Posts Tagged: Egypt Christians
Archbishop of Canterbury, Whose Father Was Jewish, to Visit Israel
JNS.org - England's new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will visit Israel, the Palestinian territories, Egypt, and Jordan next week. Welby, whose father was Jewish, recently...
Concerns Grow Over Egypt’s Blasphemy Cases Against Christians and the Media
JNS.org - The human rights organization Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the increase in criminal blasphemy cases in Egypt, especially those brought against...
Ira Forman Appointed State Department Anti-Semitism Envoy
JTA - Ira Forman, who led President Obama's reelection campaign in the Jewish community, was appointed as the State Department's envoy to combat...
State Department Report Finds Rise in Anti-Semitism, Persecution of Christian Minorities
The newly released International Religious Freedom Report for 2012 by the U.S. State Department study found an increase in anti-Semitism as well as persecution of...
The Mass Exodus of Christians From the Muslim World
A mass exodus of Christians is currently underway. Millions of Christians are being displaced from one end of the Islamic world to the ...
Does Coptic Christian Persecution Under Morsi Signal Egypt’s Collapse?
In an unprecedented move, the head of Egypt's 2,000-year-old Coptic Christian Church, Pope Tawadros II, recently slammed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi for what he called a weak...
Egypt Christians Need Protection, Amnesty International Says
Amid a rise in attacks on Egypt's Christians, the human rights group Amnesty International has called on Egypt's Islamist government to do more to protect...
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...
Middle Eastern Threats Against Christians Unite Region’s Denominations
The difficulties of Christians in the Middle East have enabled the region's Christian communities to unite and bridge their differences, according to the...
Egypt’s Christians – Distraught and Displaced
Reuters reported last week that "Most Christians living near Egypt's border with Israel [in the town of Rafah in Sinai] are fleeing their homes after...
Victimization of Egypt’s Christians Worse After Revolution
While some are aware that the Christians of war-torn Syria and Iraq are regularly abducted and held for large ransoms by Western-sponsored "freedom...
Liberal Party Founder Warns of Rising Islamic Power in Egypt
"Islam is a political doctrine, not a religion, and America needs to speak out to make sure that Cairo does not turn into another...
Ramadan: Islam’s ‘Holy Month’ of Christian Oppression
The month of Ramadan, which ended earlier this week, proved to be a month of renewed Muslim piety on the one hand, and renewed oppression...
Muslim Persecution of Christians: June, 2012
U.S.-backed rebels are committing Christian genocide in Syria, where they are sacking churches and issuing threats that all Christians will be cleansed from rebel-held territory....
