Frustrated by their seeming lack of efficacy in creating a more moderate Egyptian constitution, Coptic Christians have threatened to walk out on a committee charged with creating the new document. Thus far,…
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Cairo — Mariam Ashraf was an eight-year-old Coptic girl. On Oct. 20, she went with her family to the Church of the Virgin, in Cairo, for a relative’s wedding. She was thrilled…
Brussels (AINA) — Concerned Christian organizations from the Middle East met in Brussels today under the umbrella of the Middle East Christian Committee (MECHRIC) to demand action on the brutal and merciless…
GREAT BRITIAN ISSUES NEW STAMPS FOR CHRISTMAS 2013 – ONE DESIGNED BY THE YOUNG COPTIC ARTIST FADI MIKHAIL | ON COPTIC NATIONALISM Fadi Michael, Neo-Coptic iconographer (UK Coptic Icons), at work: And…
Islamists tear down banners and spray insults against the patriarch, Copts and the Army on its walls. An attempt to storm the building is stopped. The church is a place of pilgrimage…
ACN UK writes: Ayman Labib was just 17 when he was martyred for his faith. He had refused to cover a cross tattooed on his arm – which Coptic Christians in Egypt…
Just three months after the ousting of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi, it appears Egyptian authorities are taking a big step toward protecting the freedom of worship for the nation’s Christian community…
Come polling day we will not forgive our leaders for their silence over Egypt’s Christians | Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith, CatholicHerald.co.uk
In the weeks and months following the wave of violence in Egypt that saw the destruction of scores of churches, Christian communities in the country continue to face persecution and the threat…
Islamists Using Attacks Against Copts in Egypt’s Power Struggle