Posts Tagged: Egypt Copts
Egyptian-Muslim Mob Attacks Elderly Christian Woman, Torches Christian Homes
JNS.org - A Muslim mob in Egypt attacked an elderly Christian woman and torched several Christian homes in a recent attack in the country’s Minya province. According...
Muslim Brotherhood Burns Churches, Criticizes Copts After Crackdown
Egypt's Coptic Christian minority has become a favorite target for Muslim Brotherhood supporters and other radical Islamists across the country in the wake of the...
Human Rights Watch: Egypt Authorities Need to Do More to Protect Christians
JNS.org - Human Rights Watch (HRW) joined the growing number of international human rights groups calling on Egyptian authorities to do more to protect...
Muslim Brotherhood Attacks Coptic Christians After Morsi’s Ouster
JNS.0rg - Coptic Christian Egyptians are being subjected to increasing religious violence after the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi. According to the Middle East...
Obama to Egyptian Christians: Don’t Protest the Brotherhood
As Egyptians of all factions prepare to demonstrate in mass against the Muslim Brotherhood and President Morsi's rule on June 30, the latter has been trying...
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...
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 ...
Massachusetts Town Becomes Refuge for Egyptian Christians
A small Massachusetts town has become a growing refuge for Egyptian Christians fleeing persecution in their homeland. Milford, located approximately 40 miles from Boston, has been...
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...
Morsi Threatens Opponents
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi warned opponents Sunday that he would act against the Muslim Brotherhood's opponents if rioting continues. Morsi's threat followed violent demonstrations...
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...
Muslim Brotherhood “Democracy”: Slapping, Stabbing, and Slaying for Sharia
Prior to Egypt's presidential elections, Islamists made clear that the electoral process was an obligatory form of "holy war." Then, any number of Islamic...
The Evils of the Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt's longtime banned Muslim Brotherhood—the parent organization of nearly every subsequent Islamist movement, including al-Qaeda—has just won the nation's presidency, in the name of its...
Egypt: Islamists vs. Copts
As Egypt's presidential elections come to a close, with the Brotherhood claiming presidential victory, the future of Egypt's indigenous Christians, the Copts, looks...
