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‘Kidnapping,’ forced conversion and collective punishment haunt Egypt’s Copts

November 24, 2014 Egypt Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Kidnapping, Muslim Brotherhood, Samalut, Upper Egypt

...station by a single rope. The security forces collectively punished the villagers in response to a demonstration initiated by a group of Copts the previous day. They were protesting outside...

IS urges militants to target Egypt’s Copts

November 10, 2014 Egypt Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Suez

Islamic State leader Abu Musab al-Maqdisi has called on jihadists to target Egypt’s Copts and judges, saying, “Targeting, pursuing and killing them is a means to serve the cause of...

Copts found dead in Libya

February 25, 2014 Libya Benghazi, Copts, Egypt, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli

Seven Egyptian Christians have been found dead on a beach near the Libyan eastern city of Benghazi. The Copts, who were found tied up and with gunshot wounds to the...

Saudi Arabia church plan ‘mooted’

February 25, 2014 Saudi Arabia Churches, Migrants, Saudi Arabia, Sunni, Wahhabism

...the matter was never discussed, and released a formal disclaimer. While there are thought to be more than one million Christians in Saudi Arabia, including Copts from Egypt and migrant...

Knife attack kills Christian woman in southern Egypt

February 21, 2014 Egypt Copts, Muslim Brotherhood

...work as a pharmacist. But pleading mental incompetence is a tactic often employed when accused of crimes against Coptic Christians.“Why are perpetrators of crimes against Copts always mentally ill?” MidEast...

Kidnappings surge in Egypt

February 7, 2014 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Kidnapping, Minya, Muslim Brotherhood

...president Jeff King. MCN reports that two of the eight were found on 5 February, tied up by the side of the road. “Kidnapping Copts for ransom and the seizing...

Old wine, new skin?

January 16, 2014 Egypt Constitution, Hosni Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood

...Copts to vote in favour of it. The new constitution has one major element in common with the document it replaces: It establishes Sharia as the principle source of legislation....

Prince Charles criticises ‘organised persecution’ of Middle East Christians

December 18, 2013 Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, London, Middle East, Prince Charles, Sadad, Syria

Left to Right: Prince Charles, Abba Seraphim and Bishop Angaelos at the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre.Coptic Orthodox Church UK The Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne, has...

One of ‘worst ever’ years for Copts

December 17, 2013 Egypt Copts, Egypt

Egypt’s Coptic Christians are undergoing some of the worst persecution of their 2000-year history, reports CBS News. In its flagship programme, ‘60 Minutes’, CBS reports that Copts hoped Egypt’s revolution...

Egyptian convert arrested for ‘inciting sectarian strife’

December 13, 2013 Egypt Apostasy, Mohammed Hegazy

...broadcaster in the United States and is known for reporting “inaccurate images of oppression” of Egypt’s Copts. Various news accounts in Egypt have reported that Armeya, 31, is being held...

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