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Egypt: Copt sentenced to three years in prison for ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post

December 12, 2018 Egypt Blasphemy, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Minya, Prophet Muhammad

Following Adel's facebook post in July an attempt by a mob to attack the Coptic Saint Tadros Church in Menbal village was prevented by security guards. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...Copts’ Egypt: Muslim mobs force closure of 8 Coptic churches seeking ‘official’ recognition Copts persuaded to drop charges against mob who attacked their church Egypt: Protestant leader rejects community reconciliation...

Egypt: Fighting discrimination will need ‘a lot more than taking religion off ID cards’

November 29, 2018 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Copts, Egypt, Minorities

Coptic Christians traditionally have a tattoo of a cross on their wrists to demark their religious affiliation. (Photo: Open Doors International)

...10 per cent of Egypt’s population and have accused the government of failing to protect them following the recent attack on a group of Copts on the desert road to...

Egypt bus attack survivors ask ‘how could this happen again?’

November 23, 2018 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Minya

Survivors of the bus attack arrive back at their church on Saturday 3 November. (Photo: Open Doors International)

...to death for killing Coptic doctor 17 sentenced to death for Coptic church bomb attacks ‘World leaders can’t continue to ignore persecution of Copts’ Four years after revolution Egypt’s Copts...

Egypt: Man accused of IS allegiance sentenced to death for killing Coptic doctor

November 20, 2018 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Cairo, Copts, Egypt, Islamic State, Mohamed Morsi

The Supreme Court in Egypt's capital Cairo. (Photo: Rachid H via Flickr; CC 2.0)

...Learn more 17 sentenced to death for Coptic church bomb attacks Egypt’s Copts nominated for Nobel Peace Prize ‘World leaders can’t continue to ignore persecution of Copts’ Murder of fifth...

UK government commits £12 million to championing religious freedom

November 9, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Alexandria, Bishop Angaelos, Copts, Easter, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palm Sunday, Plateau, Religious freedom, UK

More than 20 people lost their lives in the Palm Sunday attack on the St George Cathedral in Tanta, Egypt.

The Palm Sunday bombing of two churches in Egypt last year was highlighted as one of the examples of Christian persecution by the BBC’s religion editor (World Watch Monitor) The...

Islamists suspected of bus attack killed, as Copts mourn

November 5, 2018 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Anba Macarius, Copts, Egypt, Islamic State, Minorities, Minya, Mohamed Morsi

Embed from Getty Images Funeral prayers were held on Saturday morning at the Amir Tadros Church in Minya, after seven Copts were killed on Friday in an attack on two...

Egypt: 7 dead as Coptic pilgrims targeted in another bus attack in Minya

November 2, 2018 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Minya

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...attack, which again targeted a bus full of Copts heading back from St. Samuel’s monastery in Minya. Local contacts confirmed to the Christian charity Open Doors International that two church-owned...

Coptic monks injured in clash with Israeli police

October 26, 2018 Israel Copts, Egypt, Israel, Jerusalem

...police took place in Jerusalem on Wednesday (24 October) after the monks protested against Israeli authorities forcibly taking charge of repairs to a chapel the Copts say they own, Associated...

Coptic woman who lost half her face in church bombing arrives in Germany for operation

October 24, 2018 Egypt Cairo, Copts, Egypt

Samiha and her husband at the hospital in Aachen, Germany, where she will undergo a complicated operation to restore her face. (World Watch Monitor) The Coptic Christian woman who lost...

17 sentenced to death for Coptic church bomb attacks

October 12, 2018 Egypt Alexandria, Cairo, Copts, Egypt, Islamic State, Minya, Palm Sunday, Pope Tawadros II

...killed, and 35 were injured. Alexandria Palm Sunday bombing, one year on – lone dad who lost his wife, uncle and nephew Copt’s forgiveness of husband’s killer stuns broadcaster The...

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Egypt: Copt sentenced to three years in prison for ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post

Egypt: Fighting discrimination will need ‘a lot more than taking religion off ID cards’

Egypt bus attack survivors ask ‘how could this happen again?’

Egypt: Man accused of IS allegiance sentenced to death for killing Coptic doctor

UK government commits £12 million to championing religious freedom

Islamists suspected of bus attack killed, as Copts mourn

Egypt: 7 dead as Coptic pilgrims targeted in another bus attack in Minya

Coptic monks injured in clash with Israeli police

Coptic woman who lost half her face in church bombing arrives in Germany for operation

17 sentenced to death for Coptic church bomb attacks

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