Tag: Egypt

Pope Shenouda III donates US$17,000 Prize to Egypts Childrens Cancer Hospital

OCP- October 3, 2011

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

OCP- October 2, 2011

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

OCP- October 2, 2011

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

OCP- September 30, 2011

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

OCP- September 26, 2011

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

OCP- September 14, 2011

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

OCP- September 12, 2011

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

OCP- August 27, 2011

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

OCP- August 15, 2011

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

OCP- August 15, 2011

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

OCP- August 14, 2011

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

OCP- August 13, 2011

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?

OCP- August 13, 2011

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

OCP- August 11, 2011

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

OCP- August 9, 2011

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

OCP- August 7, 2011

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

OCP- August 3, 2011

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

OCP- July 30, 2011

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

OCP- July 29, 2011

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

OCP- July 26, 2011

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

OCP- July 24, 2011

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