Tag: Coptic Christians
Egypt’s Coptic Christians fear fewer rights after polls
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.
Muslim-Christian clash erupts in Egypt over an affair
A large-scale clash between Muslims and Christians in a village 18 miles south of Cairo on March 5 has resulted in at least two deaths and a burnt church.
Egyptian Christians ready to help rebuild their country
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.
Muslim Brotherhood to register as political party
THE Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest opposition group, is planning to register as a political party once restrictions imposed on it by the erstwhile Mubarak government were lifted.
Egyptian Christians concerned about life after Mubarak
INCREASING violence, deteriorating law and order and a big question mark over the future of Egypt after the possible exit of president Hosni Mubarak are concerns that Christians in that country are facing now.
Egyptian sentenced to death over Coptic Christian killings
THE man, identified as Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, was found guilty of shooting the group outside a midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas in Naga Hamady, southern Egypt.
Egypt church bombing leads to riots in Cairo
PROTESTS over 'government failure' to address discrimination and violence against Christians spread to Cairo from the northern city of Alexandria where a suicide bombing killed 21 people on New Year Eve.
Local Islamic group may be behind Egypt church attack
A group of local Islamic hardliners, inspired by al-Qaeda and based in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria could be behind the New Year suicide bombing of a church in Egypt, investigators said.
Egyptian president calls for peace after church bombing
EGYPTIAN president Hosni Mubarak urged citizens of all faiths to resist ‘terrorist attacks’ after a church bombing killed at least 21 people and injured 80 others.
Egypt church bombing kills 21
AT least 21 people attending a Catholic mass were killed and 79 injured when a bomb exploded outside an Alexandria church in the first hour of the New Year, Egyptian officials said.
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