Series of fires in Egyptian churches “not a coincidence”, say Copts
World Watch Monitor Three Coptic churches in the Upper Egypt region were hit by fires in the last three weeks which, the Copts say, is “not a coincidence”. On Friday morning, 1st November, a fire started in an adjacent hall of the Mar-Girgis (St George) al-Gyoushi Church in the Shubra district of the capital Cairo; it was […]
Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Morsi dies after collapsing in court
Cairo, EgyptReuters Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically elected head of state in Egypt’s modern history, died on Monday aged 67 after collapsing in a Cairo court while on trial on espionage charges, authorities said. Morsi, a top figure in the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood, had been in jail since being toppled by the […]