Tag: Egypt

Following sectarian clashes in Giza, demonstrators protest ‘forced migration of Copts’

OCP- August 2, 2012

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

OCP- August 2, 2012

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

OCP- July 31, 2012

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

OCP- July 30, 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

OCP- July 27, 2012

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

OCP- July 26, 2012

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

OCP- July 23, 2012

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

OCP- July 21, 2012

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

OCP- July 19, 2012

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

OCP- July 17, 2012

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

OCP- July 13, 2012

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

OCP- July 9, 2012

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

OCP- July 2, 2012

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

OCP- June 30, 2012

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

OCP- June 29, 2012

  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

OCP- June 27, 2012

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

OCP- June 26, 2012

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

OCP- June 26, 2012

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

OCP- June 26, 2012

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

OCP- June 17, 2012

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”

OCP- June 7, 2012

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