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Terrorist threat forces Egyptian Christians to cancel summer activities

July 13, 2017 Egypt Alexandria, Andrea Zaki, Asyut, Cairo, Copts, Egypt, Islamic State, Ismailia, Minya, Suez, Tanta, Terrorism

...Copts murdered mysteriously in the past six weeks, as reported by World Watch Monitor. Hundreds of Copts fled their homes in Sinai in March, warned by IS via flyers amid...

Murder of fifth Copt in six weeks creating ‘state of fear and terror’ among Egypt’s Christians

July 12, 2017 Egypt Cairo, Copts, Muslim Brotherhood, Upper Egypt

...follows the killings of four other Coptic Christians since the end of May, which one priest said was part of “the most aggressive campaign against [the Copts] in the history...

Copts tired of ‘sacrificing willingly’ for Egypt’s unity

July 7, 2017 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Copts, El-Arish, Ismailia, Minya, Pope Tawadros II

“Fifty-three per cent of ISIS attacks against the public in 2017 were aimed at the Coptic community." (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...attack in Minya that killed 29 Copts on Ascension Day. Egypt’s Copts, who make up around 10 per cent of the population, have suffered countless deadly attacks this year and...

Four more Copts killed in ‘most aggressive campaign in history of modern Egypt’

July 7, 2017 Egypt Copts, Hosni Mubarak, Islamic State, Minya, Tala

...Fr Bishoy Hakim, a Coptic priest in Minya, alleged there was widespread indifference towards Copts. He told World Watch Monitor: “The security forces are not concerned with protecting Copts. They...

Al-Azhar says Islam ‘totally incompatible’ with violence, as IS shifts focus to Upper Egypt

June 29, 2017 Egypt Al-Azhar, Alexandria, Anba Macarius, Copts, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Minya, Mohamed Morsi, Sinai, Upper Egypt

...last week, Copts have been crying out for more protection in the wake of attacks, such as the Minya bus attack that killed 29 Copts travelling to a monastery on...

Four years after revolution Egypt’s Copts ask: ‘Where is our government?’

June 22, 2017 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Beni Suef, Cairo, Copts, Islamic State, Minya

A child hovers over the coffins of his parents during their funeral service at St Samuel Monastery. They were among the 29 Coptic Christians killed in the attack on Ascension Day. (Photo: Getty Images)

...was particularly “painful for all Copts” because it came after a string of deadly attacks on Copts this year, including the twin suicide bomb attacks on churches celebrating Palm Sunday,...

For Egypt’s Copts, if it isn’t extremism, it’s sectarianism

June 21, 2017 Egypt Islamic State, Minya, Religious freedom

...community centre. Muslim residents apparently interpreted his visit as a sign the Copts wanted to build a church in the village, and alerted police. The incident shows how Egypt’s Copts...

Archbishop of Canterbury: ‘Conservative attitudes can be passport for misogyny’

June 8, 2017 Global News -- No Particular Country Belgium, Boko Haram, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Justin Welby, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Pakistan, Punjab, Religious freedom, Trauma, Women

Women are often subject to discrimination and rejection due to social, legal and cultural norms, especially in patriarchal societies. (Photo: Open Doors International) The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has...

Christianity not welcome in Sudan, warns jailed pastor’s lawyer

June 2, 2017 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Hassan Taour, Petr Jašek, Sudan

...Copts were beheaded was in January 2015, when IS released video footage showing jihadists murdering 20 Copts and one African convert to Christianity. Mr. Jašek also said that before his...

Bomb found outside Cairo church

May 30, 2017 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Cairo, Copts, El-Arish, Helwan, Islamic State, Minya, Port Said

...fled the area and re-located to Port Said, after the Islamists posted videos and leaflets telling Copts to leave the area or be killed. To date this year, eight Copts...

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