Tag: Egypt
Local Coptic Christians Pray for Peace in Egypt
By Aby Thomas 23/10/2011 Coptic Christians in Brooklyn have come together at the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. George, nicknamed “the Ellis Island of the ... Read More
Coptic Christians protest outside White House against violence in Egypt
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
Pope Shenouda rejects international investigation into Maspero Violence
MENA 21/10/2011 Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, rejected demands by some families of victims of the Maspero violence on 9 ... Read More
Amin Gemayel visits Egypt, holds meeting with Coptic Pope
The Daily Star 17/10/2011 BEIRUT: Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel called Sunday for dialogue between Arab states to lay the foundations for political systems based ... Read More
Democracy’s Collateral Damage
By ROSS DOUTHAT 15/102011 THE Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, tracing its roots to St. ... Read More
Military might has Christians fearing the worst
Ruth Pollard 15/10/2011 "Hide your cross,'' the cab driver told Vivian Meleka as he wound his way through the crowded streets of the Egyptian capital. ... Read More
Islamic takeover plan slowly being fulfilled
Fr. Constantine J. Simones (Ret.) Waterford 10/14/2011 The recent slaughter of Egyptian Orthodox Christians graphically portrays once again that Islamic terrorists are making a mockery ... Read More
A miracle in Egypt
13 /10/2011 My Dear Friends, In the tradition of the Coptic Orthodox Church there was a story of a Muslim Caliph who challenged the Coptic ... Read More
Egypt PM discusses Maspero clashes with Coptic Pope Shenouda III
13/10/2011 Prime Minister Essam Sharaf visited Pope Shenouda III at St. Mark's Cathedral on Thursday morning, where they discussed the implications of the Maspero clashes ... Read More
Egypt military says soldiers didn’t intentionally kill Copts
By Amro Hassan, Los Angeles Times 13/10/2011 Generals' comments are first public statements by the military on clashes between Coptic Christian demonstrators, thugs and military ... Read More
Tuesday’s papers: The nation reacts
Ali Abdel Mohsen 11/10/2011 “Massacre,” “tragedy,” “bloodbath” and “conspiracy” are words that appear, prominently and repeatedly, on the front pages of all of Tuesday’s papers—all ... Read More
Cairo killings deepen Coptic Christians’ feelings of Alienation
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
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
Thousands mourn victims of Maspero violence; church blames ‘infiltrators’
ByOmnia Al Desoukie Daily News Egypt 10/10/2011 CAIRO: Egypt’s Orthodox Church called on Christians around the world to pray and fast for three days to ... Read More
Sad Pics From Cairo – Mourning the Death of Copitc Martyrs (Updated)
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
Egypt Coptic church decries attacks on Christians
By MAGGIE MICHAEL The Associated Press 10/10/2011 CAIRO — Egypt's Coptic church blasted authorities Monday for allowing repeated attacks on Christians with impunity as the ... 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
Twenty-three people have died in violent clashes between Coptic Christians and security forces in Egypt
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
Protest against persecution of Copts in Egypt attacked with Bloody Force
Video- Egyptian army runs over Christians demonstrators with tanks & killed 20 Christian Yasmine Fathi, Lina El-Wardani 9/10/2011 Violence seen at peaceful march turns into ... Read More
18 million Egyptian Coptic Christians not safe. Voice of Copts
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
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