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Two People Killed, Homes and Stores Torched in Attack on Coptic Christians

Two People Killed, Homes and Stores Torched in Attack on Coptic Christians

by Michael Ireland, Senior International Correspondent, ASSIST News Service CAIRO, EGYPT(ANS) – Thousands of Muslims attacked and besieged Copts in el Ghorayzat village, population 80,000, killing two Copts and severely wounding others, as well as looting and torching homes and businesses, according to the Assyrian International News Agency (www.aina.org ). In an article for AINA, Egyptian journalist Mary Abdelmassih says that a quarrel between a Copt, John Hosni, and Mahmoud Abdel-Nazeer, who later died in hospital, turned … Read entire article »

Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Egypt, Muslim, Persecution

Eight Christians Killed in Nigerian Muslim Attacks

By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service WASHINGTON D.C. (ANS) – A human rights organization has learned that last weekend Muslims attacked Christian villages and killed at least eight Christians in Kaduna and Plateau States of Northern Nigeria. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Muslim, Nigeria, Persecution