Posts Tagged: Coptic Christian
Egyptian Christian Gets Six-Year Prison Sentence for ‘Insulting Islam’
JNS.org - An Egyptian court has sentenced a Coptic Christian man to six years in jail for "insulting Islam," in the latest blasphemy case...
Egyptian Christians Cancel Church Services for First Time in More Than 1,600 Years
JNS.org - Several of Egypt's Coptic Christian churches canceled Mass services last Sunday for the first time in more than 1,600 years, amid the...
Egypt Changes Election Date Conflicting With Easter After Coptic Christian Outcry
After a large outcry by Egypt's Coptic Christian minority, Islamist President Mohamed Morsi has changed the upcoming parliamentary election date in order to avoid a...
Welcome to Obama’s Parallel Universe
Now that he has been safely re-elected, Barack Obama's personal foreign and defense views no longer pose any risk to him in domestic political terms. Unfortunately, however,...
Pope Calls for End to Persecution of Christians, Renewed Peace Efforts in Middle East
At a gathering in Rome with Lebanon's new cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI launched a new appeal for peace in Syria and the Middle East, the Associated...
Report: Director of Anti-Muhammad Film is Not Israeli
New information has come to light that Sam Bacile—the name of the alleged producer of the anti-Islamic film "Innocence of Muslims"—is a pseudonym and that the...
Floating Some Ideas for the Flotilla Folk
Now that the world has been treated once again to the sight of such selfless, humanistic, courageous, modern-day Martin Luther Kings and Rosa Parks, whose...