Coptic Solidarity Another young Coptic Christian conscript has allegedly committed suicide in his unit in Menufia, Egypt, says a February 17 report by MCM (actual date of incident not indicated). According to Maj. Gen. Muhammad Mas‘ud, the 20-year-old Copt known only as Michael “shot a bullet from his firearm into his chest, dying instantly.” He supposedly killed himself … [Read more...]
Egypt’s ‘Security Threats’: Churches
Gatestone Institute On February 1, Tharwat Bukhit, a Coptic Christian member of Egypt’s parliament, said that “there are approximately 50 churches in Egypt that are closed for reasons of security.” In 2011—when the “Arab Spring” began—the nation’s Christians had compiled a list of 43 churches that were shut down by local authorities over the years. This list was given to … [Read more...]
Egypt: Coptic Christian Tombs Turned into “Garbage Dumps”
Coptic Solidarity As often happens to Christian cemeteries in Muslim nations -- whether at the hands of "ISIS" or the hands of "angry youth" -- “the tombs of the Copts [Egypt's indigenous Christians] are being turned into garbage dumps.” This was the urgent and recent message from Fr. Ayoub Yousef, who heads the Coptic Catholic church of St. George in the village of Dalga, … [Read more...]
Egypt: Makeshift Bomb Placed Near Coptic Church
Coptic Solidarity A makeshift bomb was found near a church in Egypt on January 22. Father Paul of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt found what he described as a “foreign object” next to the garbage bin outside of the Virgin Mary Church in Aswan. He took it in to the authorities for analysis, and it was discovered to be a makeshift bomb. Makeshift bombs have been found … [Read more...]
