Tag: coptic church
Egypt Court Dismisses Claims that Christians Kidnapped Islamic Convert
Camilia Shehata By Daniel Blake | Christian Post Contributor 1/7/2011 An Egyptian court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Muslims requesting the disclosure of the ... Read More
Egypt: Hundreds of Salafists attack a Coptic church in Upper Egypt
25/6/2011 Armed with sticks, Islamic extremists besieged in the church of Saint George in Bani Ahmed, in the Archdiocese of Minya, for five hours threatening ... Read More
Row over places of Egypt worship bill
By Samar Ali Ezzat – The Egyptian Gazette 18/6/2011 CAIRO – A unified bill for building places of worship remained an unfulfilled wish under the ... Read More
Former Egyptian Interior Minister Accused of Collusion in Alexandria Church Bombing
Former Interior Minister Habib El Adly By Mary Abdelmassih 6-4-2011 (AINA) — The Egyptian attorney general has reopened the investigation into the bombing of the ... Read More
Bishop of Tripoli: NATO bombs a Coptic church. Civilian Casualties.
06/01/2011 Libya Last night the bombs damaged a Coptic church located near a military barracks. Migrant Filipino Catholics witness charity among the Libyan people affected ... Read More
Egypt: In Imbaba, army restores Coptic Church torched by Salafis
By Asia News 28/5/2011 The authorities hope to complete the restoration work in three months. Those who carried out the attack are however still at ... Read More
Libya war pushes Christian presence to the Brink
By Mohammed Abbas 19/5/2011 BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – The Christian church in eastern Libya, which traces its roots back two millennia to the era of ... Read More
Egyptian church calls on Copts to abandon Protest
16/5/2011 CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Pope Shenouda, head of the Orthodox Coptic church, called on Christians to abandon a demonstration against attacks on their community ... Read More
The threat posed by religious violence in Egypt
By Editorial 12/5/2011 AMONG THE MORE heartening aspects of the peaceful revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak was the way it brought together people from across ... Read More
Pope’s secretary: Church did not detain Kamilia Shehata
Farouk el-Desouki 12/05/2011 Pope Shenouda’s secretary, Bishop Armia, said on Thursday that the Coptic Church had nothing to do with the disappearance of Kamilia Shehata, ... Read More