Earlier this month in Egypt, Gad Yunan, a Coptic Christian teacher, and some of his Coptic students were arrested on the charge of "contempt of religions." Their crime was to have made a 30-second video on Yunan's iphone poking fun at the Islamic State -- which Egypt's Muslims and authorities apparently equate with making fun of Islam, even as Muslims in the West insist ISIS … [Read more...]
Coptic Christians Celebrate Easter Outdoors Because Muslims Forbid Church Building
Coptic Solidarity Due to the difficulties Egypt’s Coptic Christians experience in trying to build—or even repair—churches in their homeland, some end up meeting in Coptic homes to worship (and often are attacked for it), while others worship out in the open. This was the case for the Christians of Nag Shenouda, in Sohag City. For 44 years they have been trying to build a … [Read more...]
Muslims Prevent Christians from Praying in Coptic Home
Coptic Solidarity It is not enough that Muslims in Egypt prevent Christians from building or even renovating churches, but, as in other Muslim majority nations, when Christians merely meet in one of their homes, Muslims still attack and prevent them. After Muslims in Egypt rioted and engaged in anti-Christian violence at the proposition that a church be built in al-Our to … [Read more...]
Coptic Christian Arrested for Offending Muslims, Witch-Hunt for 5 Others
Coptic Solidarity Earlier this week, security agents arrested Gad Yusif Yunan, a Coptic Christian man who works as an English teacher in Nasriya village, Upper Egypt, on the charge of “contempt of religions.” He is accused of posting a 30-second video on his personal Facebook page that deals with Muslim prayers and is apparently insulting. Once local Muslims discovered … [Read more...]
Easter under Islam, Churches under Attack
FrontPage Magazine As millions of Christians around the world were celebrating Easter Sunday, the Christians of the Muslim world were again under attack. The April 2 Islamic jihad attack on a Kenyan school—where the Islamic murderers made sure to slaughter only Christian students, sparing fellow Muslims—was only the most spectacular attack. On Easter Sunday itself, as … [Read more...]