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4 days ago · Ann Arbor, Michigan, Apr 24, 2024 / 15:45 pm ( CNA ). Muslim extremists set on fire several homes of Christians in Minya, a province in southern Egypt, in a continuation of anti-Christian violence less than two weeks before Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter.
Hello. I'm a Muslim from Pakistan and I'm interested in minorities of the Middle East like Yazidis and Christians. I read somewhere that Coptic Christians are persecuted in Egypt and Coptic girls are kidnapped, forcefully converted to Islam and married off to Muslim men and then forced to say they did it willingly . I even remember there was this incident where a Coptic Christian woman got ...
3 days ago · Attack on Coptic monastery in South Africa takes lives of three monks. Mar 13, 2024. By CNA Staff. The Coptic Orthodox Church announced that three monks were attacked and murdered Tuesday in the ...
2 days ago · Chairs, iron bars, and fists flew on the roof of one of the most revered sites in Christianity, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. When the dust cleared, seven Ethiopian Orthodox monks and four Egyptian (Coptic) monks had been injured. The fight started when an Egyptian monk decided to move his chair into the shade — technically ...
3 days ago · In a video released on Friday, Coptic Orthodox spokesman Father Moussa Ibrahim said “the most notable” of nine decrees emanating from the church’s annual Holy Synod which took place last week in Wadi El-Natrun in Egypt was “to suspend theological dialogue with the Catholic Church after its change of position on the issue of ...
3 days ago · Since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Egypt's Coptic Christians have been the target of increasing opposition and discrimination. [ citation needed ] In 2011, anti-Christian activity in Egypt included church burnings, protests against the appointment of a Coptic Christian governor in Qena , and deadly confrontations with the Egyptian army.
3 days ago · Dozens of Coptic Christians in Upper Egypt are rebuilding their lives after Muslim extremists on Friday (Nov. 25) attacked them on suspicions that they were converting a meeting hall and community center into a church building.
