Tag: Coptic Christian
Egypt’s Copts protest “disappearance of girls”
Mohamed Abdel Salam and Joseph Mayton 29/2/2012 CAIRO: A number of Egypt Coptic Christian protesters organized a demonstration on Tuesday in front of Parliament to ... Read More
In Egypt, Christian-Muslim Tension Is On The Rise
25/2/2012 SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON Blackened rubble is all that is left of Abskharon Suleiman's appliance store in the northern Egyptian village of Sharbat. Suleiman is ... Read More
Coptic church in Egyptian village threatened after girl disappears
Ekram Ibrahim 15/2/2012 Muslim Brotherhood activists form human chain around a Sharqiya church in the central Delta valley after Coptic girl's rumoured conversion to Islam ... Read More
Egyptian village evicts 8 Coptic families over rumors of interfaith affair
By AFP CAIRO 14/2/2012 Eight Coptic Christian families have been evicted from a village in northern Egypt following clashes sparked by rumors of an illicit ... Read More
62 Coptic Christian Families Forcibly Evicted by Salafi Muslims
By Asia News 10/2/2012 Salafi Muslims in the area of el-Amerya, with the complicity of the police and state authorities, set fire to Christian homes ... Read More
Islamofascism And The War on Nigeria’s Christians
12/27/2011 Islamofascism: Scores of Christians attending Catholic mass in Nigerian churches were slaughtered in their pews by massive bomb blasts on Christmas Day. While decried ... Read More
Coptic Christian trash collectors in Egypt push to secure their role as recyclers of Cairo’s garbage
12/26/2011 In Egypt, where protestors are still demanding a transition from military to civilian rule, one minority group that’s particularly concerned about their fate in ... Read More
Coptic church slams attacks on Christians
By MAGGIE MICHAEL The Associated Press 11/10/2011 CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt’s Coptic church blasted authorities Monday for allowing repeated attacks on Christians with impunity as ... Read More
Snaps from Coptic Protest and Massacre in Cairo
10/10/2011 Several people have died in clashes between Coptic Christians and Egyptian security forces, in the worst sectarian violence since the uprising that ousted Hosni ... Read More
Egypt military uses violence with Coptic Christian Sit-in
Joseph Mayton 5/10/ 2011 CAIRO: Egypt’s military police have fired in the air in an attempt to disperse a few hundred Coptic Christians who had ... Read More
Coptic Christian Killed in Attack on Village in Upper Egypt
8/11/2011 Muslim mob murders him in his home in assault on village. ISTANBUL, August 10 (CDN) — A Coptic Christian was killed and several others ... Read More
Copts on the Beat
12/5/2011 An intriguing account of Abeer, a Coptic Christian woman, who allegedly converted to Islam, sparked the worst sectarian clashes in Egypt since the 25 ... Read More
More Images From Egyptian Clash
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In Egypt, Coptic Christian Assaulted By Muslim Extremists
Al-Ahram, Egypt 25/3/2011 In the village of Qana, in Upper Egypt, Coptic Christian teacher Ayman Anwar Metari was attacked by a Salafist gang that cut ... Read More
Egypt Pope, al-Azhar Imam encourage Egyptians to Vote
By Mohamed Abdel Salam 19/3/2011 CAIRO: Head of the Egyptian Coptic Christian Church, Pope Shenouda II, returned to Cairo on Friaday after a 19-day medical ... Read More
Egypt’s Pope denounces use of force against Coptic Protesters
25/11/2010 AFP Head of the Egyptian Coptic Church Pope Shenouda III on Wednesday denounced the use of force against Coptic Christian protesters. The statement followed ... Read More