2014-05-01 (AFP) The trial will take place in Minya where a judge triggered a global outcry for sentencing to death 683 alleged Islamists after a session that lasted just 10 minutes on…
Tag: egypt
Assiut (Agenzia Fides) – Two Egyptian Coptic Christians were killed on Tuesday, April 29th due to sectarian clashes which broke out in villages in the area of the city of Assiut, Upper…
Najwan Al Ashol, Translated from Al Araby Al Jadid 29 April, 2014 The January 25th Revolution in 2011 represented a real challenge to the structure of tyranny in Egypt at all levels,…
By Ron Prosor, Wall Street Journal Posted 2014-04-18 This week, as Jews celebrate the Passover holiday, they are commemorating the Bible’s Exodus story describing a series of plagues inflicted on ancient Egypt…
By Perry Chiaramonte, Fox News Posted 2014-04-18 Young Christian women are facing a greater risk of being kidnapped by extremists, tortured, and even forced to convert to Islam since the Arab Spring…
Read online at Rome Reports here: Meet the Pope’s new personal secretary, Yoannis Lahzi Gaid Fr Yoannis has previously featured prominently in Papal Audiences, reading the translations of the Holy Father’s discourse and…
Tel Aviv (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday April 11th about ninety Coptic Christians landed in Tel Aviv with the intention of celebrating Holy Week in Jerusalem and in the Christian Holy Places…
31 March 2014 Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – In an articulated press conference held in Cairo on Sunday, March 30, representatives of the Egyptian political and academic world rejected the false accusations of…
An Islamist attack on a Coptic Church in Cairo on Friday left four people dead. Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood held demonttrations across the country in reaction against the official candidate in…
Where do Coptic Christians stand on Egyptian politics, asks Michael Adel. 27 March 2014 For many Christians in Egypt, the ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) was a reason to feel secure…