CLIMATE: HOW EGYPT’S FARMERS ARE TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH COMEDY AND COMMUNITY
MENNA A FAROUK, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Egypt…
Church shut, priests evicted from Coptic church in Egypt after mob gathered – reports
Morning Star News Police in Upper Egypt evicted Coptic priests and shuttered their church building after an Islamist mob converged on the site over the weekend, according to reports. Muslim villagers in Manshiyet Zaafarna, Minya Governorate, attacked the church of Mar-Giris (St George) at 1:30pm on Friday, after mosque noon prayers, according to a statement […]
Families of beheaded Copts finally reunited with remains of loved ones in Egypt
World Watch Monitor After a three-year wait and a number of broken promises, the Egyptian Coptic families of 20 men beheaded by the so-called Islamic State in Libya in 2015 have finally received their loved ones’ remains. The leader of the Coptic Church, Pope Tawadros II, accompanied by several bishops, priests and deacons, welcomed the […]
Egyptian Copts face Muslim mobs protesting against legalisation of churches
World Watch Monitor The closure of a church in Upper Egypt that sought legalisation has been condemned as illegal by the congregation’s lawyer, and charges made against eight of its congregation, who have been detained for more than a month, as not valid. Coptic Christians of Al-Koumair village in Luxor Governorate had been gathering at the house […]
Egypt’s Copts flock to see church opened in remembrance of beheaded Christians
World Watch Monitor The first mass held in the Church of the Martyrs of Faith and Homeland on 15th February, 2018. PICTURES: World Watch Monitor. It is a special day for the Coptic community of Minya province, Upper Egypt, as a new church was inaugurated this morning in Al-Our village in remembrance of 20 Egyptian Copts […]
‘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 […]
POSTCARDS: COPTS IN KOM EL-LOUFY STILL HAVE NO CHURCH IN THEIR VILLAGE – AND THEY’RE NOT ALONE
World Watch Monitor reports on the situation facing Copts looking to build a new church in the village of Kom El-Loufy in Upper Egypt…
Coptic boy, 16, “murdered by Islamic extremists seeking to scare Christians”
World Watch Monitor An Egyptian Christian boy murdered on Holy Thursday (13th April) was killed by Islamic extremists hoping to further intimidate Christians in the run up to Easter, say his family. Allam Bashay Gabriel found his 16-year-old son, Gamal, with his throat slit and lying in a pool of blood, in Qai village, Upper […]
Coptic Christians rebuild after attack on homes and businesses in Egypt
Morning Star News Dozens of Coptic Christians in Upper Egypt are rebuilding their lives after Muslim extremists last Friday attacked them on suspicions that they were converting a meeting hall and community centre into a church building. After noon prayers in Al-Nagameesh village in Sohag Governorate, a group of Muslims set ablaze the community center […]