Libyan human-rights official flees country after death threats
...a militia group in the past weeks. The Copts all had their heads shaven before being deported from Libya. In December, two Copts were reportedly killed in a bomb blast...
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Brief Salafi occupation of Coptic land part of larger problem, Copts say
...Copts selected their new pope, Bishop Tawadros II, who will assume the throne on Nov. 18. He succeeds Pope Shenouda III, who died in March. Copts make up more than...
Egypt’s Copts can’t rely on new pope to secure their rights
...of the president, to speak for the Copts in every single political matter related to the Copts. . . . [W]hereas most of the Copts [approved of] this situation, the...
Pope Benedict urges peace as radical Islamists target Western interests
...Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement condemning the film as “abusive” to the Prophet Mohammed, “carried out by some Copts living abroad,” and “rejecting such acts that offend religious beliefs...
Gutted church building leaves Egyptian Copts with debt
A hasty, inadequate renovation of a church building that Salafi Muslims largely gutted a year ago has left the congregation with staggering debt from additional repairs, church members said. Waiting...
Court rulings mirror fears, hopes in Egyptian vote
...left two Muslims and one Christian dead. Eight Muslims charged with the same crimes in the same riot were all acquitted. The ruling shocked even Copts accustomed to biased and...
Court in Egypt sentences young Christian for ‘insulting Islam’
...to court against Copts in Egypt in roughly a month. On March 3, a Cairo court dismissed a case against Naguib Sawaris, a Copt and telecommunications tycoon, who was accused...
Salafist leaders celebrate death of Coptic Pope in Egypt
...against Copts unheard of in recent history. In his statement, Ghoneim made a long list of accusations against Shenouda that, put together, portray the former pope as waging a war...
Egyptian court sentences priest from attacked church building
...businesses, all Christian-owned. Widespread looting was also reported. “Imams in more than 20 mosques called for crowds to gather and destroy the church and demolish the houses of the Copts...
Persecution increased most in Sudan, Nigeria, report says
Sudan and northern Nigeria saw steeper increases in persecution against Christians than 48 other nations where Christians suffered abuse last year, according to an annual ranking by Christian support organization...