Coptic Solidarity In the context of the recent Muslim uprisings against Coptic Christian minorities in the Egyptian village of al-Gala’, Samalout region, unknown persons destroyed the agricultural crops of three Copts. The three owners were “shocked,” in the words of a human rights activist, to wake up Sunday and find their wheat farms destroyed and potato crops … [Read more...]
Muslims Attack Copts Because of Proposed Church Renovation
Coptic Solidarity Although Coptic Christians in the village of Gala’, Samalout district, Upper Egypt, had received all the proper permits and legal paperwork to renovate their dilapidated Virgin Mary Church, some Muslims in the village will not have it. Local police first invited the Muslim leaders who refused to see the church building renovated to a meeting with Coptic … [Read more...]
Coptic Priest: Islamic Law Trumps Egyptian Law in Case of Martyr’s Church
Coptic Solidarity According to a local priest and Coptic spokesman, last Friday’s assault on a Coptic Christian church proposed to be built, with President Sisi’s permission, to honor the 21 Coptic Christians who were slaughtered by the Islamic State in Libya, was all too typical and a reminder that Islamic Sharia sentiment continues to trump the sovereignty of the Egyptian … [Read more...]
Islamic State Relied on Egyptian Salafi Book to Slaughter 21 Copts in Libya
Coptic Solidarity Dr. Ahmed Karima, professor of Sharia at Al Azhar University, Egypt, recently exposed the fact that the Islamic State received its justification to slaughter 21 Coptic Christians in Libya from a book titled (in translation) Christians in the Koran. The author of said book is Mahmoud Lutfi ‘Amr—president of Damanhur’s Ansar al-Sunna al-Muhammadiya, that … [Read more...]
Egypt: Road Building Project a Scheme to Loot Ancient Coptic Monastery
The world recently saw the Islamic State plunder and destroy monuments of Iraq's ancient heritage. Now, elements of the Egyptian government appear to be trying to plunder some of the monuments of Egypt's ancient Christian heritage. An update on why Coptic monks recently prostrated their bodies before bulldozers manned by "Allahu Akbar" screaming Muslim employees of the … [Read more...]