Tag: Egypt
Following sectarian clashes in Giza, demonstrators protest ‘forced migration of Copts’
Ahram Online 2/8/2012 Coptic groups stage protest after coptic homes burned, reports 120 families were expelled, in Dahshur, Giza as angry crowds attempted to 'avenge' ... Read More
Clinton scolds Egypt over violence against Copts
By Jo Biddle - WASHINGTON Middle East Online 2/8/2012 US report warns against growing xenophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim sentiment, intolerance in Europe. The United States warned ... Read More
Bishop to tell Copts to immigrate
31/7/2012 Coptic Christian Bishop Paul of Tanta will tell Copts to leave Egypt if the Church is not guaranteed religious jurisdiction. Bishop Paul, a representative ... Read More
Muslim Persecution of Christians: June 2012
Raymond Ibrahim 30/7/2012 U.S.-backed rebels are committing Christian genocide in Syria, where they are sacking churches and issuing threats that all Christians will be cleansed ... Read More
Worldview: Copts in Egypt are watching and worrying
Samia Sidhom , managing editor of Watani, a newspaper for Egypt's Coptic Christians, in her Cairo office. "There is a feeling that democracy has been ... Read More
Flight of Christians from Mid-East Reaches Syria
Aidan Clay 24/7/2012 "Christians are being ethnically cleansed throughout the Middle East." — Ken Blackwell, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. A mass exodus of Christians, ... Read More
The illusion of American support for Copts in Egypt
Said Shehata 23/7/2012 In international affairs, interests not ethics are paramount. So Egypt's Copts should know they can only attain equal citizenship in their country ... Read More
Abductions and Forced Conversions of Christian Coptic Women in Egypt Dramatically Increase
By Myles Collier , Christian Post Contributor 20/7/2012 A report recently published describes the growing concern surrounding the increasingly common abductions and forced conversions of ... Read More
Egyptian Coptics find refuge in Westminster
By Sandra Abdelmalak/Garden Grove Journal 18/7/2012 Given the rise of persecutions of Coptic Christians in Egypt and the recent political unrest within the country, there ... Read More
President Morsi of Egypt meets Patriarch Paulos
07/16/2012 The visiting Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi had met and discuss today with His Holiness Abune Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, ENA reports. ... Read More
British Museum Colloquium on Egypt in the First Millennium
12/7/2012 The British Orthodox Church Abba Seraphim and Subdeacon Daniel Malyon attended the British Museum Colloquium, “Pagans, Christians and Muslims: Egypt in the First Millennium ... Read More
Christians form fraternity
Daily News Egypt 8/7/2012 Activists from Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority have moved to buffer the rise of political Islam, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood, by establishing ... Read More
Mursi faces challenge to bring Egypt’s Copts on side
2/7/2012 BBC One of the toughest challenges that will face Egypt’s new President, Mohammed Mursi, will be relations with the country’s Coptic Christian community. In ... Read More
Hague called to protect Christian minorities in Egypt and Syria
29/6/2012 Release International is calling on Foreign Secretary William Hague to keep human and religious rights at the forefront of any talks with Egyptian and ... Read More
President-elect Morsi receives acting pope of Egypt’s Coptic Church
Ahram Online 26/6/2012 New Islamist president-elect receives acting head of Coptic Church, says he will not countenance 'condescension' to Egypt's Coptic-Christian community. Mohamed Morsi, ... Read More
Grand mufti: Morsy should address Copts’ fears
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27/06/2012 President-elect Mohamed Morsy should address the fears of his Coptic “brothers” and their problems on the ground, Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa said ... Read More
Coptic Christians Praying for Egypt’s Believers
25/6/2012 A Coptic Christian leader in the United States and his flock are praying for fellow believers in Egypt. Bishop David of the Coptic Christian ... Read More
Egypt Copts dismayed but determined after Morsy win
26/6/2012 CAIRO: Many Egyptian Coptic Christians were dismayed by the election victory of president-elect Mohamed Morsy, but they are now preparing to co-exist with the ... Read More
Coptic Church Head in UK Speaks of Hope for Egypt in Wake of Morsi’s Election Win
By Christian Today 25/6/2012 The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the U.K. has spoken of his hope for positive reform in Egypt after ... Read More
Egypt: Gutted Church Building Leaves Copts With Debt
14/6/2012 Wayne King A hasty, inadequate renovation of a church building that Salafi Muslims largely gutted a year ago has left the congregation with staggering ... Read More
Muslim Brotherhood: Egypt’s Christians Must “Convert, Pay Tribute, or Leave”
Matthew Clark 6/6/2012 According to a popular Egyptian website, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Egyptian presidential candidate, Mohammed Morsi, has stated that Christians will be forced to ... Read More