Tag: Egypt
Time for Dialogue
By Sameh Fawzi AL-AHRAM- 23 - 29 September 2010 Issue No. 1016 Muslim-Christian relationships face increasing challenges on ground. Positive feelings between key Islamic imams ... Read More
Egyptian Coptic Church Accused of ‘Stockpiling Weapons’
24/9/2010 By Dan Wooding CAIRO, EGYPT -- A Middle East journalist is reporting that a "new wave of defamation by Islamists" against Coptic Pope Shenouda ... Read More
Senior Islamic scholar reported to public prosecutor for remarks on Church
21/9/2010 Lawyer Naguib Gabriel has filed a report at the General Prosecutor’s office against Mohamed Salim al-Awwa, a renowned Islamic thinker who alleged in an ... Read More
US tells Egypt to bring Christmas Eve killers to Justice
By Aaron J Leichman, Christian Post 19/9/2010 The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has called on Egypt’s government to resume the trial of three ... Read More
Conversion row over missing Copt
Disappearance of Coptic priest's wife sparks tensions between Christians and Muslims in city of Al Minya. 6/9/2010 Protests have erupted in Egypt over the mysterious ... Read More
Abba Seraphim to lead October pilgrimage to Egypt
British Orthodox Church Following the cancellation of the pilgrimage planned in May as a result of industrial action on British Airways, Abba Seraphim and Father ... Read More
Egyptian Da Vinci Code Author Angers Coptic Christians
9/8/2010 Egyptian Copts go after author Yussif Zeidan for his unflattering portrayal of early Christianity. Joseph Mayton The 'us' she's referring to is Egyptian Christians, ... Read More
Mel Gibson to Make Movie on Peshmurians Copts
It has bee reported that the American Producer and director Mel Gibson's next movie about Peshmurians Copts war against Islam in Egypt . Who are ... Read More
Disappearance of Priest’s Wife Leads to Coptic Demonstrations in Egypt
By: Mary Abdelmassih (AINA) -- The unexplained disappearance of a Coptic priest's wife in Upper Egypt has led today a sit-in staged by thousands of ... Read More
Persecution Of Christianity In Egypt: Egypt Confronts Coptic Church
By DAVID BEDEIN Middle East Correspondent JERUSALEM – The Middle East Newsline has revealed that the regime of President Hosni Mubarak has decided to confront ... Read More
Muslims Attempt to Behead Apostate in Egypt
11/7/2010 The latest in a string of failed attempts by Muslim fanatics on the life of Egyptian Muslim-born Maher el-Gowhary who publicly converted to Christianity ... Read More
Egypt court halts Copt remarriage ruling for Now
7/7/2010 CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday temporarily suspended a court order forcing the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church to allow ... Read More
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Copts Battle Everyone’s Fight
25/6/2010 A new grassroots movement among the Coptic Diaspora was established in Washington this past weekend. Almost 100 Coptic Christian community organizers from around the ... Read More
Copts protest Pop Shenouda’s rejection of remarriage Verdict
25/6/2010 CAIRO: Dozens of Copts protested Thursday outside the Ministry of Justice headquarters in downtown Cairo against Pope Shenouda III's refusal to allow Copts to ... Read More
Coptic seminary in German
20/6/2010 On Pentecost Sunday, the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, chaired by Pope Shenouda III, declared St Antonius Monastery in Germany a deir ... Read More
Egypt prepares new law for non-Muslims
13/6/2010 By: Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will draft a law to govern marriage and divorce for non-Muslims, a state newspaper reported, a move ... Read More
Egyptian Copts Rally in Support of Church
By: Mary Abdelmassih 11/6/2010 Cairo (AINA) — Thousands of Christian Copts from all over Egypt rallied on Wednesday within the grounds of St. Mark Cathedral ... Read More
Holy Synod to hold emergency Meeting
7/6/2010 British Orthodox Church (Within the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate) An emergency meeting of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church has been called in ... Read More
Muslim Mob Attacks Christian Family in Egypt
2/6/2010 Washington — International Christian Concern (ICC) has been informed that a group of Muslims attacked the home of an Egyptian Coptic family over a ... Read More
ElBaradei visits Church, Prays in Mosque
Marwan Abdel Aziz 31/5/2010 Mohamed ElBaradei, potential candidate in next year's presidential elections, went to the Old Cairo district where he visited the historic hanging ... Read More
Egypt rules Copts can Remarry, Church Objects
30/5/2010 CAIRO - An Egyptian court has ruled that two Coptic men have the right to remarry, contradicting the church's position and undermining its efforts ... Read More