Tag: Egypt
Gen. Sisi: ‘Religious Discourse Greatest Challenge Facing Egypt
Raymond Ibrahim January 2014 According to Egyptian media,during his recent speech at the Dept. of Moral Affairs for the Armed Forces, Gen. Abdul Fateh al-Sisi—the man ... Read More
Coptic Christian Children: Kidnapped and Killed for Cash
Raymond Ibrahim 15/1/14 Yet another Coptic Christian child was recently kidnapped in Egypt. Thirteen-year-old Cyril Rif‘at Fayiz was abducted in the Minya district by “unknown persons” who ... Read More
Popes of Alexandria Meet
Januray 2014 His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa was in Cairo for the holy days of Christmas, to conduct ... Read More
Egypt’s interim President visits Orthodox Church for the 1st time
Image by The independent - UK CAIRO, Jan 5 (KUNA) -- Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour on Sunday visited Cairo's main Coptic Orthodox Cathedral to ... Read More
Syrian rebels have taken iconoclasm to new depths, with shrines, statues and even a tree destroyed – but to what end?
December 2013 Compared writing poetry to the sex act? May he be turned to dust! Eccentricity marks the path to heaven or hell. Take the ... Read More
Egypt’s Coptic churches on alert during Christmas holidays
Author Walaa Hussein Translator(s)Rani Geha December 2013 With the approach of Christmas celebrations, the Egyptian Church is tense in anticipation of violence and bombings against Coptic churches, ... Read More
Church condemns attack on Dakahliya Security Directorate
25/12/13 The Coptic Orthodox Church condemned in a statement on Tuesday 24/12/2013 the "brutal terrorist attack" on the Dakahliya Security Directorate. The Church offered condolences ... Read More
What the Middle East would be like without Christians
'A Christian Exodus' is the cover story for the issue of The Christian Science MonitorWeekly magazine for Dec. 16, 2013. Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters/File Christa Case Bryant, ... Read More
UPDATE: Three dead in sectarian clashes in Minya
Ahram Online - 30/11/13 A fight over the construction of a wall developed into violence in Upper Egypt. Three people were killed and several injured ... Read More
Conflicting narratives of Egypt’s Minya sectarian violence
Ahram Online - 30/11/13 Different stories have emerged to explain the sectarian violence that erupted in Minya on Thursday and Friday; official security sources say ... Read More
Egypt: Church threatens to reject constitution
Waleed Abdul Rahman - 14/11/13 Coptic church threatens to reject constitution articles over term 'People of the Book'. Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Coptic Church has threatened to ... Read More
Divine sign or coincidence: Orthodox patriarch’s birthdays and Morsy-Mubarak trials coincide
Sherif al-Dawakhly - 7/11/13 Some Coptic Christians are celebrating the dates of Morsy's and Mubarak's trials as a divine sign, since they both coincide with the birthday ... Read More
Anti-Christian terror is everyone’s concern
Steven B. Nasatir - 27/10/13 The persecution of any religious minority anywhere by anyone is an evil injustice. It requires all persons of conscience to ... Read More
Gunmen kill 3 in shooting spree at Egyptian Coptic church
21/10/13 At least three people were killed, including an eight-year-old girl, and around 12 others wounded after unknown gunmen opened fire on wedding guests outside ... Read More
Egypt gunmen open fire on Coptic Christian wedding in Cairo
21/10/13 Three people, including a girl aged eight, died when gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a wedding party outside a Coptic Christian church in ... Read More
Amid new attacks, Egypt’s Copts preserve heritage
In this Thursday, Oct. 2, 2013 photo, Father Boutros gives the homily to his parishioners at a church burnt by radical Islamists on Aug. ... Read More
Egypt fails to stop revenge attacks on Copts
11/10/13 CAIRO - Egyptian security forces failed to stop revenge attacks against Coptic Christians after a deadly crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi ... Read More
After Maspero: Have Egypt’s Christians reconciled with the military?
Tony Gamal Gabriel - 9/10/13 Fear of Islamist rule has driven many Christians to embrace the army, but some cannot forget the killing of dozens ... Read More
Coptic Bishop Anba Makarios Escapes Assassination Attempt in Egypt
1/10/13 (AINA) -- Bishop Anba Makarios of Minya was the target of an unsuccessful assassination attempted this morning. The Bishop was driving into the ... Read More
Muslims Expel 6 Christian Brothers From Village in Egypt
30/9/13 (AINA) -- Violence against Egyptian Christians erupted yesterday in the village of Zakaria, located in the Upper Egyptian province of Minya. Zakaria has a ... Read More
Polish MPs highlight plight of Syrian Christians
28/9/13 Members of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Polish Parliament have unanimously approved a draft resolution expressing solidarity with the Christian communities in Syria ... Read More