Muslims Attack Christians in Egypt, 12 Killed, 232 Injured
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) — Christians Copts in the area of Embaba, a suburb of Giza, Al Jizah, Egypt, were attacked Saturday evening by Muslim Salafis, a group that espouse violent Jihad against civilians as a legitimate expression of Islam, and are also known as the so-called Salafi Jihadis. Mary Abdelmassih, a respected Middle East journalist, writing for the Assyrian International News Agency said that the attacks lasted for 14 hours. The Muslims fired guns and rifles and hurled Molotov cocktails at Coptic churches, houses and businesses. 12 Copts were killed and 232 injured. She went on to say that the Saint Mina Church was the first to be attacked. According to its pastor Fr. Abanoub the attack started at 5.30 PM on Saturday, May 7, 2011, when … Read entire article »
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Muslims Attack Christian in Egypt, Cut Off His Ear
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service EGYPT (ANS) — A group of Muslims attacked Ayman Anwar Mitri, a Christian Coptic man in the Upper Egyptian town of Qena, cutting off his ear. According to a story by Mary Abdelmassih of the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), the Muslims claimed they were applying Sharia law because Mitri, 45, allegedly had an affair with a Muslim woman. The Muslims called the police and told them “We have applied the law of Allah, now come and apply your law,” according to Mitri in an interview for the Egyptian Human Rights Organization. Mitri, a low grade administrator at a secondary school, from elHasweya, in Qena, 492 KM from Cairo, had rented his apartment to two Muslim sisters, Abeer and Sabrin Saif Al-Nasr, through an agent. After … Read entire article »
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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 »
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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
