Coptic Church Bombing: 'Deadliest Attack' on Egyptian Christians
A bombing at a Coptic cathedral in Egypt has killed at least 25 people and wounded 49 others during Sunday mass.
...continue reading this storyA bombing at a Coptic cathedral in Egypt has killed at least 25 people and wounded 49 others during Sunday mass.
...continue reading this storyEgypt is scheduled to vote as early as next month on a law that would ease the country’s historic restrictions on church construction.
...continue reading this storyIn Egypt, so-called reconciliation meetings often intimidate Coptic Christians into surrendering their legal rights while their Muslim assailants avoid any punishment for their violence.
...continue reading this storyAn Egyptian Christian who was arrested earlier this month for allegedly evangelizing Muslims in Cairo could be held indefinitely on bogus blasphemy charges, according to Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyThree Christians in Egypt have been accused of showing contempt for Islam after evangelizing Muslims last weekend in the port city of Alexandria.
...continue reading this storyCoptic Christians continue to flee the Sinai after Islamists accused them of helping to oust Egypt's president back in 2013.
...continue reading this storyAn Egyptian convert to Christianity recently released to appeal his disputed conviction for "inciting sectarian violence" was imprisoned again on charges of "defaming Islam," according to Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyA Christian in southern Egypt has been sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison and fined the equivalent of $840 on charges of blasphemy and contempt of Islam for simply "liking" a Facebook page, according to International Christian Concern.
...continue reading this storyWednesday a judge in Egypt's Minya Criminal Court sentenced the first Egyptian to legally challenge his official religious status to five years in prison and a fine, according to Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyHundreds of Coptic Christian women in Egypt have been kidnapped and forced to convert to the Islamic religion of their abductors, according to Christian Today.
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