Tag: Egypt
American Christians Pledge Solidarity With Persecuted Christians in Egypt, Iraq and Syria
8/5/14 On Wednesday, May 7, history is being made. On behalf of the suffering churches of Egypt, Iraq and Syria, a broad array of American ... Read More
Church not for any candidate in Egypt’s presidential polls: Coptic pope
May 2014 Egypt's Coptic Orthodox pope defends church's involvement in last summer's ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, but says it won't side with either presidential ... Read More
PILGRIMAGE ROUTE, “ON THE TRAIL OF THE HOLY FAMILY”, BEING PREPARED IN EGYPT
May 2014 There is an attempt afoot to revive the religious tourism in Egypt. The pilot tour of the new route, "On the trail of ... Read More
Egypt’s Christians ‘Expecting Death Any Time’
By George Thomas http://www.cbn.com - 1/5/14 DELGA, Egypt -- On August 20, 2013 in the small village of Delga, four hours south of Cairo, Egypt, thousands ... Read More
Why Persecution of Egypt’s Christians Is Not Over
By Gary Lane http://www.cbn.com - 25/4/14 Egypt's Christians are hoping they'll be better protected from violence when the country elects a new president next month. But ... Read More
Easter: A Time of Joy, But Also Danger for Persecuted Christians
By April Thompson http://www.commdiginews.com - 20/4/14 DALLAS -- This year the liturgical calendars of the Eastern and Western churches coincide, and all of Christendom will celebrate ... Read More
‘Milking’ Egypt’s Christian Copts Dry
Raymond Ibrahim - April 2014 The Board of Inquiry in Cairo monitoring the “sectarian violence that continues to cross Egypt after the overthrow of President Morsi, ... Read More
Coptic Abductions and the Jizya Rationale
Raymond Ibrahim - April 2014 On March 26 in Egypt, an increasingly common scene took place. Shenouda Riad Musa, a Coptic Christian man, was kidnapped by ... Read More
Muslim Brotherhood Slaughter Christian Woman
Mary: Martyred for the Cross Mary’s family members mourn during church funeral Raymond Ibrahim - 1/4/14 On Friday, March 28, in Ain Shams, a suburb of ... Read More
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Attack Church, Four Dead
Raymond Ibrahim - 30/3/14 Among other forms of “retaliatory terrorism,” some 80 Christian churches were attacked in Egypt immediately after the June 30 Revolution, which saw ... Read More
Violence Against Christian Copts in Egypt Continues Despite Fall of Muslim Brotherhood
By Stoyan Zaimov Christian Post - 27/3/14 Violence in Egypt against Coptic Christians has continued despite the fall of former president Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim ... Read More
Visit of the I.A.O. delegation to Cairo
Interparlimentary Association on Orthodoxy- Febraury-March 2014 The I.A.O. delegation consisted by Mr. Anastasios Nerantzis, Member oΕthe Hellenic Parliament, I.A.O. Secretary General, Mr. Sergei Popov, Member ... Read More
Jizya-Vigilantes Target Christian Minorities
Raymond Ibrahim - 14/3/14 In the al-Nafura region of Asyut, Egypt, an increasingly common scene took place earlier this month. Isaac Eli—a Coptic Christian—was abducted under ... Read More
The Past and the Future
Raymond Ibrahim - 4/3/14 Last November Raymond Ibrahim was interviewed by Egyptian reporter Sherif Awad. The interview appeared in several Egyptian magazines and websites, as well ... Read More
Seven Christians Executed in Libya
Raymond Ibrahim - 26/2/14 Libyan authorities came across the slain bodies of seven Christian Copts in the region of Garutha, less than 20 miles ... Read More
The Future Of Egypt’s Copts
By Samuel Tadros - 19/2/14 http://www.eurasiareview.com The fall of the Mubarak regime in February 2011 unleashed a monumental and contagious wave of optimism. Images of ... Read More
Christian Syrian Family Slaughtered in Egypt
This image appears on several Arabic Facebook accounts and is said to be of the slain 6-year-old Michael. Raymond Ibrahim - 2/19/14 http://www.raymondibrahim.com A Christian ... Read More
Bus Carrying South Korean Christian Tourists Bombed in Egypt
Aaron Goldstein American Spectator - 19/2/14 Three South Korean tourists and a bus driver were killed in an act of terrorism when a bomb destroyed ... Read More
Kidnapped Christian girl freed by special services of Egypt
February 2014 The security service of Egypt succeeded in freeing a Christian girl who had been kidnapped by a terrorist group, reports Linga with reference ... Read More
Cairo, Coptic Orthodox church attacked- One dead
31/1/14 Cairo ( AsiaNews) – A group of armed men yesterday afternoon attacked the CopticOrthodox Church of the Virgin Mary in the “October 6″ district of the governorate ... Read More
The World’s Most Ancient Christian Communities Are Being Destroyed — and No One Cares
August 26, 2013: Bishop-General Macarius (right), a Coptic Orthodox leader, walks around the damaged Evangelical Church in Minya, south of Cairo (REUTERS/Louafi Larbi). By Michael ... Read More