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 14, 2015
The kidnapping of Egyptian workers in Libya is the latest crisis to be added to the long list of problems to befall Egyptian migrant workers in Libya. The number of Egyptian workers who have illegally crossed into Libya through open deserts exceeds a million. Most Egyptian migrant workers in Libya...
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: Monday, February 16, 2015
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights condemned the killing of 21 Coptic citizens of Egypt in Libya at the hands of ISIS and offered its condolences to the families of the victims. The organization emphasized the necessity of cooperation on a regional and international level and asked for the...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Bishop Yū’anis, the Chief Bishop and one of the members of the papal delegation charged with participating in the funeral for the victims of Dā‛ish’s massacre in Libya, said that the souls of the victims were priceless to God, Egypt and the Church in light of their commitment to their faith until...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Prime Minister Ibrāhīm Mahlab and a delegation of Ministers visited the Church of Our Lady the Virgin Mary, in the village of al-‛Ūr in the north of al-Minyā province, to offer their condolences to the families of the 21 Egyptian Christian Martyrs in Libya who were killed at the hands of ISIS....
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Websites connected to ISIS reported that the organization’s fighters had kidnapped and slaughtered 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya. They said the kidnappings came as revenge for Muslim women who were exposed to persecution at the hands of "the Copts in Egypt." The extremist organization specified...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Prime Minister Ibrāhīm Mahlab and Interior Minister General Muhammad Ibrāhīm accompanied Egypt’s President ‛Abd al-Fatāh al-Sīsī on a visit to Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo to offer their condolences to Pope Tawādrūs II for the deaths of the Egyptian martyrs in Libya at the hands of ISIS. Mahlab...
Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2015
Bishop Yūhnā Qutla, representative of the Patriarch of the Catholic Church in Egypt, said in an interview with ONTV that Egypt authorities had performed their role to the best of their abilities concerning the crisis of the kidnaped Egyptians in Libya. He added that the situation in Libya is not...