By Gary Lane More unrest and violence in Egypt this weekend suggests an Islamist-led insurgency against Christians and the government may now be underway. An islamist gunman riding on a motorcycle fired 15 shots at members of a wedding party as they left a Cairo church Sunday. “Everyone knows that every Sunday there is a…
By Patrick Sookhdeo Pay the jizya, convert to Islam, leave or be killed. That is the impossible choice facing Christians in parts of Egypt that remain Islamist strongholds over two months after the ouster of President Mohammad Morsi. The jizya is, on the face of it, a protection racket; it is a humiliating tax or…
By Markus Symank Charred benches, notebooks covered in ash, the burned-out shell of a schoolbus. The Franciscan school in the upper Egyptian city of Beni Suef looks like the aftermath of a bomb attack. Toilets and sinks are shattered into fragments. The melted blades of fans hang from the ceiling. Bedecked in white, sister Nagaat…
Mission News Network Egypt is still upside-down and sideways. Nearly a month after a state of emergency was declared, the interim government has extended the order by two months. This action gives security forces greater powers of arrest. In mid-August, authorities and protestors clashed violently over the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. That led to…
By JNS World News Caught between the larger Sunni-Shi’a battles for supremacy in Syria, Christians are forced to contemplate an uncertain future as Western powers debate action against the government of Bashar al-Assad. Syrian Christians are faced with a difficult situation due to their country’s civil war. Many Christians support Assad out of fear that…
By Peter Bergen and Jennifer Rowland Editor’s note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a director at the New America Foundation and the author of “Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden — From 9/11 to Abbottabad.” Jennifer Rowland is a program associate at the New America Foundation. (CNN) — There have been…
By Kareem Fahim NAZLA, Egypt — The call for revenge raced through this village southwest of the capital and echoed from the loudspeakers of mosques last week as the military invaded two protest camps in Cairo, killing hundreds of supporters of the deposed president, Mohamed Morsi. “El-Sisi is killing our children,” a man screamed, referring…
World Evangelical Alliance Amid the political chaos that has gripped the Central African Republic (CAR) since a rebel coalition captured power five months ago, the country’s Christians seem to have become a target. The government recently arrested a top evangelical leader, and armed Islamists attacked Christian villages, killing at least 15 people and displacing about…
By Gary Lane The recent upheaval in Egypt once again brings to the forefront the plight of the country’s Christians who have come under increased attack from Islamists since the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. Now they’re hoping and praying Egypt’s next government will do a better job of protecting them from attacks and the…
By Morning Star News LAHORE, Pakistan – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (July 13) sentenced a Christian to life in prison for alleged blasphemy in spite of the complainant retracting the accusation and admitting police pressured him into making it, his attorney said. Attorney Javed Sahotra told Morning Star News by phone that prosecutors…