Copt’s forgiveness of husband’s killer stuns broadcaster
World Watch Monitor A woman whose husband died intercepting one of the suicide bombers who attacked churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday has told Egyptian TV she completely forgives his killer, causing the news anchor to exclaim that Copts “are made from a different substance”. Naseem Faheem, the guard at St Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria, Egypt, was […]
Ethiopian state considers restricting ‘Christian activity’ to church buildings
World Watch Monitor Ethiopia’s northern Tigray State is considering adopting a new law that would restrict Christian activities to within official church compounds, rendering illegal the activities of smaller churches that do not own their own buildings and gather in houses. The law, if passed, would most affect Christians from outside the Ethiopian Orthodox Church […]