An Egyptian Military Court ordered that an imprisoned Christian activist be admitted to a mental health hospital to determine whether he's responsible for his actions.
...continue reading this storyEgypt's prime minister chaired an emergency meeting Monday after clashes involving soldiers and Coptic protesters left at least 25 dead and hundreds wounded.
...continue reading this storyMobs of Muslims torched a church in Upper Egypt and then looted and burned nearby Coptic homes and businesses.
...continue reading this storyMuslims attacked the Coptic Christians of Nazlet Faragallah village in Egypt's Minya province Sunday evening; the assault continued unabated into the following morning.
...continue reading this storyAn exchange of words between a pregnant Christian and a Muslim man over a tricycle escalated into an assault upon the woman and her fellow Christian villagers, resulting in the arrest of one Copt.
...continue reading this storySince the Egyptian "January 25 Revolution," the number of Christian girls coerced into converting to Islam has skyrocketed, according to Father Filopateer Gamil of St. Mary's Church, Giza.
...continue reading this storyEgypt's Supreme Administrative Court recently ruled in favour of anyone wanting their religious registration officially changed back to "Christian", according to Middle East Concern.
...continue reading this storyThree people were injured when Muslim mobs burned down eight Christian homes in the Egyptian village of Awlad Khalaf Saturday after a rumor that a house currently under construction would instead become a church.
...continue reading this storyThe Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, warned that the vacuum left by failed autocratic regimes was being filled by extremists who have turned the Arab Spring into a "very anxious time" for Christians.
...continue reading this storyHundreds of mainly Christian refugees from Eritrea are jailed or or held by kidnappers in Egypt, where they face torture, beatings and sexual assault, according to Christian aid workers who contacted Worthy News.
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