Date of source: Tuesday, December 15, 2015
During an aired interview on 'Sada Al-Balad' (Echo of the city) Channel, former deputy of the Constitutional Court, Dr. Tahāni al-Jibāli said that Egypt should not join the Islamic Military Alliance that Saudi Arabia had recently formed to battle terrorism in the Muslim World, denouncing the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 2016
The fight against IS must also be fought in ideological terms. Egyptian Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Salah, who speaks the language of Salafi Muslims, is eager to play a role in this effort. This is the background of my contribution to the Op Ed page in Trouw.
Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2015
Bishop Bafantīūs said in a Church sermon that the followers of ISIS that massacred 20 Egyptians in Libya wanted to sow terror in the minds of Christians and Egyptians. He added, “they also wanted to sow discord between Egypt’s Christians and Muslims through their message in the video.” For his part...
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2015
The terrorist group Bayt al-Maqdis threatens the Coptic population of Northern Sinai and asks them for the last time to leave the border villages. The group receives its orders from IS to whom it pledged its allegiance. The recent killing of a Copt by members of the group further intimated the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Date of source: Tuesday, February 24, 2015
After the killing of 21 Copts by the Islamic State earlier this year, the Egyptian Church started to count the number of the remaining Copts in neighboring Libya. This contributes to an organized evacuation and helps placing them in Egypt, the United States and various European countries. At the...
Date of source: Monday, February 23, 2015
The important role of the church in Egypt’s political and social life has not been acknowledged by most worshipers so far. This follows the recent killing of 21 Copts by Islamic State militants, a direct consequence of Egypt’s military engagement in neighboring countries. The newly gained attention...
Date of source: Thursday, February 12, 2015
30 days after ISIS’ branch in Libya announced that it had kidnapped 20 Egyptians, a website claiming allegiance to the group published photos of the kidnapped Egyptians in orange jumpsuits used for executions. The new photos prompted the families of the kidnapped to call for help from President...
Date of source: Thursday, February 12, 2015
Al-‘Arabiyya Net announced that ISIS confirmed the details of its latest operations in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and Libya. The details included the slaughtering of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya, which prompted the group to claim that the Libyan state is subordinate to the group. The organization also...
Date of source: Monday, November 16, 2015
In a statement released to Veto, a dissident member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Rabī` Shalabi, said that the Islamist Dā`esh Organization known as IS (Islamic State) plans terror attacks on the Egyptian churches similar to the latest attacks on the French capital, Paris, according to Shalabi.