Date of source: Sunday, March 24, 2013
The Coptic youth front has announced the presence of Amīr ‘Ayyād, a Coptic activist missing since the clashes outside the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in al-Muqattam district of Cairo, in intensive care in El Helal Hospital. ‘Ayyād was last seen near al-Nafūrah roundabout in al-Muqattam. Members...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
An armed gang has kidnapped a Coptic child, as Copts complain over the state of lawlessness in al-Minya governorate (Muhammad al-Zahrāwī, al-Tahrīr, Mar. 28, p. 10). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Sunday, March 31, 2013
There are new signs of fitnah tā'ifīyah in the town of al-Wastá of Beni Suef Governate. Al-Sabāh reported about a number of anti-Christians pamphlets that were distributed in al-Wastá, in addition to, flyers that were against Saint George Church (Mār Jirjis). The messages accused Saint George...
Date of source: Friday, April 12, 2013
A number of Coptic activists have submitted an official request to Colonel General ‘Abd al-Fatāh Sīsī, Commander-In-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Minister of Defense and Military Production and the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, asking the intervention of the army to...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
For the third time hundreds of protesters surrounded and blockaded a church that has been accused of converting, hiding, and smuggling a young Muslim young woman out of the country with a Coptic man. Stones and Molotov cocktails were thrown at the security forces and the church, and the police...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Violent clashes occurred off Virgin Mary Monastery at Jabal al-Tayr in Samallūt Township of al-Minya Governorate, between security forces and Copts from the village. Protesters threw stones at the police while the police responded with tear gas. A number of five people were arrested and two...
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Differing opinions between Coptic movements and activists over the upcoming parliamentary elections have recently come to light. The official position of the Church is not to interfere in the electoral decisions of Copts, whereas activists and the Coptic Movement are united in calling for a boycott...
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2013
Dozens of thousands of people gathered in the Vatican City to hear the final public prayer ceremony of the departing Pope Benedict XVI, amid exceptional security measures and claims of plots in the Vatican. Both volunteers and elite security forces worked to ensure a safe and secure experience for...