CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – At least nine people were shot to death and several others wounded after gunmen attacked parishioners leaving a worship service this morning in a town south of Cairo, according to the Egyptian Interior Ministry. Eight of those killed were Christians, officials said. Some of those wounded were in critical condition […]
At Least Nine People Killed in Attack on Coptic Church in Egypt
Congregation leaving worship service as gunman fired.
December 29, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
Christians in Egypt Lose More Worship Sites
Fear of Islamist attacks again cited for closing churches.
November 27, 2017 By - 1 Comment
ABERDEEN, Scotland (Morning Star News) – Fear of Islamist attacks was again cited as the cause of stopping worship in Egypt this month, even though parishioners said local Muslims supported the opening of the shuttered church outside Cairo, sources said. Anba Morcos, Coptic Orthodox bishop of Shobra El-Kheima, decided to close the Pope Kerlis VI and […]
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Killed outside Cairo, Egypt
Like many accused Muslims, suspect is said to be mentally ill.
October 13, 2017 By - 2 Comments
CAIRO (Morning Star News) – A Coptic Orthodox bishop from Upper Egypt was slain outside Cairo, Egypt yesterday. The assailant struck Bishop Samaan Shehata in the head, neck and torso with a machete in the El Salam area near El Marg District on the outskirts of Cairo, according to local reports. Shehata was born in 1972. […]
Egypt Closes One Church, Blocks Worship at Another
Officials use security risk as pretext to keep places of worship closed.
August 24, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
CAIRO (Morning Star News) – Authorities have closed a church that serves three villages in Upper Egypt on the pretext that area Muslims object to it – one of at least 15 Christian worship sites shuttered in the bishopric of Minya, sources said. Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Minya Anba Makarios spent weeks appealing to security officials […]
Hunger Strikes in Iran Protest Upsurge in Harsh Sentences, Treatment of Christians
A counter-message for the signal the government is sending.
July 31, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Two Christian prisoners in Iran went on hunger strikes to protest increasingly harsh treatment of those arrested for house-church activities. Since June 2016, courts in Iran have given 11 Christians prison sentences of at least 10 years, mostly on charges related to house-church activities for converts from Islam, according to advocacy […]
Soldier Beaten to Death for His Christian Faith, Relatives Say
Three officers attacked new arrival after learning of his faith, they say.
July 27, 2017 By - 3 Comments
CAIRO (Morning Star News) – Egyptian military officers beat a new soldier to death on July 19 upon learning that he was a Christian, relatives said. Joseph Reda Helmy of Kafr Darwish village, Beni Suef Governorate, had just completed training at Mobarak military training center and was transferred to Al-Salaam special forces police unit, where three […]
Harsh Punishments Meted Out to Christians in Iran as Tehran Sends Chilling Signal
Converts from Islam sentenced to 10 years in prison.
July 13, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – The latest in a string of harsh sentences against church leaders in Iran has been handed down to four Christian converts for promoting Christianity, according to human rights activists. Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, along with deacons Mohammadreza Omidi, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Saheb Fadaie, were sentenced to 10 years in prison in a […]
Young Christian Woman Said To Be Kidnapped Outside Cairo, Egypt
Third apparent abduction in area since accidental shooting of Muslim.
June 12, 2017 By - 1 Comment
CAIRO (Morning Star News) – A young Coptic woman in a suburb of Cairo, Egypt remains missing after her disappearance last week from an area where Muslim attacks against Christians have surged, sources said. Suzan Ashraf Rawy, 22, left for work by foot from her home in Al Khosous on the morning of June 5 but […]
Islamic Extremists in Egypt Slaughter Coptic Christians on Pilgrimage to Monastery
Islamist gunmen open fire on bus full of youths.
May 26, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Heavily armed Islamists in Egypt ambushed a youth pilgrimage to a monastery this morning, shooting dozens of bus passengers to death and leaving more to succumb to their wounds on a desert road. The attack in Minya Province killed 30 people, following the recent death in a hospital of one […]
Bombings at Two Churches in Egypt Turn Palm Sunday into Scenes of Carnage
Blasts in Tanta and Alexandria kill at least 44 people.
April 9, 2017 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – Bomb attacks on two Coptic churches holding Palm Sunday services in Egypt today killed at least 44 people and injured more than 100 others, according to reports. The first bomb exploded in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, at St. George’s Church about 60 miles north of Cairo, killing at least […]