Coptic girl, 16, rescued 92 days after Islamists kidnapped her in Egypt
World Watch Monitor A 16-year-old Coptic Christian girl kidnapped on 28th June to be “converted to Islam, then married off or sold”, was released and returned to her family on 30th September after police found her and arrested her kidnappers in a city just outside Cairo. Marilyn was recovered from a city named 10th of Ramadan, […]
‘Mixed feelings’ for families after IS cameraman reveals where beheaded Copts were buried in Libya
World Watch Monitor The families of the 20 Egyptian Christians beheaded on a beach in Libya in 2015 say they have “mixed feelings” after the cameraman who filmed the beheadings reportedly told the authorities where the bodies were buried. Coptic news site Watani spoke to the families of 13 of the murdered Christians, who were from the […]
Bombed Egypt church cancels Easter celebrations
World Watch Monitor One of the priests at the Mar Girgis (St George) Cathedral in Tanta, one of two churches attacked by suicide bombers on Palm Sunday, says his church will not hold its usual Easter Day celebrations as a mark of respect towards the families affected. “There will not be any festivities, only a simple Mass […]