By Justin Sarachik This weekend, millions of Egyptians will come together at the presidential palace zone in the Heliopolis district, northeast of Cairo to call for the resignation of President Mohammad Morsi, and Egyptian Christians are asking fellow believers to pray. Over 15 million Egyptians have signed the “Rebel,” (a petition of sorts) requesting the…
By MidEast Christian News Many Coptic Christians are fleeing to the United States and Europe because they no longer feel safe in Cairo. Many Copts feel that the Islamist government is not doing enough to protect them against discrimination and hate crimes, so they are resorting to fleeing the country, according to reports. Many Copts…
By Jeff Walton Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is this week embarking on his first visit abroad since his enthronement earlier this year. Lambeth Palace says the Anglican official chose the Holy Land because of the region’s importance to global stability. Welby is “deeply concerned for justice and for the security of all the peoples…
Open Doors The following article was written by Michael (not his real name). He is a Christian leader in Egypt, which is ranked No. 25 on the Open Doors 2013 World Watch List of the worst persecutors in the world. This morning, as I was praying to start a new day with all its happenings…
By Agence France-Presse A Coptic Christian teacher in an Egyptian primary school will stand trial after colleagues and the parents of students accused her of insulting Islam and evangelising, a judicial source said on Tuesday. The trial of Dimyana Ubeid Abdel Nour will begin on May 21, the judicial source said. She has been freed…
By Robert Gordon Kidnapping of young Coptic Christian girls in Egypt have reportedly been on the rise in recent weeks and has left many in the country questioning the role of the government and police in protecting girls in the North African country. In Southern Egypt, numerous reports have risen that girls are taken from…
Kidnapped bishop would want Christians to stay in Syria, says nephew The nephew of bishop Yohanna Ibrahim, one of the two archbishops kidnapped in Syria a week ago, said he hopes Syrian Christians will not use the incident as an incentive to flee the country. Bishop Ibrahim, head of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Aleppo,…
By Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood’s governing majority, is not actually crucifying the nation’s Christians. But they are nonetheless actively persecuting Coptic Christians who are said to be one-tenth of the population of the largest Arab country. A photograph of two young men set afire during recent demonstrations is pretty striking. Demonstrations…
By BosNewsLife Africa and BosNewsLife Asia Services Christians in two heavily Islamic nations were struggling Thursday, March 21, as believers in Libya faced rebuilding their torched church while half-a-world away in Indonesia, Christians were ordered to dismantle their place of worship. The St Mark’s Church in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi was burned down…