to gather in worship expressing their faith in Christ and in their future.
Pastors, Christians Face Terror In Western India, Group Warns
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Pastors and other Christians in a volatile area of India's western state Maharashtra fear for their lives after Hindu militants reportedly attacked worship services, encouraged by police and local authorities.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Pastors and other Christians in a volatile area of India's western state Maharashtra fear for their lives after Hindu militants reportedly attacked worship services, encouraged by police and local authorities.
India State Releases Jailed Christians
By BosNewsLife Asia Service 
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Four Christians in India's eastern state of Jharkhand, who were in prison since May on charges of forced conversion, have been released, an advocacy group says.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Four Christians in India's eastern state of Jharkhand, who were in prison since May on charges of forced conversion, have been released, an advocacy group says. India Deporting Afghan Christians Despite Reported Execution Threats
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- There was concern Sunday, May 15, that India would deport seven Afghan Christians and their families back to Afghanistan where they risk detention and execution for abandoning Islam, after the United Nations refused to grant them refugee status, representatives said.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- There was concern Sunday, May 15, that India would deport seven Afghan Christians and their families back to Afghanistan where they risk detention and execution for abandoning Islam, after the United Nations refused to grant them refugee status, representatives said.
India Church Leaders Condemn Killing Of Leading Activist
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indian Church leaders have condemned the killing of one of India's leading journalists and activists who publicly criticized what she saw as the persecution of Christians and other minorities in the mainly Hindu nation.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indian Church leaders have condemned the killing of one of India's leading journalists and activists who publicly criticized what she saw as the persecution of Christians and other minorities in the mainly Hindu nation.
India Frees Nun, Priest From Northern Jail
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A priest and nun who spent 24 days in a northern Indian jail on charges of violating environmental legislation say the experience helped them understand the plight of prisoners in this predominantly Hindu nation.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A priest and nun who spent 24 days in a northern Indian jail on charges of violating environmental legislation say the experience helped them understand the plight of prisoners in this predominantly Hindu nation. India Mission School Girls Recovering After Gang-Rape
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Four young students at an evangelical missionary school in eastern India are recovering from their injuries after they were gang-raped in what locals called "another chilling reminder" of how unsafe the area has become for schoolgirls and minority Christians, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, July 23.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Four young students at an evangelical missionary school in eastern India are recovering from their injuries after they were gang-raped in what locals called "another chilling reminder" of how unsafe the area has become for schoolgirls and minority Christians, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, July 23. 
