Posts Tagged: Egypt Coptic Christians
Why Jews Everywhere Should Be Helping Egypt’s Christians
JNS.org - During Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza in 2014, I had dinner with a Christian pastor and his family in North Carolina. I...
Israeli President Calls Persecution of Mideast Christians ‘Stain on Humanity’
JNS.org - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said the persecution of Middle East Christians was “a stain on humanity,” during a meeting on Wednesday with leaders of Jerusalem's...
At Least 36 Killed in Palm Sunday Explosions at Coptic Churches in Egypt
Two blasts targeting Coptic Christians on Palm Sunday in Egypt have killed at least 36 people, officials say. In Alexandria, an explosion outside St Mark's Coptic...
An Outrageous Anti-Christian Attack in Egypt
Encouraging reports continue to emerge about significant improvements in Israel’s relationship with Egypt. With Cairo battling an explosive ISIS presence in the Sinai Peninsula, and destroying Hamas...
Report: Muslim Brotherhood Members Kill Christian Woman in Egypt
On Friday, March 28, in Ain Shams, a suburb of Cairo, rioting Muslim Brotherhood supporters attacked the Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church, including...
Time for Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) to Change its Name
It is time for some truth in advertising. It's time for Churches for Middle East Peace to change its name. CMEP, as the organization is often...
Muslim Brotherhood Memo Encourages Burning Churches in Egypt
A memo posted on the Facebook page of a local office of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism...
Egypt’s Coptic Christians Condemn Western Media Coverage
JNS.org - In the face of an unprecedented wave of violence directed against Coptic Christians amid the turmoil in Egypt that has left hundred's...
Concern for Coptic Christians Grows Amid Violence in Egypt
JNS.org - Concern for Egypt's beleaguered Coptic Christian community grew on Wednesday amid the country's bloodiest day since the beginning of the Egyptian Revolution...
Pope Francis I and Egypt’s Tawadros II: A Tale of Two Popes and Preserving Mideast Christianity
JNS.org - As newly elected leaders of their respective Christian faiths, Pope Francis I and Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II face a wide array of...
Egypt Security Forces Ignored Slaying of Coptic Christians, Human Rights Group Says
JNS.org - A report by the human rights group Amnesty International blames Egyptian security forces for standing by idly and failing to intervene during...
Muslim Brotherhood Attacks Coptic Christians After Morsi’s Ouster
JNS.0rg - Coptic Christian Egyptians are being subjected to increasing religious violence after the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi. According to the Middle East...
Jihad Comes to Egypt
Considering Egypt's presidential elections take place later this month, last weekend's Islamist clash with the military could not have come at a worse time. First, the...
The Forgotten Christians
This Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's resignation, and the Harvard University Institute of Politics marked the occasion last week with...
