Coptic Solidarity  Islamic terrorists-cum-criminals kidnapped six more Coptic Christians in Libya over the weekend. In an audio recording, the terrorists demanded a 90,000 dinar (nearly 20,000 USD) ransom payment for the release of the Christians, who were reported as languishing in prison cells without food or water.  All six Copts are from the village of al-Haraja, … [Read more...]

Gatestone Institute Islamic “justice”—which usually finds Muslims in the right, and non-Muslims in the wrong—or rather, tribal justice, has, once again, prevailed in Egypt. Not only have the Muslim men who stripped naked and publicly abused an elderly Christian grandmother been acquitted in a court of law; now she is the one facing serious legal charges to compensate her … [Read more...]

Coptic Solidarity On Jan. 17, 2023, Presidential Decree #12 was announced in Egypt.  It lists 100 newly appointed vice-presidents of the State Council. Only one of them is a Copt, a member of Egypt’s native Christian demographic, which makes up 10-15% of the nation’s population. As Coptic Solidarity observed, “This is one more proof—if proof was needed—that severe and … [Read more...]

Coptic Solidarity Though unreported in Western languages, another instance of hostility for Christians and their churches in the Holy Land recently occurred. On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2022, a group of Palestinian “youth” assaulted a Coptic Christian church in Jaffa.  After hurling stones and empty glass bottles at St. Anthony's Church, they stormed it and savagely beat Fr. … [Read more...]

Coptic Solidarity “Unknown persons” recently vandalized a beloved Christian icon in Muslim majority Egypt. Belonging to the Monastery of the Virgin Mary, in Durunka, Asyut Governorate, the large icon depicts the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.  As part of their tourism efforts, Egyptian officials had asked the monastery—which is built atop a spot frequented by the Holy … [Read more...]