Tag: Egypt
Pope Shenouda III donates US$17,000 Prize to Egypts Childrens Cancer Hospital
By: Pamela 2/10/2011 Special Courtesy: Assad Elepty Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark the Evangelist of the Coptic Orthodox ... Read More
Egypt clashes between Muslim and Copts calmed, witnesses say violence into night
1/10/2011 CAIRO: Aswan’s governor denied the burning of a church in Edfu, in southern Egypt, on Friday and said there was no attack on the ... Read More
Muslims attack Egypt Coptic church as sectarian Violence Continues
Manar Ammar and Joseph Mayton 30/9/2011 CAIRO: Tension between Muslims and Copts is blazing in the southern town of Edfu after two residential buildings were ... Read More
Egypt: desire for divorce drives Coptic-Muslim Tensions
30/9/2011 A desire for divorce is the cause of much of the tension between Muslims and Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt, according to a newly ... Read More
Alex Church bombing Case Adjourned
By Essam Fadle Special to Daily News Egypt 25/9/2011 CAIRO: The Alexandria Urgent Cases Court adjourned on Sunday the Al-Qeddesine Church bombing case to Nov.13 ... Read More
Conference raises concerns over lingering discrimination against Copts
Rana Khazbak 12/09/2011 “Copts feel they are even worse off after the revolution, although they were hopeful it would bring equality. Some took the wheel ... Read More
Egypt’s Pope back Home
The Egyptian Gazette 9/9/2011 CAIRO - Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, returned home Thursday from a trip to the US ... Read More
Opinion: Turkey’s Grand Gesture
By Idris Tawfiq - The Egyptian Gazette 26.8.2011 Turkey has come a long way in recent years. Gone is the era and ethos of a ... Read More
Egypt’s Double Standard in Muslim and Christian Abduction Cases
By Mary Abdelmassih 14/8/2011 (AINA) -- A 15-year-old Muslim girl, Zeina, was abducted on April 3, 2011 by gunmen in two cars as she was ... Read More
Church suspends priest, hotel files defamation Complaint
By: Daily News Egypt 14/8/2011 CAIRO: Senior Coptic Bishop Basanti has suspended a priest following an incident where the latter took off his robes after ... Read More
Mother Thekla
14/8/2011 Mother Thekla, who died on August 7 aged 93, was the last surviving nun to have occupied the enclosed Orthodox Monastery of the Assumption ... Read More
Coptic Christian Killed in Attack on Village in Upper Egypt
8/11/2011 Muslim mob murders him in his home in assault on village. ISTANBUL, August 10 (CDN) — A Coptic Christian was killed and several others ... Read More
Egypt: Why Are Christian Girls Converting to Islam?
Raymond Ibrahim 11/8/2011 Few things in Islam are as liable to provoke passion and violence as the issue of conversion. The health hazards involved in ... Read More
Religious violence, abuse growing – Study
AAP 10/8/2011 RELIGIOUS-linked violence and abuse rose around the world between 2006 and 2009, with Christians and Muslims the most common targets, according to a ... Read More
Copts alarmed by rise in young female converts to Islam
Alastair Beach 08/08/2011 The video footage is blurred and shaky, but there is no mistaking the identity of the two young girls. Sitting in what ... Read More
Church leaders reject governors’ reshuffle for excluding Copts
Emad Khalil 06/08/2011 Church leaders expressed anger at the exclusion of Copts in this week's reshuffle of governors, saying they expected authorities to include three ... Read More
Russian icons discovered in Egypt
By Sophia Kishkovsky | From issue 226, July-August 2011 Published online 1 Aug 11 Conservators say Sinai’s climate helped preserve art and artefacts. SINAI. Researchers ... Read More
Egypt: Muslim Attack on Christians Provoked By Installation of Church Bell
07/28/2011 An exchange of harsh words on July 25 between Ruth, a Christian woman, and Gassem Fouad, a Muslim man who had parked his tricycle ... Read More
Egypt’s Christian ‘kidnappings’ highlight need for better Reporting
By Joseph Mayton 27/7/2011 CAIRO: Christian Solidarity International Board Member Michele Clark went to Congress last week to detail the abuse of Coptic women and ... Read More
Pope Shenouda III considers divorce and second marriage proposals following Protests
26/7/2011 Egypt's Coptic Patriarch, Pope Shenouda III, looks into the demands of protesters calling for divorce and second marriages to be allowed after the demonstrations ... Read More
Christian women in Egypt being converted to Islam by force, Witness Says
By Katherine Veik 24/7/2011 Washington D.C., Jul 23, 2011 / 11:35 am (CNA).- The U.S. Helsinki Commission gathered on July 22 to discuss the increase ... Read More