Posts Tagged: coptic christians
Jihad on Egypt’s Christian Children
This article was originally published by the Gatestone Institute. Attacks on Christian children, both boys and girls, are on the rise in Egypt. Last week, a six-year-old Coptic...
Radical Cleric Swears to ‘Pop America’s Eye’ if Moderate Morsi Threatened
American Middle East analysts often claim that Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is a moderate organization, nothing like the more radical Salafis. If true, what...
Easter Celebrated by Increasingly Persecuted Middle East Orthodox Christians
The Middle East's Orthodox Christians, who are facing growing persecution and uncertainty over their future, celebrated the Easter holiday on Sunday. In Egypt, Pope Tawadros II...
Egypt Pope Tawadros II Slams Morsi
Egypt's Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II slammed Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi over his response to recent attacks against Christians in Egypt. Four Christians were killed...
Egypt, 2012: The Year In Fatwas
In previous decades in Egypt, the fatwas, or legal decrees issued by learned Muslims and based on Sharia law, revolved around questions like...
Christian Egyptian Convert and Her Children Sentenced to Prison
An Egyptian woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison together with her seven children for converting to Christianity. Her supporters are...
Presbyterian Anti-Israel Crusade: Is That All You Can Say, Gradye?
Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (USA), could be regarded as a master of public relations - if you would call someone who...
Christian Initiative Echoes Anti-Semitism of the Middle Ages
The recent initiative by a group of Protestant Christian leaders calling on Congress to reevaluate military aid to Israel is a nauseating example of applying...
Egypt’s Copts Shun Clinton Over Meeting With Islamists
Amid the Muslim Brotherhood's rise to power in Egypt, several Coptic Christian leaders in Egypt are refusing to meet with U.S. Secretary of...
Mufti Call to Destroy Churches Highlights Christian Plight
Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, recently told a Kuwaiti delegation that, "Kuwait was a part of the...
A New Year of ‘Dhimmitude’ for Egypt’s Copts
For Egypt's Christian Copts, the New Year began with threats that their churches would be attacked during Christmas mass (celebrated on January 7). Because many...
The Forgotten Christians
This Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's resignation, and the Harvard University Institute of Politics marked the occasion last week with...
U.S. Copts Decry Egyptian Persecution of Christians (VIDEO)
Coptic Christians in Rhode Island told their Christian neighbors about the suffering their friends and relatives have endured in Egypt in the ...
Christians at Risk: A Jew’s Concern, Part II*
Here's a recent headline in The Guardian: "Gaza Christians long for days before Hamas cancelled Christmas." As a non-Christian, I'm curious about the reaction. Or when the...
