Tag: Egyptian Christians

ON Friday evening at 8 pm an angry mob of 300 men carrying various weapons attacked seven Coptic houses of Copts. They tore down the houses and stole and destroyed the contents.

Al-Qaida's leader said Egypt's majority Muslims should not fight their Christian compatriots, and instead focus their efforts on opposing the military-backed authorities who ousted the Islamist president last summer.

Dr. Ali el-Samman, President of International Union for Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue and Peace Education (ADIC) in Egypt is warning that Egyptian law does not adequately protect Copts with the future stability of the state hanging in the balance.

SHERIF Ramsis was arrested on Feb. 10. He is an Egyptian Christian living in Libya and had been running his business in Benghazi for 10 years. In the following week, a number of other Christians were arrested as well.

CHRISTMAS Eve attacks by suspected Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria’s Borno state – already reeling from the slaughter of at least 10 Christians earlier this month – took the lives of six people at a Baptist church, as gunmen killed six others in Yobe state the same night.

MUSLIM cleric Abu Islam burned the Holy Bible in front of thousands of Muslims at a protest outside the US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday, 9/11. His action was met with applause and anti-Christian cheers from the demonstrators.

THE 17-year-old Coptic student, identified as Gamal Massoud, however, has denied knowledge of the incident. He said the images were posted on his Facebook wall without his knowledge.

WITH Islamist groups expected to do well in Egypt's parliamentary elections, many Coptic Christians are concerned that their limited rights will come under greater threat.

WHEN the plane carrying Maher El-Gohary and his daughter, Dina Mo’otahssem, took off from Cairo International Airport last month, they both wept with joy.

EGYPTIAN Christians hope their views will be considered in the crucial process of rebuilding the country that is slowly returning to normalcy after Mubarak’s ouster due to a popular recent uprising.