Egypt: Father and son stabbed in latest attack on Copts
Embed from Getty Images Copts in Egypt have been targeted in a string of attacks this year. An elderly Coptic Christian and his son who run an off-license shop in...
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Egypt: Copt stabbed seven times by neighbour who’d lured in his son
An Egyptian Christian was stabbed multiple times when he tried to rescue his son who was held against his will by a Muslim neighbour in Alexandria. On the night of...
Death threats, by Islamic State in Sinai, against Egyptian Copt sons who mourn dad
...the failure of security plans is an urgent necessity, and the protection of Copts is a social, moral and humanitarian responsibility. What Copts need today are actions without words and...
From sub-Saharan Africa to China, Christians experience ‘high’ levels of persecution
...schools. • In Egypt, seven Coptic Christians were killed when terrorists attacked their bus as they visited a monastery. The attack was in the same place where 28 Copts were...
Egypt: Series of fires in their churches ‘not a coincidence’, say Copts
...man dividing the country’s Copts Egypt: Sinai militants pledge to ‘kill more Copts’ after murdering man over cross tattoo Unprecedented persecution of Egypt’s Christians heads 2018 World Watch List Why...
Egypt legalises 156 churches with many more still waiting
...Mob attacks prevent Coptic church’s recognition for ‘security’ reasons Egypt: Copts celebrate first Mass in new church, seven years since closure of previous building Egypt: Mob attack encouraged by police...
Book about beheaded Copts offers ‘different view of martyrdom’
...20 Coptic Christians on a beach in Libya by Islamic State militants, a book has been published about the victims based on interviews with their families. The 20 Copts plus...
From China to sub-Saharan Africa, Christians experience high levels of persecution in 73 countries
Embed from Getty Images A woman reads the Bible at the Christian Glory church in Wuhan, China, in September 2018. In its latest annual survey of 150 countries monitoring how...
Key trends show in 2019 List of countries where it’s most difficult to live as a Christian
...continue to recruit, and capture pockets of territory. In Egypt (no. 16), which has the Middle East’s largest population of Christians (Copts) – estimated at about 10% of the close...
Church construction slows under Egypt’s new church-building law
...gang of hardliners who have become above the law.” Read more Closed churches force Copts to hold funerals in the streets Copts’ homes attacked despite advance notice to police of...
