Tag:Egypt

L’exode ou la mort : les chrétiens fuient le Nord-Sinaï par centaines

Isabelle Cousturie - AleteiaAprès la vague d'homicides annoncée par Daesh, les familles chrétiennes s’enfuient par centaines et confirment "la chasse aux chrétiens" lancée dans...

Rift widens between Egyptian president, Al-Azhar

By Shahira Amin - Al MonitorWhen Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, then defense minister, gave a televised speech on July 3, 2013, announcing that...

Anger and desperation accompany Copts from their homes in Arish to Ismailia

By Karoline Kamel - Mada Masr -The fate of Sinai’s Coptic Christians is held between a church that closed its doors to them and...

Egypt’s Christians flee terror in north Sinai security void

By Brian Rohan - Associated Press -After Islamic militants barged into his uncle's house, shot him and his son dead, then looted the place...

All Art Is “Immoral,” Says “Moderate” Sheikh Al Azhar

By Raymond Ibrahim - Special to Coptic Solidarity -Art has a largely negative impact on human morality. So says Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand...

Targeted by ISIS, Egyptian Christians Flee Violence

By Declan Walsh, Nour Youssef - New York Times -Dozens of Egyptian Christian families fled their homes in the northern Sinai Peninsula on Friday,...

Christians flee Sinai Peninsula in fear of Egypt’s Islamic State affiliate

By Sudarsan Raghavan - The Washington PostCAIRO — Hundreds of Christians are fleeing Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula as the Islamic State affiliate there has...

Copts exit al-Arish

By Nader Shukry - Watani InternationalIn the wake of the killing of six Copts throughout the last three weeks in the North Sinai town...