Tag: Muslim Brotherhood

Muslims condemn threats toward Egypt’s Christians

December 23, 2014 Egypt Al-Azhar, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Muslim Brotherhood, Salafism

According to Fides News Agency, recognized Muslim academics from the Arab world’s most prestigious Islamic university have denounced recent threats made by extremist Islamists against Egyptian Christians. In the lead up to Christmas, celebrated on Jan. 7 by Coptic Christians, death threats and organized attacks against Christian communities have been . . . Read More

‘Kidnapping,’ forced conversion and collective punishment haunt Egypt’s Copts

November 24, 2014 Egypt Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Kidnapping, Muslim Brotherhood, Samalut, Upper Egypt

It’s been two months since Coptic Christians in an Upper Egypt village endured a traumatic sequence of events ending in heavy police abuse. The victims still have not received any justice from the state security authorities who broke the law and violated its citizen’s human rights. On Sept. 16, in . . . Read More

What’s the threat of Islamic State to the Church worldwide?

September 25, 2014 Global News -- No Particular Country Al-Qaeda, Bartella, Dohuk, Erbil, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Israel, Jizya, Jordan, Kurds, Lebanon, Muslim Brotherhood, Qaraqosh, Quran, Salafism, Sharia, Sunni, Syria

While Islamic State is wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria, its ambitions do not stop there. Moreover, several world leaders are saying it is one of the biggest threats they are facing. But exactly how does Islamic State fit into the global picture of Christians under pressure for their faith . . . Read More

Egypt’s damaged churches begin to re-open

August 14, 2014 Egypt Beni Suef, Churches, Copts, Egypt, Minya, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Sohag

A year after a wave of anti-Christian violence , 10 have re-opened, says the Coptic bishop overseeing church restoration. that Bishop Morcos of Shubra Al Khaimah said “the army in cooperation with some concerned companies” has restored the 10 churches, which are in the Beni Suef, Sohag and Minya governorates . . . Read More

Egypt’s Sisi: Brotherhood is finished

May 6, 2014 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood

The man likely to become Egypt’s new president after the May 26-27 balloting told a nationwide television audience Monday that the Muslim Brotherhood would cease to exist after his election. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the former Army field marshall who in 2013 directed the removal of former President Mohamed Morsi, gave his . . . Read More

Knife attack kills Christian woman in southern Egypt

February 21, 2014 Egypt Copts, Muslim Brotherhood

An Egyptian pharmacist has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a Christian woman earlier this month. In a country where anti-Christian violence is a daily occurrence, the death of Madeleine Wagih on Feb. 8 was not widely reported. It received brief mention in one of the more . . . Read More

Kidnappings surge in Egypt

February 7, 2014 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Kidnapping, Minya, Muslim Brotherhood

International Christian Concern is reporting an upswing in abductions of Christians in Egypt. ICC reports that at least eight Christians from Minya province, south of Cairo in the Upper Egypt region, have been abducted since 25 January by suspected members of the Muslim Brotherhood and that these are “just a . . . Read More

Egyptian priest claims church attack was Muslim Brotherhood ‘revenge’

February 4, 2014 Egypt Copts, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Pope Tawadros II

The priest of an Egyptian church attacked last week says his church was targeted as part of a wider pattern of retribution from Muslim Brotherhood supporters against churches and security forces following the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi last summer. Around 70 churches were attacked last summer in retaliation against the . . . Read More

Old wine, new skin?

January 16, 2014 Egypt Constitution, Hosni Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood

Vote counting in an Alexandria polling station.Imogen Anderson via Twitter (@Imo_Anderson) Analysis by Markus Tozman For the second time in 13 months, Egyptians have approved a new constitution. Compared to the constitution they just tossed aside, the new charter promises Christians a stronger standing and better representation than ever . . . Read More

Shot Copt dies on New Year’s Eve after hospital ‘negligence’

January 4, 2014 Egypt Cairo, Copts, Maspero, Muslim Brotherhood

A Coptic Christian man died on New Year’s Eve from a gunshot wound to the head after three hospitals in Cairo are reported to have turned him away. Ihab Ghattas, 23, was shot outside Mar Girgis (St George’s) Church in the Ain Shams area of Cairo after celebrating mass. The . . . Read More

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