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Amnesty: Egypt failed to protect Copts

October 9, 2013 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Middle East, North Africa

...investigation into a series of deadly sectarian incidents. “Failure to bring to justice those responsible for sectarian attacks sends the message that Copts and other religious minorities are fair game,”...

Egyptian bishop eludes gunmen

October 1, 2013 Egypt Anba Macarius, Bishop Angaelos, Copts, Egypt, Minya

An automobile occupied by the bishop of the Coptic Church in Minya, Egypt, and several companions came under gunfire on Monday. No one was hurt. “We are all safe,” Bishop...

Christianity in danger of becoming extinct in its birthplace

September 30, 2013 Bishop Angaelos, Copts, Egypt, Free Syrian Army, Iraq, Islamic extremism, London, Middle East, Syria

...skimpy clothes, and Sharm el-Sheikh would close as a tourist destination. This was “utterly trivial”, she said. Persecution of Copts, who dated their church to Gospel writer St. Mark in...

Viewpoint: A country in confusion

September 27, 2013 Egypt Al-Nour Party, Arab Spring, Copts, Hamas, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood

...on the funeral of Copts at their Apostolic See in Cairo that left several Copts dead. The police just stood by and did not intervene to protect the Copts. For...

After the storm

September 20, 2013 Egypt Anba Macarius, Copts, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood

...a remote village about 150 miles south of Cairo, was one of the worst affected, as Morsi supporters vented their anger against Copts for their perceived part in the Muslim...

Targeting of Egypt’s Copts condemned

September 17, 2013 Egypt Egypt, Islamic extremism, Sharia, Upper Egypt

Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights has condemned attacks on Christians in Upper Egypt, reports Ahram. The council said attacks on Christians, their homes and places and worship have proved...

In Egypt, Christian anxieties mount as Islamist hostility increases

August 13, 2013 Egypt Bishop Angaelos, Copts, Luxor, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Pope Tawadros II

...opposition. The confrontation escalated quickly as Muslims from neighbouring villages arrived in Bani Ahmed, chanting slogans against Copts, police and the military. Some carried guns and Molotov cocktails. The crowd...

Beyond count

August 6, 2013 Arab Spring, Copts, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, London, Middle East, Netherlands, Syria, Turkey

...The report puts more faith in a study by Arab West Report, which estimates the true number to be about 4 million. Another widely circulated number, the 100,000 Copts who...

Pro-Morsi backlash turns deadly for some Christian communities

July 18, 2013 Egypt Arab Spring, Copts, Luxor, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Pope Tawadros II, Port Said

...Church in Minya. A few days later, distinctive markings were found on several shops owned by Copts, an on a Coptic orphanage. • July 5: authorities used tear gas to...

Copts suffer pro-Morsi backlash

July 8, 2013 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Mohamed Morsi

Twenty-three houses belonging to Coptic Christians have been set on fire in Naga Hassan village, Egypt, after a Muslim man was reportedly killed in an altercation with three Copts on...

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