Tag: Coptic Christians

Coptic Christians protest outside White House against violence in Egypt

OCP- October 22, 2011

By Pamela Constable 20/10/2011 Hoisting homemade wooden crosses and photographs of bodies they said were crushed by tanks, hundreds of Coptic Christians rallied Wednesday in ... Read More

Cairo killings deepen Coptic Christians’ feelings of Alienation

OCP- October 11, 2011

By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 11/10/2011 Around 25 people were killed and 327 injured in Sunday night clashes outside the state radio and TV building ... Read More

Sad Pics From Cairo – Mourning the Death of Copitc Martyrs (Updated)

OCP- October 10, 2011

10/10/2011 Mourning the death of Coptic Martyrs of Egypt who where massacred in over night clashes with Egyptian security forces on 9th October 2011. Source: Read More

Snaps from Coptic Protest and Massacre in Cairo

OCP- October 10, 2011

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

Twenty-three people have died in violent clashes between Coptic Christians and security forces in Egypt

OCP- October 10, 2011

AFP 10/10/2011 AT least twenty-three people have died in clashes between Coptic Christians and Egyptian security forces, in the worst sectarian violence since the uprising ... Read More

18 million Egyptian Coptic Christians not safe. Voice of Copts

OCP- October 7, 2011

7/10/2011 Washington DC: October 7, 2011. (PCP) Voice of the Copts strongly condemns the barbaric attack by Muslims of the Marinab Coptic Church located in ... Read More

Hundreds of Egyptian Coptic Christians protest in Cairo

OCP- October 5, 2011

English.news.cn 2011-10-05 CAIRO, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Egyptian Christian Copts staged a sit-in on the road in front of the state TV building ... Read More

120 Coptic Christians leave Orthodox Church over divorce, remarriage laws

OCP- September 19, 2011

Emad Khalil 18/09/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt has received more than 120 individual notices from Coptic Christians informing the Church that they have ... Read More

Sectarian violence kills 2 in Shubra

OCP- June 27, 2011

27/06/2011 Sectarian clashes between a number of Muslims and Coptic Christians resurfaced in the Fateh district of Shubra al-Kheima on Monday, after two Muslims were ... Read More

Copts on the Beat

OCP- May 13, 2011

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

Cairo tense after religious Clashes

OCP- May 9, 2011

9/5/2011 Troops patrol streets as Copts camp out in Egypt's capital, calling for justice after 12 killed in weekend clashes. Egyptian troops are out in ... Read More

Church Burned In Egypt Sectarian Clash

OCP- May 8, 2011

8/5/2011 At least six people are reported to have been killed and at least one church set on fire during clashes between Muslims and minority ... Read More

Coptic Christians in Egypt: Standing at the Crossroads

OCP- May 7, 2011

Mirette Bahgat 2011 Atlas Corps Fellow 6/5/2011 On the morning of January, 28th, 2011 -- the morning of the "Friday of Anger" protests in Egypt ... Read More

Coptic Christians in Egypt Continue Protests

OCP- March 11, 2011

Jennifer LeClaire 11/3/2011 CNN is reporting that thousands of Christian Copts in Cairo are protesting outside the offices of an Egyptian broadcaster. Indeed, thousands of ... Read More

Coptic Christians Protest in Central Cairo – Snaps

OCP- March 10, 2011

10/3/2011 Egyptian Coptic Christians chant slogans during a demonstration outside the state television building in central Cairo on March 7, 8 and 9, 2011 a ... Read More

Egypt’s uprising stirs fears of persecution of minority Coptic Christians

OCP- February 5, 2011

By Michelle Boorstein 4/2/2011 With attacks on Christians already increasing in the Middle East, the populist uprising in Egypt has triggered fears among some that ... Read More

Fate of Copts ignored by the secular West

OCP- February 5, 2011

Angela Shanahan - The Australian 5/2/2011 Egypt's long-suffering Coptic Christians are justified in their fear of an Islamic revolution A DISTURBING feature of the crisis ... Read More

Coptic Christians Worry About Future Without Mubarak

OCP- February 3, 2011

By MARC CHAMPION 1/2/2011 ALEXANDRIA, Egypt—Like the protesters who have flooded the streets of Egypt in the past week, the country's large minority of Coptic ... Read More

Egyptian Orthodox leader says Muslims expressed sympathy after Bombing

OCP- January 4, 2011

3/1/2011 By Doreen Abi Raad Catholic News Service BEIRUT (CNS) -- An Egyptian Orthodox leader said he had received many messages of support from Muslims ... Read More

Egypt Detains Over 150 Protesters After Deadly Church Clash

OCP- November 28, 2010

28/11/2010 By Worthy News Middle East Service with reporting by Worthy News Correspondent Stefan J. Bos CAIRO, EGYPT (Worthy News)-- Egypt's attorney general has reportedly ... Read More