19 Injured as Egyptian Armed Forces Fire At Christian Monasteries
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service EGYPT (ANS) — For the second time, Egyptian armed forces stormed the old 5th century St. Bishoy monastery in Wadi el-Natroun, 110 kilometers from Cairo. According to a story by Mary Abdelmassih of the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), live ammunition was fired, wounding two monks and six Coptic monastery workers. Several sources confirmed the army’s use of RPG ammunition. Four people have been arrested, including three monks and a Coptic lawyer who was at the monastery investigating the army attack. AINA reported that Monk Aksios Ava Bishoy told activist Nader Shoukry of Freecopts the armed forces stormed the main entrance gate to the monastery in the morning. The forces used five tanks, armored vehicles and a bulldozer to demolish the fence built by the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Egypt, Persecution
Muslims Attack Two Christian Families in Egypt, 11 Killed Including Children
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries SHARONA, EGYPT (ANS) — A Middle East journalist is reporting news of the shocking massacre of two Christian Coptic families by Islamists which has just emerged from Upper Egypt with the return of the Internet connections after a week of Internet blackout by the Egyptian regime. Mary Abdelmassih, writing for the Assyrian International News Agency (www.aina.org) says that the carnage took place on Sunday, January 30, 2011, at 3 PM in the village of Sharona near Maghagha, Minya province. “Two Islamists groups, aided by the Muslim neighbors, descended on the roof of houses owned by Copts, killing eleven Copts, including children, and seriously injuring four others,” she said. Abdelmassih said that Anba Agathon, Bishop of Maghagha, told Coptic activist Dr. Mona Roman in a televised interview on a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Egypt, Islam, Persecution
Car Bomb Kills Seven at Coptic Church in Alexandria, Egypt
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT (ANS) – The BBC is reporting that a car bomb explosion outside a church in the north Egyptian city of Alexandria has killed seven people and injured 24, the interior ministry says. “The blast, apparently caused by a car bomb, hit people as they left a new year’s service at the al-Qidiseen church shortly after midnight,” said the BBC story. “Sectarian tensions have recently been on the rise in Egypt. “After the blast, angry Christians reportedly threw stones at police officers and targeted a nearby mosque. Protesters went into the mosque, throwing books out onto the street, the Associated Press news agency reported.” The BBC went on to say that the mayor of Alexandria, Gen Adel Labib, said on Egyptian TV that there had been recent … Read entire article »
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Muslim Cleric Calls for Jihad, Coptic Christians Attacked in Egypt
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries SHIMI, EGYPT (ANS) — Middle-East journalist, Mary Abdelmassih, is reporting that on Friday, August 13, 2010, Sheikh Tobah, an Imam from the Egyptian village of Shimi, 170 kilometers — 105 miles — south of Giza, called during Muslim Friday prayers for “Jihad” against Christians living there. “As a result the Christian Copts living in the village were assaulted over two consecutive days. Eleven Copts were hospitalized and many Coptic youths were arrested,” she said in a story for the Assyrian International News Agency (www.aina.org.) Abdelmassih said that the assaults began a couple of hours after the Sheikh’s incitement. … Read entire article »
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Role Played by Muslim Women in the ‘abduction and forced Islamization of Christian females in Egypt’ is on the rise
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) — Middle East journalist, Mary Abdelmassih, has told the ASSIST News Service (ANS), that the role played by Muslim women in the “abduction and forced Islamization of Christian females in Egypt is on the rise, with continuously changing methods of deception.” Abdelmassih said, “Victims are mostly minor Christian girls, however, one of the most recent abductions was a Coptic Christian family.” … Read entire article »
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