Posts Tagged ‘coptic christians’
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Christian killed in attack on Coptic mourners in Egypt
Coptic Christians attending a funeral service here today for four Copts killed two days earlier in an anti-Christian rampage were in turn attacked themselves by at least 200 Muslim rioters. The incident, which started with a fe...
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Anti-Christian hostility heats up amid unrest in Egypt
Among files on arrested converts from Islam, kidnapped Christian girls and beaten monks piling up on the desk of a noted lawyer in Egypt, on top is the case of two boys about to be tried for allegedly showing contempt of Islam
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Will we be their voice?
Christians worldwide just celebrated the birth of Jesus. For many in the West this was a festive season marked by worship services, gift-giving and time with family and friends.
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Female Christians in Cairo fearful of riding subway
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Coptic girls and women are wary about boarding Cairo subway cars – or are too fearful to enter them at all – after a series of attacks on female Christians on the transit system. In three...
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Coptic pope laid to rest as transition looms
Religious, political and military leaders gathered to pay tribute Tuesday to the late Coptic patriarch Shenouda III, whose death Saturday plunged Egypt’s minority Coptic community into grief at a critical time for Egypt&#...
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Egypt’s Copts Mourn Pope Shenouda, Wary of Future
Egypt is in mourning for the patriarch of the Coptic Church, Pope Shenouda, who died Saturday at the age of 88. The Coptic community is preparing both for his funeral and a future made more uncertain by the political ascenda...
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Middle East Christians keep wary eye on Arab Spring
From her home, Samia Ramsis holds a key chain bearing the face of the Virgin Mary as visitors outside come to look upon the spot where Egypt’s Coptic Christians believe Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus found refuge after...
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Egyptians Mourn Massacre of Coptic Christians
Funeral services were held today in Cairo for some of the victims of a military attack against a group of Christian protestors that left 26 dead and hundreds wounded. In the wake of what could be the worst act of violence agai...
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Christian billionaire positions self to be next president of Egypt
A Christian billionaire hopes to become the next president of Egypt. Naguib Sawiris, 57, founder of Orascom Telegram, launched recently the political party Al Masryeen Al Ahrar (The Free Egyptians) which he hopes will help him ...
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Egypt is included in U.S. commission’s top 14-nation list of worst religion violators
For the first time, a government agency in the U.S. has added Egypt to its list of top 14 worst violators of religious freedom in the world. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom placed Egypt on its to...
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