Tag: Egypt
Remembering the Maspero massacre: one year on
Daily News Egypt 10/10/2012 A closer look at the massacre, and the unserved justice The families of the Maspero massacre victims commemorated their lost loved ... Read More
Ecumenical prayer meeting held in Cairo
OCP News Service Amir Ramzi (OCP Correspondent in Egypt) 06/10/2012 Egypt/Cairo: Heads of Egyptian Christian Churches (Oriental and Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Evangelical Church) ... Read More
Egypt’s Christians – Distraught and Displaced
Raymond Ibrahim 6/10/2012 Reuters reported last week that "Most Christians living near Egypt's border with Israel are fleeing their homes after Islamist militants made death ... Read More
Egypt frees 2 Coptic Christian boys held for defiling Quran
6/10/2012 CAIRO - The Egyptian authorities yesterday released two Coptic Christian boys taken into in juvenile detention for allegedly urinating on the Quran but they ... Read More
Two Coptic kids face trial in Egypt over ‘insulting Islam’
4/10/2012 Two Coptic boys aged 9 and 10 are awaiting trial after an Islamic cleric accused them of tearing up and urinating on the Koran. ... Read More
The misery of Copts in Egypt
Said Shehata 03/10/2012 While it is not a new thing to suffer as a Copt, the raised expectations of better treatment after the revolution turned ... Read More
Copts’ flight from Sinai’s Rafah alarms church; rights groups express solidarity
30/9/2012 Sherry El-Gergawi Rights groups and Coptic Church call on state to provide security for all Egyptians following departure of Christian families from Rafah ... Read More
Greek Orthodox leader to AO: Church alone will govern Christians’ personal-status issues
Sherry El-Gergawi 27/9/2012 Greek Orthodox Church spokesman says recent requests by small Coptic group to make Egypt's Christians subject to Islamic Law – in ... Read More
Romania’s own Sinai Monastery
By Idris Tawfiq 20/9/2012 Egypt’s magic down through the centuries has left its spell on many visitors, who return again and again. Many take home ... Read More
Canadian Coptic Christian demands police protection, says he fears for his life
The Canadian Press 22/9/2012 TORONTO - A Canadian Coptic Christian says he fears for his life and wants police protection after Egypt issued an arrest ... Read More
Coptic Christians remain in eye of the storm as protests subside
Charles M. Sennott 17/9/2012 Egypt’s minority Christians remain in the eye of the storm of anti-American unrest in Egypt and across the Middle East. After ... Read More
Coptic Christian church condemns film, fearing backlash
13/9/2012 WASHINGTON: The Coptic Christian church condemned the film that has triggered violent protests in Muslim countries on Wednesday, reflecting fears of a backlash after ... Read More
Collective Punishment of Egypt’s Christian Copts
Raymond Ibrahim 11/9/2012 Last month saw Egypt's latest large-scale "collective punishment" of Christian Copts. It started when a Christian launderer accidently burned the shirt of ... Read More
Christianity faces a Middle Eastern exodus
Star News Services 1/9/2012 The final outcome of the Arab Spring will not be known for years, perhaps decades, but in the meantime Christian communities ... Read More
Coptic Christian defends accepting role on Egypt presidential advisory team
Ahram Online 28/8/2012 Samir Morcos, a Coptic Christian scholar and writer, rejects criticism that his position on President Morsi's advisory team is merely symbolic. Egypt's ... Read More
Ramadan: Islam’s ‘Holy Month’ of Christian Oppression
Egyptian Christian, Maher Rizkalla: Before and After Ramadan Raymond Ibrahim 28/8/2012 The month of Ramadan, which ended earlier this week, proved to be a month ... Read More
Coptic Christian, woman among Mursi assistants
28/8/2012 CAIRO Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi named a liberal Christian, a hardline Islamist and a woman as assistants on Monday as he sought to reach ... Read More
Calling for all Copts, NGOs form coordinating body outside church auspices
Mohamed Elmeshad 20/8/2012 Spurred by what they see as an increasing tide of Islamization lead by the Muslim Brotherhood, 13 Coptic civil society and political ... Read More
Egypt’s Christian leader lashes out at government
By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press 5/8/2012 CAIRO — The acting leader of Egypt's Coptic Church on Saturday criticized the new government sworn in by ... Read More
Morsi wants sectarian clashes culprits punished; Church calls for end to violence against Copts
Dahshour: Egyptian Christian Sameha Wahba, 70, the only Christian who remains at Dahshour village, is hosted by Muslim family of Mahmoud Abou Abdel Karim. (AP) ... Read More
Attacks on Christians on the rise: bishop
3/8/2012 Cairo - A senior Egyptian Coptic bishop said on Friday attacks on Christians are on the rise and criticised the inclusion of only one ... Read More