CAIRO, Egypt, August 14, 2013 (Morning Star News) – In the violence that exploded across Egypt today, supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi attacked scores of church buildings and Christian-owned homes and businesses in response to national security forces breaking up two protest camps in downtown Cairo. At least two Coptic Christians were killed […]
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Christians Targeted in Pro-Morsi Violence in Egypt
At least two Coptic Christians killed; 27 church buildings attacked.
August 14, 2013 By -
Coptic Christian Girl Shot Dead in Egypt
Threats, attacks continue as Christians are blamed for ouster of Morsi.
August 9, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A Coptic Christian girl walking home from a Bible class at her church was shot and killed this week in Cairo by an unidentified gunman, human rights activists said today. Amid a near-constant din of threats and scattered attacks against the Christian population in Egypt by militant political Islamists, the […]
Christians Flee Villages in Egypt’s North Sinai after Terrifying Murders
Killings top months of kidnappings, attacks by Islamic extremist militants.
July 16, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Christians in two villages in North Sinai, Egypt have fled for their lives after a priest was gunned down and a Christian businessman was abducted and killed, his decapitated body dumped onto a street. On Thursday (July 11) the body of Christian businessman Magdy Lamei was found in the town […]
Christians in Egypt Fearful after Five Copts Killed
Priest, four others slain; more violence expected over Ramadan.
July 8, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Following the shooting death of a priest in Northern Sinai, Christians in Upper Egypt and elsewhere are living in fear after four Coptic Christians were killed near Luxor in the wake of the deposing of Mohamed Morsi as president. “I am too scared to leave – I haven’t been able […]
Morsi Supporters Attack Christian Targets in Egypt after Removal of President
Christians wonder how long violence could last.
July 6, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – In scattered locations across Egypt, mobs of hard-line Muslims enraged over the deposing of the country’s Islamist president this week attacked Christian homes, business and church buildings and were suspected in the shooting death of a priest. In Northern Sinai, gunmen reportedly killed priest Mina Aboud Sharween as he […]
Church Permit from Morsi Viewed as Token, Given Difficulties Egyptian Christians Face
With so many denied and unrepaired worship structures, move seen as mere gesture.
July 2, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt, (Morning Star News) – With Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s hold on power appearing tenuous a year after taking office, his much-celebrated permission for construction of a church building looks increasingly like a token gesture to placate a non-Muslim minority, Christians say. Christians across Egypt met the president’s June 7 announcement that he had […]
Teacher in Egypt Sentenced for ‘Defaming’ Islam
Christian fined beyond ability to pay; civil trial looms.
June 11, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A judge in Upper Egypt found a Christian teacher guilty of defaming Islam today and levied a massive fine against her after prohibiting her lawyers from presenting a single witness during the trial. Dimyana Obeid Abd Al-Nour escaped jail time, but she was fined 100,000 Egyptian pounds (US$14,270), far beyond […]
Teacher Accused of Blasphemy in Egypt Released on Bail
Investigation continues even though school, government found no wrongdoing.
May 15, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A Coptic Christian teacher in Egypt accused of committing blasphemy and evangelizing in school was released yesterday after posting nearly $3,000 in bail. A judge reversed a May 11 order that elementary social studies teacher Dimyana Obeid Abd Al-Nour remain in jail for 15 days after she posted bail of […]
Jail Time Extended for Teacher Accused of Blasphemy in Egypt
Study shows Christians disproportionately accused, sentenced.
May 13, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A judge in Egypt on Saturday (May 11) ordered 15 days of additional incarceration for a Coptic Christian teacher jailed last week on accusations of blasphemy and evangelism. Three elementary schoolchildren and some teachers in the village of Al-Edisat, Luxor Province had complained on April 10 about social studies teacher […]
Christian Killed in Attack on Coptic Mourners in Egypt
Rocks, fire bombs, gunfire greet mourners leaving funeral of four slain Christians.
April 7, 2013 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Coptic Christians attending a funeral service here today for four Copts killed two days earlier in an anti-Christian rampage were in turn attacked themselves by at least 200 Muslim rioters. The incident, which started with a few dozen men pelting the mourners with stones, quickly escalated into a massive attack […]