Several church officials are drawing a relation between the Warraq church shooting and other political incidents ongoing since ouster of deposed President Mohamed Morsy, suspecting the Muslim Brotherhood could be behind the…
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Groups of Jihadists are increasingly targeting Christian communities, lumping them together as “pro Assad.” More than a third of Christians have fled. Some worry about the future of Christianity in the country.…
Cairo (AsiaNews) – The security forces charged with protecting the Christians of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Warraq were not present at the time of the Islamist attack that left…
Egyptian Copts carry one of four coffins down the aisle of the Virgin Mary Coptic Christian church in Cairo’s working class neighbourhood of Al-Warrak, on October 21, 2013, as thousands attend the…
The opposition wants the political elimination of Assad, but it is internally divided. Assad insists that much of the opposition does not represent the Syrian people and that he will participate in…
Chaos erupted in front of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Our Lady in Hadra, Egypt when two masked men on a motorcycle attached churchgoers participating in a wedding. The men opened fire…
BBC News – Egypt’s prime minister denounces Coptic church attack
EGYPT Coptic Church attacked in Cairo, 8-year-old girl among the dead – Asia News
Egypt’s Christians, the Rule of Law, and Reconciliation