Posts Tagged ‘egypt’
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Egypt’s Christians, fearing instability, seek security elsewhere
They say cathedral attack, kidnappings indicate government neglectCairo, April 9 (World Watch Monitor) —
By James Martone
In downtown Cairo mid-March, the multicolored pharaoh-motif tablecloths and dishtowels were mis...
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Poll says Muslim Brotherhood has soured Americans on Egypt
The Islamic political party known as the Muslim Brotherhood has soured American attitudes towards Egypt, arguably America’s most important Arab ally, since its candidate Mohamed Morsi won presidential elections there in June 20...
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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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2 Egyptian boys convicted of desecrating Koran, but released
A court in Egypt has quietly found two Coptic Christian boys guilty of “showing contempt for Islam” but only remanded them to the custody of their parents, an attorney for one of the children said.
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Just in time for Passover, Israel braces for locust invasion
With Passover just three weeks away, the timing of a massive infestation of locusts in Egypt is striking many Israelis as downright biblical.
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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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Egypt family gets 15 Years for Christian conversion
The 15-year prison sentence given to a woman and her seven children by an Egyptian court for converting to Christianity is a sign of things to come. That’s according to alarmed human rights advocates who say the nation's Islami...
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Morsi says he does not want sole control of Egypt
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi says he wants to move Egypt forward as a stable and safe nation, and says he does not want sole control of the country.
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Christian children arrested for defiling Quran in Egypt
International Christian Concern has learned that two Christian boys were arrested in Egypt on Sunday for allegedly desecrating pages of a Quran.
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Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after deadly protests
A man who calls himself Sam Bacile claims he produced the amateurish movie The Innocence of Muslims, which has outraged some Muslims and led to the death of four U.S. diplomats during a protest in Libya.