Tag: Coptic Christian
Militants Attack Coptic Christians in El-Minya : Several Dead and Dozens Injured
http://english.ahram.org.eg John Anton (Special Correspondent in Cairo) - OCP News Service - 26/2/17 Cairo- Egypt: Militants attacked a bus carrying Coptic Orthodox Christian on their ... Read More
Death Toll in Cairo Church Explosion Rises to 26
© REUTERS/ Mohamed Abd El Ghany Sputniknews - 17/12/16 The number of the deaths in Tuesday terror attack on Coptic Church Complex in the Egyptian ... Read More
Daesh Claims Responsibility for Attack on Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral
Sputniknews - 15/12/16 Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for an attack on Cairo Coptic Church Complex that killed dozens of people, Al Arabiya TV channel ... Read More
Romanian Patriarch sends message of compassion and solidarity after Cairo bombing
Aurelian Iftimiu - Basilica News Agency - December 2016 His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope and Patriarch of Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt Your Holiness, The news ... Read More
Coptic Shop Bombed by “Muslim Brotherhood”
Coptic Solidarity - Raymond Ibrahim - September 2015 The shop of a Coptic Christian located in Qena, Egypt, was bombed earlier this week and severely damaged. The first, ... Read More
Bomb Placed by Coptic Church Dismantled Before Exploding
Raymond Ibrahim - 1/7/15 A bomb was placed by a Coptic Christian church in Egypt, but security was able to dismantle it before it exploded earlier ... Read More
Egypt: Explosive Goes Off Next to Church
Raymond Ibrahim - May 2015 Coptic Solidarity A homemade explosive planted next to a Coptic Christian church was detonated around sunset on May 16. Although there were no ... Read More
Another Teenage Coptic Girl Vanishes
Raymond Ibrahim - May 2015 Coptic Solidarity On May 2, yet another Coptic Christian girl vanished. Marina Magdi Fahim, 17, disappeared after leaving her home around ... Read More
Egypt’s Salafi Party Bans Christmas, Easter Greetings
Dr. Yunis Makioun Raymond Ibrahim - May 2015 During a recent interview on Egyptian television, the schizophrenic face of the Islamist parties was on full display. Dr. ... Read More
Coptic Christian Priest’s Car Set Aflame
Raymond Ibrahim On February 17, “unknown persons” set fire to the parked car of Fr. Ayub Yusif, the priest of the Saint George Coptic Catholic ... Read More
Drive-By Jihadis Murder Another Coptic Christian in Sinai
Coptic Solidarity - 27/2/15 - Raymond Ibrahim On February 23, another Coptic Christian man was fatally shot in al-‘Arish, Sinai, by members of the Islamic terrorist group, ... Read More
Coptic Christian Mother Forgives, Prays for ISIS Slaughterers of Son
Kyrillos’ mother and other family member in mourning during interview Kyrillos’ baby sister Raymond Ibrahim - 21/2/15 The mother of Kyrillos (Cyrus), one of the 21 ... Read More
‘Our Daddy is in Heaven’ — Daughters of Christian Family Slaughtered in Libya
One of the remaining daughters, in front of her parent’s wedding picture Katherine, slain daughter Slain mother Slain father The three coffins during the church ... Read More
Easter: A Time of Joy, But Also Danger for Persecuted Christians
By April Thompson http://www.commdiginews.com - 20/4/14 DALLAS -- This year the liturgical calendars of the Eastern and Western churches coincide, and all of Christendom will celebrate ... Read More
Coptic Abductions and the Jizya Rationale
Raymond Ibrahim - April 2014 On March 26 in Egypt, an increasingly common scene took place. Shenouda Riad Musa, a Coptic Christian man, was kidnapped by ... Read More
Coptic Woman ‘Martyred for the Cross’ — ‘Body Torn’
Mary, the latest Christian martyr to be killed in Egypt Raymond Ibrahim - 30/3/14 On his Twitter account, Coptic Bishop Raphaeil, who also serves as Secretary ... Read More
Coptic Christian Children: Kidnapped and Killed for Cash
Raymond Ibrahim 15/1/14 Yet another Coptic Christian child was recently kidnapped in Egypt. Thirteen-year-old Cyril Rif‘at Fayiz was abducted in the Minya district by “unknown persons” who ... Read More
Gunmen kill 3 in shooting spree at Egyptian Coptic church
21/10/13 At least three people were killed, including an eight-year-old girl, and around 12 others wounded after unknown gunmen opened fire on wedding guests outside ... Read More
Egypt gunmen open fire on Coptic Christian wedding in Cairo
21/10/13 Three people, including a girl aged eight, died when gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a wedding party outside a Coptic Christian church in ... Read More
Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Burning Coptic Christian Churches in Egypt
Leah Barkoukis -16/8/13 As the violence in Egypt intensifies, Coptic Christian churches have also been the target of attacks by Muslim Brotherhood supporters. In the past two days alone, ... Read More
‘Peaceful’ Brotherhood Protesters Torching Coptic Christian Churches
Andrew C. McCarthy - 15/8/13 In the familiar pattern, the Western media are focused on the military raids against Islamic supremacists in Egypt but ignoring the ... Read More