ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – In a daze, Nataay Boushra made his way out of the morgue and into a hallway of the army hospital in Cairo, Egypt. Lost in grief, he walked through the hallways of the medical facility; past nurses, past doctors and past groups of young soldiers talking to each other, but […]
Egyptian Army ‘Suicides’ Raise Specter of Persecution of Christians in Military
Evidence points to murder in soldiers' deaths.
December 11, 2015 By -
Christian in Egypt Kept in Prison on False Charge of ‘Blasphemy,’ Attorney Says
Second arrest in one month of a Christian for ‘evangelism.’
August 25, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – An Egyptian Christian who was arrested earlier this month for alleged evangelizing of Muslims in suburban Cairo could be held indefinitely in prison on a false accusation of blasphemy, his lawyer said. Medhat Ishak, a 35-year-old Christian from Ebid village in Minya Governorate, was arrested on Aug. 7 while handing […]
Christian Family Awaits Word on Copt Kidnapped in Libya by Islamic State Affiliate
Militants also seize Christians from Nigeria, Ghana.
July 23, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – As unconfirmed reports and rumors about the status of three Christians kidnapped in Libya by the Islamic State (IS) continue to spread in Egyptian media, a Coptic family waits in fear over the fate of their loved one. On Friday (July 17), an IS affiliate in Libya known as Islamic State, […]
Three Christians in Egypt Arrested for Allegedly Showing Contempt for Islam
Angry Muslim forcibly detains evangelist in Alexandria.
July 16, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Three Christians in Egypt have been accused of showing disdain or contempt for Islam after an evangelism outreach to Muslims over the weekend in the port city of Alexandria, sources said. The three Christians were arrested on Saturday (July 11) after at least one was stopped for handing out small […]
Charges Dropped against Muslim Accused of Killing Christian in Egypt
Like others accused of violence against Copts, suspect is declared insane.
July 2, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Prosecutors in Upper Egypt have dropped all charges against a Muslim who, according to numerous eyewitnesses, gunned down a Christian with the aim of intimidating his family into withdrawing charges in another religiously motivated killing. Prosecuting attorneys on June 24 found that the accused in the January shooting, Hasan Baghdadi, was […]
Noted Convert from Islam in Egypt Regularly Beaten in Prison, Attorney Says
Jailers try to humiliate the former Mohammed Hegazy into recanting.
May 27, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Egypt are regularly beating and dragging across a concrete prison floor noted convert Bishoy Armia Boulous, formerly known as Mohammed Hegazy, his attorney said. Imprisoned by Egyptian authorities on trumped-up charges for photographing Muslim attacks on Christians and then held illegally after his sentence was complete, Boulous is […]
The Islamic State: Hastening the Apocalypse?
Motives for unspeakable cruelty lie in Sunni 'End of Days’ teaching.
March 16, 2015 By -
(Morning Star News) – Since summer 2014, the Islamist terrorist group ISIS – a.k.a. Islamic State – has devastated the political, geographic and combat landscape of the Middle East. At the same time, along with its ominous black banners, it has raised worrisome questions about the true nature of Islam. For the Middle East’s ancient […]
Islamic Extremists in Sub-Saharan Africa Pursue Convert from Islam Who Fled Egypt
After family tortures him, Christian tracked by relative, consulate and violent Islamists.
February 26, 2015 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – When Ahmed Ali, a Christian convert from Islam, fled his native Egypt to a sub-Saharan nation after months of torture by his father and brothers, loneliness was not his worst problem. On the streets of the capital city of the African country (undisclosed for security reasons) last month, Ali’s uncle […]
Egypt in Mourning as It Bombs Libyan Terrorist Targets after Beheading of Copts
Battle against Islamic State expands to Libya; U.S. help sought.
February 16, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – After months of indifference to Islamist militants killing Egyptian Christians in Libya, Egypt bombed Islamic extremist targets in Libya and declared seven days of mourning following the beheading of 21 Copts. Video released on Sunday (Feb. 15) under the logo of the militant Sunni terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly […]
Christian in Egypt Gunned Down
Family of victim believes alleged killers are trying to intimidate them into dropping charges in 2013 murders.
January 17, 2015 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Police in Upper Egypt have arrested a man who, according to eyewitnesses, gunned down a Christian on Tuesday (Jan. 13) for what family members believe was their refusal to drop charges against the suspect’s relatives in other religiously motivated killings in 2013. Hasan Baghdadi was arrested on Wednesday (Jan. 14) […]