Tag: Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt’s Christians fear ‘a season of blood’

OCP- November 11, 2012

Sherif Rushdy, chief judge of a Cairo appeals court, describes Copts as “a ship in the middle of a sandy hurricane.” Many are trying to ... Read More

Fides reports rebel Islamists killing Christians in Syria

OCP- July 23, 2012

23/7/2012 (AGI) Rome - The Fides news agency has reported on groups of rebel extremist Islamists "terrorising people in Damascus" especially Chrstians and Iraqi refugees. ... Read More

Mursi faces challenge to bring Egypt’s Copts on side

OCP- July 2, 2012

2/7/2012 BBC One of the toughest challenges that will face Egypt’s new President, Mohammed Mursi, will be relations with the country’s Coptic Christian community. In ... Read More

Hague called to protect Christian minorities in Egypt and Syria

OCP- June 30, 2012

29/6/2012 Release International is calling on Foreign Secretary William Hague to keep human and religious rights at the forefront of any talks with Egyptian and ... Read More

Coptic Church Head in UK Speaks of Hope for Egypt in Wake of Morsi’s Election Win

OCP- June 26, 2012

By Christian Today 25/6/2012 The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the U.K. has spoken of his hope for positive reform in Egypt after ... Read More

Muslim Brotherhood: Egypt’s Christians Must “Convert, Pay Tribute, or Leave”

OCP- June 7, 2012

Matthew Clark 6/6/2012 According to a popular Egyptian website, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Egyptian presidential candidate, Mohammed Morsi, has stated that Christians will be forced to ... Read More

Christians worried over having Islamist president

OCP- May 7, 2012

By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 7/5/2012 Islamists' growing clout in Egypt in the wake of a popular revolt, which toppled long-standing president Hosni Mubarak in ... Read More

Brotherhood leader visits Pope Shenouda to check on his health

OCP- March 10, 2012

9/3/2012 Dr. Mohamed Badie, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, has visited Pope Shenouda III, the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint ... Read More

Egypt’s faceless enemy

OCP- February 25, 2012

By Raghda El Halawany, Special to Weekend Review 24/2/2012 The suffering of Egypt's Christians is there for all to see — their churches have come ... Read More

Coptic church in Egyptian village threatened after girl disappears

OCP- February 17, 2012

Ekram Ibrahim 15/2/2012 Muslim Brotherhood activists form human chain around a Sharqiya church in the central Delta valley after Coptic girl's rumoured conversion to Islam ... Read More

Egypt’s Copts willing to support MB-led coalition

OCP- February 12, 2012

12/2/2012 Cairo: The patriarch of Egypt's Coptic Church has expressed willingness to support a new government led by the Muslim Brotherhood, days after the largest ... Read More

Dozens of Copts protest Pope’s Christmas Eve invitation to Salafis

OCP- December 30, 2011

30/12/2011 Dozens of Coptic youth staged a protest inside Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral on Friday against Pope Shenouda's invitation to Salafis and the Muslim ... Read More

Muslim Brotherhood to protect churches on Coptic Christmas

OCP- December 28, 2011

Ahram Online 28/12/2011 Brotherhood vows to form 'popular committees' to guard churches on Coptic Christmas in expression of national unity. The Muslim Brotherhood has called ... Read More

Christians Face Murky Future After Egypt Polls

OCP- December 13, 2011

By MATT BRADLEY 13/12/2011 SOHAG, Egypt—When Victor Anis goes to the polls Wednesday to vote in the second round of Egypt's parliamentary elections, he plans ... Read More

Egypt’s Coptic Christians Brace for Life Under the Muslim Brotherhood

OCP- December 9, 2011

BY JAMES HEISER 8/12/2011 As militant Islamists celebrate their decisive victory in the recent Egyptian election, Coptic Christians are bracing themselves for the next round ... Read More

Egypt copts react to Islamist Electoral Win

OCP- December 5, 2011

4/12/2011 For Egypt's Coptic Christians, the win of the Islamists at the ballot box was no surprise. Opinion is divided, however, on how to react: ... Read More

Egypt’s Christians Prepare for New Political Climate

OCP- December 1, 2011

By MIKE ELKIN 30/11/2011 CAIRO — A young woman with a kerchief on her head lit a candle and prayed Sunday beneath a mosaic of ... Read More

Egypt’s Copts view election with concern

OCP- November 28, 2011

<caption id="" align="alignnone" width="680" caption="Clashes between Egypt's Coptic Christians and government troops in October left at least 26 dead and 300 hurt "><img alt="Clashes between ... Read More

American Coptic Association letter to Hillary Clinton

OCP- November 10, 2011

9/11/2011 Your Excellency Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, U.S. State Department, Washington D.C. Dear Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton: We would like to inform you ... Read More

Obama’s Muslim Advisers Block Middle Eastern Christians’ Access to the White House: Report

OCP- October 29, 2011

25/10/2011 Beirut Arab news agency al Nashra reported on Saturday November 22, that Dalia Mogahed has succeeded in canceling a meeting between the Maronite Patriarch ... Read More

Live Updates: Aftermath of military attack on Coptic Protest

OCP- October 10, 2011

10/10/2011 4:00 pm: Khaled Ali, a lawyer and the head of the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights, say he and other lawyers have ... Read More