Coptic soldier’s father challenges military autopsy
...army battalion, openly shot dead by a Muslim conscript who had threatened to kill him over arguments about the Copt’s Christian beliefs. After his arrest for the 23 Aug. murder,...
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Egypt court reconsiders Christian’s blasphemy conviction
Bishoy Kameel Kamel GarasWorld Watch Monitor After a three-year rash of blasphemy cases filed against Egyptian Christians, the nation’s highest court backtracked last month on its harsh verdict against...
ISIL in Libya kidnaps more Christians
The Islamic State has released news that it kidnapped three African Christians in Libya, says Reuters. In a statement on social media, IS said the men are from Egypt, Nigeria...
Coptic boy’s Ramadan gesture ends in detention
...friends had not been with Osama, “Stephen and Shady were excluded from the case.” However, each of the three young Copts were released on 12 July on a bail of...
Egyptian solider, the only Christian in his unit, found dead
Bahaa Silvanus, right, at the center of the music during a church conference (World Watch Monitor) The facts are these: Bahaa Gamal Mikhail Silvanus, 23 and a conscript in the...
Muslims must ‘face up’ to Quran’s violence
...says the “only perceivable response [to Sisi’s speech] was the slaughter in Libya of 21 Copts by ISIS”. In his article he explores how the Quran, just like the Bible,...
Coptic boys on bail, anti-Islam charges pending
...World Watch Monitor reported. However, in the cases of sectarian attacks against Copts, they have often been used to deprive them of recourse to Egypt’s justice system, which itself has...
Community ‘justice’ expels Copts from their homes
A community ‘reconciliation’ meeting between Copts and Muslims, Al-Nazriyah village, 17 April 2015 (World Watch Monitor) Forgive Emad Youssef if he and his extended family felt quite confused. The crowd...
Libya: ‘a country where Christians shouldn’t come’
Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been engulfed by conflicts between various coalitions of armed groups.Photo courtesy Open Doors International Migrants and refugees in Libya are...
‘Greater collaboration’ will help ME Christians
Bishop Angaelos, leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK, told an international conference this week that there is much to lose if the international community doesn’t take ownership...