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Coptic Christian Student Murdered by Classmates for Wearing a Cross
By Michael Ireland Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) — In mid-October Egyptian media published news of an altercation between Muslim and Christian students over a classroom seat at a school in Mallawi, Minya province. Egyptian journalist Mary Abdelmassih, writing for AINA — Assyrian International News Agency, says the altercation lead to the murder of a Christian student. AINA says the media portrayed the incident as non-sectarian. However, Copts Without Borders, a Coptic news website, refuted this … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Egypt
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
Stabbing and Bombing Attacks Near Two Churches in Egypt
Compass Direct News reports: In separate attacks in Egypt earlier this month, a Coptic Christian suffered severe stab wounds as he left a worship service in Minya, and a car-bombing outside a venerable church in Cairo disrupted a wedding. Without provocation, three Muslims repeatedly stabbed Coptic Christian Girgis Yousry, 21, as the army conscript was leaving the gates of the church of Saint Mary in Minya, Upper Egypt on May 2, according to Copts United. The assault left him with severe injuries to internal organs, and he was taken to the district hospital, where he was still receiving treatment at press time. Read the full story at Compass Direct News … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Egypt, Persecution
