(Morning Star News) – The convicted killer of Archbishop Arsanious Wadid in Alexandria, Egypt was sentenced to death on Saturday (June 11), according to Copts-United. Nehru Abdel Moneim Tawfiq was sentenced to death after a long session in which the 22nd District Alexandria Criminal Court headed by Waheed Sabry watched surveillance camera video of the […]
Killer of Coptic Priest in Egypt Sentenced to Death
Convict said to have shouted jihadist slogan as he stabbed clergyman.
June 12, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
Coptic Orthodox Priest in Egypt Stabbed to Death
Assailant who confessed slashed his neck.
April 17, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Alexandria has declared a priest who was stabbed to death on April 7 a martyr, while Egypt’s most influential Islamic institution condemned the attack. Archbishop Arsanious Wadid, 56, priest of the Virgin and St. Paul Church in the Karmouz neighborhood of the Meharam Bek District in […]
Egypt’s Claim of Killing Suspected Executioners of Christian Suspicious
Government statement raises more questions than it answers.
April 25, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – The Egyptian Interior Ministry’s claim – a day after Islamic terrorists released a video showing the execution of a 62-year-old Christian grandfather – that police had killed three of the suspects in the killing seems suspicious at best. The Egyptian government didn’t bother to say on what date the three members […]
Christians, Others in Egypt Arrested for ‘Insulting Islam’
Heated Facebook exchange leads to charges against teacher.
November 23, 2020 By - Leave a Comment
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A young Christian teacher in northeastern Egypt is facing charges of insulting Islam after he posted comments on Facebook, according to local reports. Youssef Hany of Ismailia, a city on the Suez Canal 78 miles northeast of Cairo, posted the comments earlier this month in reply to a Muslim who […]
Coptic Christian Family Attacked in Upper Egypt; Adult Son in Intensive Care
Muslim assailant told them Christians forbidden to sit outside.
November 19, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A Coptic Christian is in critical condition after he, his mother and brother were stabbed in Egypt on Sunday night (Nov. 17), according to media reports. The Muslim assailant in a village in Upper Egypt’s Minya Governorate first told them that Christians must not sit outside before attacking them, […]
Coptic Christian Arrested for Allegedly Insulting Islam on Facebook in Egypt
Muslim extremists ransack his parents’ home.
June 18, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A young Coptic Christian man has been arrested near Cairo, Egypt for allegedly insulting Islam after a hacker posted material on his Facebook page, he and family members said. Fady Yousef, 25, was arrested early in the morning of June 11 in Giza, southwest of Cairo, despite having posted a […]
Muslim Clerics Threaten Sudanese Christian in Egypt
Convert from Islam fled torture in Sudan.
June 4, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Days after Muslim leaders in Egypt came to his apartment to warn him to return to Islam, a Sudanese Christian in Cairo received a death threat by phone last week, he said. Having fled Sudan after authorities tortured and threatened to kill him if he refused to return to […]
Church Closed in Egypt after Muslim Mob Frightens Children in Sunday School
Another worship building shuttered over ‘sectarian tensions.’
April 23, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A Coptic church in Upper Egypt is closed after a throng of angry Muslims attacked it this month, beating a priest and another Copt as more than 200 fearful children who had gathered for Bible lessons looked on, according to advocacy groups. One of the injured Copts, Asaad Bakheet Rezek, […]
Kidnapping, Torture in Egypt of Christian Woman from Sudan Highlights Convert Pressures
Muslim extremists also threaten to kill husband, daughter.
January 31, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother from Sudan had deep cause for fear last November when her Muslim brother went to her church in Cairo, Egypt with a photo of her husband and asked members if they knew his whereabouts. Muslim extremists from Sudan had kidnapped and tortured her less than two […]
Facing Torture, Death in Sudan, Convert Flees to Egypt – and More Death Threats
Apartment broken into, passport stolen.
January 21, 2019 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Having fled Sudan after authorities tortured and threatened to kill him if he refused to return to Islam, a Sudanese Christian now faces death threats in Egypt. Unknown Muslims in Cairo began threatening him for his faith in Christ last year, 40-year-old Al Hadi Izzalden Shareef Osman said. In a […]