71 life sentences for burning Egyptian church
An Egyptian court has sentenced 71 people to life in prison for attacking and burning a Coptic church in reaction to the 2013 removal of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi,...
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Video mocking IS causes riots in Egypt
...slow to react, but that after appealing to the government, security forces arrived on 12 April and “controlled the situation.” However, he adds that Copts are afraid of what will...
Another Copt beheaded in Libya
...of 20 Egyptian Copts and one Ghanaian Christian. CIHRS notes that the targeting of Coptic Egyptians on the basis of their faith has escalated since the last months of 2013....
Copts aid Egyptians’ evacuation from Libya
...by Anba Raphael secretary of the Holy Synod, is collecting information from families of Copts who emigrated for reasons of work to Libya in view of arranging repatriation in coordination...
Shea: Copt massacre may unite Egypt
...said expressions of condolences to Copts and national resolve by Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah Sisi, “is precisely what Copts have been yearning for.” “President Sisi, a pious Muslim, should ensure...
Shooting of witness threatens trial of Coptic Christians’ murderers
...hearing, to be set sometime in early April, a verdict is expected against the 17 jailed suspects. Saroufim was a cousin of Emil Naseem Saroufim, one of the four Copts...
Egypt seeks international help against IS after 21 Christians beheaded
...declared on his Sunday evening TV talk show, “The killing of Copts in Libya is a harvest of thorns planted 40 years ago through the ideas of political Islam.” Eissa...
Abduction of another Egyptian Copt in Libya
Unidentified gunmen abducted an Egyptian working in a restaurant in the Libyan city of Sirte on Jan. 29. According to Middle East news agency Copts Today the colleagues of 26-year-old...
Libyan militants hold 20 Egyptian Christians hostage
...to Egypt from the coastal city of Sirte, currently under the control of the Libya Dawn alliance of Islamist militants. Another 13 Copts were seized Jan. 3 in Sirte by...
Islamists kidnap 20 Egyptian Christians in Libya
The BBC reports that 13 kidnapped Egyptian Coptic Christian workers have been freed Jan. 5; they were suspected to be abducted by Islamist militants in northern Libya around 2:30am on...