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-Egypt: Palm Sunday Church Bombings Kill 45

Monday, April 10th, 2017

Two Coptic Christian churches were bombed on Palm Sunday killing 45 and injuring over a hundred. ISIS took credit for the acts of terror. Incredibly one of the churches was Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria, the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, which was bombed during a mass being conducted by Coptic Pope Tawadros who […]

-ISIS Issued a Challenge to All Christianity with the Beheading of 21 Christians

Tuesday, February 17th, 2015

ISIS released a challenge to all Christianity on Sunday along with a video which recorded the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya. Here’s their leader’s message to all Christians: “Oh people, recently you have seen us on the hills of Al-Sham and Dabiq’s plain, chopping off the heads that have been carrying the cross […]

-Cairo’s Grand Imam Condemns ISIS For ‘Barbaric Crimes’

Monday, December 8th, 2014

Al-Azhar University @Wikipedia Last week Pope Francis condemned ISIS- the Islamic State for acts that were a ‘Grave Sin Against God’ and called upon Muslim leaders to come out against the radical Islamist group.  Now Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Cairo’s al-Azhar University has condemned the actions of the ISIS and similar Islamist radicals […]

-Egypt: Coptic Pope Blasts US and European Response and Western Media’s Coverage of the Violence

Tuesday, August 20th, 2013

                Pope Tawadros II Coptic Pope Tawadros II has issued a statement concerning the violence perpetrated by the Muslim Brotherhood throughout Egypt and condemning the responses of the Western governments including the US and the distorted coverage by the Western Media. From ASSIST News Service (ANS): …The Pope said the Church is on “the side […]

-Egypt: Incredible List of Churches and Christian Institutions Attacked This Week

Friday, August 16th, 2013

                (The Coptic Church: sweet mustache) Egypt is in the midst of chaotic conditions that cannot even be fathomed by those of us living in our confortable homes in the USA or the West. The Western media is dwelling on the battles between the military regime and the Muslim Brotherhood which has resulted in a […]

-Egypt: 10 Year Old Gunned Down leaving Sunday School

Wednesday, August 14th, 2013

             (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Coptic Christians are being attacked and persecuted all over Egypt since the fall of President Morsi. The Muslim Brotherhood is blaming Christians for the regime change. There are literally dozens of stories every week about Christians being killed or injured and churches being damaged or burned in the country by Islamic […]

-Egypt: Coptic Church Leader Calls for Three Days of Prayer

Friday, July 12th, 2013

          (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Although our media does not keep us up on everything that is happening in Egypt, from what I read from European sources the Coptic Christian community is under assault in many places throughout the country. A Coptic church leader has called for 3 days of prayer seeking peace and reconciliation in […]

-Egypt: MSM Refuses to Show Protests of Obama

Thursday, July 4th, 2013

The anti-Morsi protests in Egypt have been called the largest in human history with nearly 17 million people participating. But what the American MSM (main stream media) refuses to show us is the incredible number of signs also protesting President Obama who they blame for continuing to support Morsi and his restrictive Islamic regime. Here’s […]

-What Most Christians Do Not Get About the Recent Attack on St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

On April 7, Christian mourners at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo were attacked by a mob of Muslims which resulted in 2 dead and 90 injured Coptic Christians. Arrests were made at the time but it was Christians who were taken into custody and not Muslims. In fact the police seem to actually […]

-Egypt: 6 Christians Killed & 90 Injured In Muslim Attacks

Monday, April 8th, 2013

Over the weekend radical Muslims attacked Coptic Christians in two related incidents and the tally was 6 dead and over 90 injured in the worst sectarian violence since the election of president Morsi. In the first incident a Muslim cleric called for attacks upon local Christians on Friday that resulted in 4 deaths.  From an […]