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Egypt: Mob attacks prevent Coptic church’s recognition for ‘security’ reasons

August 31, 2018 Egypt Churches, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Minya

Following demonstrations and several attacks on their church, Copts in Ezbet Sultan Pasha village, are back worshipping in the small house where they used to meet. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...new church, seven years since closure of previous building Copt’s fields torched after rumours he was turning his house into a church Copts persuaded to drop charges against mob who...

Egypt appoints its first-ever female Coptic governor

August 30, 2018 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Copts, Egypt, Women

A Coptic church in Cairo - Egypt's Copts account for 10 per cent of the population. (Photo: World Watch Monitor, 2004)

...jihadist fighters who have specifically targeted the Coptic community. Egypt’s Copts account for around 10 per cent of the population and have come under increased pressure since the ousting of...

Egypt: Muslim mobs force closure of 8 Coptic churches seeking ‘official’ recognition

August 29, 2018 Egypt Churches, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Luxor, Upper Egypt

The Copts in El-Zeniqa are no longer able to meet in their church following an attack by Muslim villagers. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) A Coptic diocese in Upper Egypt last...

Egypt: IS murder of Coptic vet followed warnings to ‘leave or die’

August 22, 2018 Egypt Copts, Egypt, El-Arish, Islamic State, Ismailia, Sinai

...women exposing their faces. In February last year Islamic State said it wanted to “wipe out” Egypt’s Copts. A spate of killings of Copts then followed in North Sinai, leading...

Coptic boy who saw father killed wants to join police ‘to protect Christians’

August 20, 2018 Egypt Children, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Minya

Marco (l) and Mina (r)standing next to the car that their father drove when he was killed. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...money to build mosque and church Egypt: Coptic mother recalls Minya bus attack that killed her son Copts tired of ‘sacrificing willingly’ for Egypt’s unity The brothers play a lot...

Egypt: Suicide attack on Coptic church foiled

August 13, 2018 Egypt Alexandria, Cairo, Copts, Egypt, Islamic State, Tanta

Dome of the Church of the Holy Virgin in Cairo's Mostorod district where a suicide bomber tried to get inside. (Photo: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

...victim’s surgery in Germany Egypt: Three arrested for plotting Easter attacks Bomb near Egyptian church defused amidst growing insecurity Egypt’s Copts, who account for around 10 per cent of the...

Coptic bishop found dead, his head ‘smashed’

July 30, 2018 Egypt Beheira, Copts, Egypt

Bishop Epiphanius was elected as the Abbot of St. Macarius Monastery in 2013. (Picture: Watani) A Coptic bishop has been found dead inside a desert monastery in Egypt’s Beheira governorate,...

Egypt: Copt in court for ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post that led to riot

July 24, 2018 Egypt Blasphemy, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Minya, Prophet Muhammad

Following Adel's facebook post in July an attempt by a mob to attack the Coptic Saint Tadros Church in Menbal village was prevented by security guards. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...but three days later a mob attacked Copts and their properties, while chanting slogans against the Copts, such as “We will displace you and the priest from our village, oh...

Coptic barber dies after ‘fainting’ at police station; family say he was killed

July 24, 2018 Egypt Beni Suef, Copts, Egypt, Police

The family of Maher Tawfiq, who died at a police station, say they believe he was beaten to death. (World Watch Monitor) The family of a Coptic barber, who died...

Egypt: Copts celebrate first Mass in new church, seven years since closure of previous building

July 23, 2018 Egypt Churches, Copts, Egypt, Kom El-Loufy, Minya

Copts in Kom El-Loufy celebrate the first mass in their new church. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...Ezzbet Rafla, had hosted the Copts in his church while they were without a building. Since the closure of their previous church, the Copts had experienced fierce opposition from their...

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