When It Is Hard to Turn the Other Cheek (Column)

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By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist voaimageLAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife Columns)-- I suspect we are going to see more of this. After suicide bombers attacked two churches this month during Sunday worship, leaving at least 17 people dead and scores injured, Pakistani Christians went on a rampage through the streets of Lahore.

‘Pakistan Muslims To Kill Mother, Relatives Over Christian Conversion’

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service LEADNOWLAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab province have threatened to kill a young woman as well as her husband, child and in-laws because she abandoned Islam and converted to Christianity, BosNewsLife learned Monday, April 1. Maria and her Christian husband Emmanuel Masih said they are hiding with their "beautiful one-year-old daughter" Yarusha Emmanuel after receiving death threats.

Over 1,000 Anti-Christian Attacks In Indian State, report

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By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent christians_prayer248NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- An official of one of India's largest evangelical umbrella groups says his organization has recorded over 1,000 anti-Christian attacks in 500 days in the southern state of Karnataka and that the number is growing "by the day".
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Indonesia’s Pentecostal Leader: ‘Accept Muslim Attacks’

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Jakarta JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- The leader of Indonesia's main Pentecostal denomination urges church members to...

‘Growing Number Of Christians In Afghanistan’ Despite Death Threats

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By BosNewsLife Asia and Middle East Services with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A growing number of Afghans, including politicians, are embracing Christianity and meet in "house churches" despite death treats and attacks by Islamic militants, according to Christians rights activists and news reports monitored by BosNewsLife Friday, May 4.

Pakistan Christians Concerned Over Kidnapping Slain Governor’s Son

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By Xavier P. William, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Church leaders and activists say the kidnapping of the son of an assassinated governor has added to a sense of insecurity among minority Christians in Pakistan's Punjab province.

China Christians Appeal Labor-Camp Term

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Two members of an evangelical house church in China have appealed against a one-year sentence of "re-education through labor" despite difficulties with authorities, Christians confirmed Friday, September 24.

Kazakhstan Baptists Refuse Fines For ‘Illegal’ Worship

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By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos Kazakhstan-president-Nursultan-NazarbayevASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A devoted Baptist church member in Kazakhstan can't leave the country and may lose his garage because he refuses to pay fines for attending a worship meeting without state permission, BosNewsLife learned Friday, January 12.

Pakistan Christian Man, Family Hiding After Blasphemy Charges

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife )-- A Christian man who spent more than three years in a Pakistani jail on "false charges of blasphemy against Islam" was hiding with his family in Pakistan's Punjab province Tuesday, December 27, after police briefly detained him again, a friend and human rights official told BosNewsLife.  

’19 Christian Children Rescued From Islamic Traffickers in Bangladesh’

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service A student reads Koran at a madrasa in Dhaka.DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BosNewsLife)-- Nineteen Christian children who were to be sold to Islamic boarding schools ('madrassas') in Bangladesh have been rescued, a religious rights group said Thursday, February 7.Traffickers lied to the children's parents saying they would take the children to Christian boarding schools in the capital Dhaka, when in fact, they were intending to sell the children to the various madrassas, explained International Christian Concern (ICC).