Tag:Egypt

Coptic Solidarity Condemns Barbaric Killing of Coptic Pilgrims En Route to St. Samuel Monastery

For Immediate Release(Washington, DC) May 30, 2017/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Coptic Solidarity condemns the barbaric murder of Coptic Christians journeying to the Monastery of St. Samuel the...

Coptic Christians Targeted By ISIS Say Egyptian Government Not Helping

By Stoyan Zaimov - Christian Post (via AINA) -Coptic Christian families from North Sinai in Egypt, who have been displaced following numerous attacks by...

Egypt Parliament Considers Bill to Crack Down on “Insulting Institutions”

By POMEDThe Egyptian Parliament is considering a bill to crackdown on those who insult “state figures and institutions,” including the president and the Parliament.The...

Sinai: eighth El-Arish Copt killed in targeted attack

By WorldWatch MonitorNabil Saber Ayoub Mansour became the eighth Egyptian Coptic Christian to be murdered in El-Arish, northern Sinai, this year in what appear to...

Islamists shoot dead Arish Copt who returned home

By Nader Shukry - Watani InternationalThe Copt Nabil Saber Fawzy, 40, who was among the Copts who had fled the North Sinai town of...

Islamic State leader in Egypt tells Muslims to avoid Christian gatherings

By ReutersIslamic State's leader in Egypt has warned Muslims to stay away from Christian gatherings as well as government, military and police facilities, suggesting...

Pro-Brotherhood Group Lobbies U.S. Congress

By POMEDA delegation from the pro-Muslim Brotherhood organization Egyptian Americans for Freedom and Justice (EAFAJ) lobbied on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for an...

‘It’s a war on Christians’: Egypt’s beleaguered Copts in sombre mood before papal visit

By The GuardianPope Francis heads to Cairo for peace mission after spate of church bombings, as Isis proclaims Christians its ‘favourite prey’Rami Yasser Labib...