Muslims condemn killings of Copts, as more flee
...told AFP. One source, Copts Today, estimated that over 1,000 of the 1,700 Copts living in El-Arish have now fled. The killings coincided with a video message from an Egyptian...
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Copts flee El-Arish after sixth murder in month
...group vowed to “eliminate” Egyptian Christians. Six Copts have been killed in El-Arish in the past month and now a number of Coptic families are leaving, including the family of...
‘IS’ kills Coptic father and son in Sinai
...spate of killings of Copts elsewhere in Egypt in January, when five Copts were killed in less than two weeks. Each had their throat cut, while money and other valuables...
Islamic State threatens to wipe out Egypt’s Copts
...and the fairy lights. They are like Rachel, ‘weeping for their children and refusing to be comforted’ (Matthew 2:18).” Below is the full list of the Copts who died: Marcel...
The Christian migrants building Qatar’s football stadiums
...for Catholics, Copts, Anglicans and various other Christian organisations and groups. Here they can meet freely for prayer, worship and fellowship. The site, around 10km outside Doha, is guarded by...
Charges reinstated against men accused of stripping elderly Coptic woman in public
...June. An Egyptian bishop, Makarius of Minya (300km south of Cairo), called for “justice”, rejecting the practice of extrajudicial “conciliation meetings” that have long pressured Copts to give up legal...
Another Copt killed ‘by Islamic State’ in Sinai
...of killings of Copts elsewhere in Egypt in January, when five Copts were killed in less than two weeks. Each had their throat cut, while money and other valuables were...
Egypt: judge sentences Coptic boy to 15 years; lawyer says ruling motivated ‘by faith, not law’
Fadi’s case was heard at the juvenile court in Banha.World Watch Monitor A 15-year-old Coptic Christian boy has been sentenced to 15 years in an Egyptian prison for sexual...
Fourth Coptic Christian murdered in 10 days
...was murdered in Alexandria on 3 January by an alleged “professional” killer after being threatened by Salafist Muslims. Then on 6 January, when Copts celebrate Christmas, a Coptic couple, Gamal...
Egypt couple’s murder marks second attack on Christians during Copt Christmas
...the traditional Christmas celebration for Copts – were murdered because of their faith, according to the brother of the dead woman. Police said robbery was the motivation for the deaths...