Egypt sentences ‘anti-Islam’ teens to 5 years
...State, which released a video on 15 Feb. last year showing the actual beheading of 21 Christians – all but one of them Copts – on a beach in Libya....
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How romance across Egypt’s religious divide forces women and Christians to pay a high price
...human rights activist Adel Shafiq. “Christian families are forced to relocate. The weaker side bears the brunt.” Read more: Egypt — A timeline of ‘forced relocations’ of Copts “In scores...
Year since Libya, Christians move closer to unity
...Egypt. The head of the ancient Church, the largest in the Middle East and key within its branch of Oriental Orthodoxy, said the 20 Copts and one Ghanaian would be...
Egypt: Coptic teens tried for video ‘mimicking jihadists’
...Egyptian Copts and one Ghanaian in Libya, Egypt is set to judge four young Copts for alleged blasphemy. The four teenagers, aged 15 to 17, appeared in a 30-second video...
Another Egyptian Christian conscript dies in ‘mysterious’ circumstances
...security. “Sadly, these incidents, including against Christian army and [security forces] conscripts, keep happening in an atmosphere of impunity.” he said. “One has to wonder how come Copts hurt themselves...
UK leaders say IS guilty of Christian ‘genocide’
...a recent conference, the leader of the UK Coptic Orthodox Church said that, if the 13 million Egyptians Copts are discounted, Middle Eastern Christians now form only 1-2% of the...
Egyptian brothers add to tally of Christians killed in Libya
Mother of the two slain copts during the funeral (World Watch Monitor) Today, 16 December, is the date set for the signing of a UN-facilitated agreement on forming a new...
Egyptian Copt’s ‘faked Facebook blasphemy’ acquittal delayed
Bishoy Garas has always maintained his Facebook profile was hackedWorld Watch Monitor An Egyptian Christian, jailed for 38 months on unsubstantiated charges, has had his expected acquittal delayed again...
Police raid Sat-7 channel’s Egypt offices
Country Director Farid Samir interviewing Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (Sat7uk.org) Egyptian police raided Sat-7 channel’s Cairo offices on Oct. 10, confiscating equipment and briefly detaining the pioneer Arabic Christian...
Egyptian land dispute threatens inter-religious flashpoint
...belonged to the Copts for more than 20 years, is reported to be about 10 acres of agricultural land next to the village church of the Holy Virgin and St...