Tag: Egypt
Egyptian Security Used Live Ammunition on Christian Coptic Protesters, 4 Killed
30/11/2010 Cairo: November 30, 2010. (By Mary Abdelmassih AINA) -- Christian Copts worldwide were shocked and enraged at the use of live ammunition by Egyptian ... Read More
Egypt Detains Over 150 Protesters After Deadly Church Clash
28/11/2010 By Worthy News Middle East Service with reporting by Worthy News Correspondent Stefan J. Bos CAIRO, EGYPT (Worthy News)-- Egypt's attorney general has reportedly ... Read More
Eritrea Refugees Detained In Sinai Desert, Group Says
By Worthy News Middle East and African Services 28/11/2010 CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Worthy News)-- There was international concern Friday, November 26, over the situation of 80 Eritrean ... Read More
Elections update: Egypt’s Pope snubs NDP, votes for Opposition Party
E E Staff 28/11/2010 In an unprecedented move, Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, has voted for the opposition Wafd Party ... Read More
Al-Azhar asks Coptic Church to denounce US religious discrimination Claims
26/11/2010 Al-Azhar attempted to persuade Egypt's Coptic Church on Thursday to rebuff a US report claiming that Christians in Egypt were discriminated against. The Coptic ... Read More
Egypt’s Pope denounces use of force against Coptic Protesters
25/11/2010 AFP Head of the Egyptian Coptic Church Pope Shenouda III on Wednesday denounced the use of force against Coptic Christian protesters. The statement followed ... Read More
First international Coptic bank to be established in Sweden
23/11/2010 A group of Coptic businessmen resident in Stockholm, Sweden have established an investment company with the aim of launching the first international Coptic bank--to ... Read More
Anti-Christian Sentiment in Egypt Heats Up
24/11/2010 Terrorist threat in Iraq emerges at importune moment for Copts. By Wayne King CAIRO, Egypt – As bombings and other attacks continue against Christians ... Read More
Egyptian churches praise US report on religious Freedoms
Amr Bayoumi 19/11/2010 Egyptian churches welcomed, for the first time, the American religious freedom report, stressing that Christians face discrimination in Egypt, and that the ... Read More
Pope calls off ordination anniversary in solidarity with Iraqi Christians, sources Say
14/11/2010 Head of the Egyptian Coptic Church Pope Shenouda III leader will cancel his 39th ordination anniversary celebration in a move to demonstrate solidarity with ... Read More
Egypt Copts hold vigil for Iraq church attack Victims
9/11/2010 CAIRO — Coptic Christians held a candlelight vigil in front of the Iraqi embassy in Cairo on Monday after a deadly hostage-taking in a ... Read More
Egyptian president pledges to protect Coptic Christians in face of al-Qaida Threats
By The Associated Press (CP) 7/11/2010 CAIRO — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has assured the country's Coptic Christians the government will protect them in the ... Read More
Iraqi Christians mourning 52 Victims
2/11/2010 By: Khalil Murshadi, Agence France-Presse, with files from The Daily Telegraph BAGHDAD - Grieving Christians in Baghdad marked All Saints Day in mourning yesterday ... Read More
Egypt, Coptic Church reject al-Qaeda threats
01/11/2010 Alexandrian church officials, along with Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit, rejected on Monday a statement by an al-Qaeda-linked group responsible for Sunday's attack ... Read More
Religious Discourse
(DP-News-Sana) 25/10/2010 Damascus- Activities of the "Role of Scholars in Controlling Religious Discourse and National Unity" conference started on Sunday with the participation of a ... Read More
THE HELLENIC SCOUTS VISIT HIS BEATITUDE
Alexandrian Patriarchate On 22nd October 2010, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa received representatives of the Hellenic Scouting Association ... Read More
Pilgrimage to Egypt
The British Orthodox Church Abba Seraphim visited Egypt from 13-20 October with a small group of ecumenical pilgrims as well as members of the British ... Read More
Egypt’s Museums III: The Coptic Museum
By: Mai El-Wakil 13/10/2010 The Coptic Museum in Cairo has more to offer its visitors than is generally thought. Still, only a small group of ... Read More
Court postpones trial of Naga Hammadi murder Suspects
17/10/2010 An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed the trial of three Muslims accused of killing six Christians and another Muslim on the eve of Coptic ... Read More
Coptic Pope Shenouda III calls off scheduled bi-monthly Alex Sermon
04/10/2010 Coptic Pope Shenouda III failed to deliver his scheduled bi-monthly sermon in Alexandria on Sunday. According to an anonymous source at the Alexandria Archbishopric, ... Read More
Egypt pope ‘sorry’ Muslims hurt by bishop’s Koran Comments
27/9/2010 CAIRO — The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church said on Sunday he regretted the fact that Muslims were offended by the comments of ... Read More