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Muslims in Egypt Attack Church, Burn Christian Homes and Shops
By Michael Ireland, ASSIST News Service CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) – A Muslim mob yesterday (Jan.19) attacked Copts in the Upper Egyptian village of Rahmaniya-Kebly, Nag Hammadi, Qena province, destroying and torching their homes, straw huts and shops, while chanting Allahu Akbar. Mary Abdelmassih, an Egyptian journalist writing for the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) — www.aina.org — says no one was reported killed or injured. According to reports, security forces were present but did not intervene … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Egypt, Muslim, Persecution
Egypt Randomly Arresting Coptic Christians for Maspero Massacre
By Michael Ireland, Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) — Egypt’s Military Prosecutor decided on November 3 to continue the detention of 34 Coptic Christians for another 15 days, pending investigations on charges of inciting violence, carrying arms and insulting the armed forces during the October 9 Maspero Massacre, which claimed the lives of 27 Christians and injured 329. The court session was attended by more than twenty defense lawyers. The case was adjourned … Read entire article »
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Muslims Blockade Christian Village in Egypt, Demand Demolition of Church
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service EGYPT (ANS) – Christians in the Upper Egyptian village of Elmarinab in Edfu, Aswan province, have been forbidden to leave their homes or buy food until they remove the dome of St. George’s Church, which was rebuilt in its previous location. According to a story by Mary Abdelmassih for the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), village Muslims, backed by Muslim Salafists from neighboring villages, have threatened to demolish the church on and use it as a mosque. AINA said that despite the presence of security forces, Muslims have blocked the roads to the village, refusing passage of any Christians under any circumstance. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Egypt, Muslim
Muslims Attack Christian Village in Egypt
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service EGYPT (ANS) — Muslims attacked Christians in the village of Nazlet Faragallah, in the southern Egyptian Minya province, on the evening of Aug. 7. The attack continued until the early hours of Monday morning, Aug. 8. According to a story by Mary Abdelmassih for the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), one Copt was murdered and homes were looted and torched when Muslims from Nazlet Faragallah together with Muslims from four neighboring villages started to attack. The violence occurred at about 8 p.m. after Muslims broke their Ramadan fast. According to eyewitnesses, AINA reported, thousands of Muslims entered the village from all sides, firing automatic weapons (mostly in the air), looting and throwing Molotov Cocktails at several homes. “They even destroyed our irrigation pumps,” AINA reported one … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Egypt, Muslim
Three Churches Attacked; Egyptian Military Sides With Radical Muslims
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service EGYPT (ANS) – In the last two weeks there were three attacks on churches by Salafis or Islamic Fundamentalists in Egypt. According to a story by Mary Abdelmassih for the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), the Salafis demanded churches move to locations outside communities and be forbidden from making repairs, “even if they are so dilapidated that the roofs will collapse over the heads of the congregation,” said Father Estephanos Shehata of Samalut Coptic Diocese. AINA said the latest of these incidents occurred in the village of Kamadeer, in Samalout, Minya province on April 5. It escalated to the point where it was feared the church would be torched and demolished, as happened in the case of St. George and St. Mina Church in village … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Muslim, Persecution
