Category Archives: Coptic persecution

Muslims attack Egypt Coptic church as sectarian violence continues

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From Bikyamasr

Coptic Church in Egypt.

CAIRO: Tension between Muslims and Copts is blazing in the southern town of Edfu after two residential buildings were set on fire, eye witnesses from the town said Friday.

The clashes started early Friday after a group of Muslim men surrounded the Mare’e Girgues church in opposition to construction expansions happening inside the church. A number of the men reportedly attempted to attack the building.

Others say others set parts of the church on fire, before turning to Coptic homes and shops in the town.

Residents said the Muslim men are attempting to prevent fire fighters from reaching the burned out buildings and several shops owned by Copts were vandalized. Continue Reading →

Muslims Attack Christian Village in Egypt — 1 Murdered, Homes Looted and Torched

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(AINA)

Muslims attacked Christians in the village of Nazlet Faragallah, in the southern Egyptian Minya province, on Sunday evening. The attack continued until the early hours of Monday morning, August 8. One Copt was murdered and homes were looted and torched when Muslims from Nazlet Faragallah together with Muslims from four neighboring villages started their violence at approximately 8 PM, after breaking their Ramadan fast.

According to eyewitnesses, thousands of Muslims entered the village from all sides, firing automatic weapons (mostly in the air), looting and throwing Molotov Cocktails at several homes. “They even destroyed our irrigation pumps,” said one witness.

The first attack was on the house of Father Youanes, pastor of St. George Church, which lies at the head of the village. He was beaten and his home was looted and torched.

Maher Nassif Tobias (50), an employee at the local council, was murdered in his home. He was found by his son. His house was completely looted, including his livestock.

Security forces arrived 4 hours after the attack began and there were too few of them. “They only had batons in their hands, and were unable to control the situation,” said a Coptic village resident. “Our village is surrounded by corn fields. The Muslims came into the village to loot and quickly disappeared in the fields, the police could not follow them. They were coming from all directions at the same time.”

Nazlet Faragallah has 8000 inhabitants, 80% are Copts and 20% Muslims.

The events were preceded on Saturday by an altercation caused by Muslims harassing Christian girls as they came out of a church service in the late afternoon. Stones were hurled by Muslims at the church, breaking five windows. A “reconciliation” meeting took place. Some 200 Copts staged a sit-in in front of St. George’s Church on Sunday afternoon to protest against Muslim attack on the church.

In a statement tonight, the security authorities in Minya said the Muslim attack on Nazlet Faragallah was caused by a group of Copts, headed by Haddar Ishaq, firing at Muslims as they came out of the mosque on Sunday afternoon. Copts in the village denied this claim.

Three Muslims were arrested yesterday and three Copts today. None of the Copts were involved in any incident, and one of them had broken his leg two weeks before. “Security is doing its balancing act again,” said one of the villagers. “They will use these Copts, who were arrested at random, to bargain for their freedom in exchange for village Copts giving up their rights during the ‘reconciliation’ meeting.”

It was reported that Muslim women walked the streets today, warning that after breaking the Ramadan fast the men would come to finish the Christians off, but this did not happen, as security was present in large numbers in the village and preparations were being made for another “reconciliation” meeting to take place on August 9.

By Mary Abdelmassih

Three Clips of Michael Coren on SUN TV

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I am very much looking forward to Mr. Coren’s own show on SUN TV. The station really is picking up. It is also refreshing to have at least one TV channel in Canada who has the courage to actually report the real news without sanitizing it for the left and politically correct.

Now if we can only privatize the CBC:

Here is Michael interviewing a person on the plight of Christians world wide and especially in the Islamic world. Pakistan and Egypt spring to mind especially.

Below, an East Coast Canadian newspaper editor published a cartoon which depicted Muslims, although not Mohamed, for which complaints were received.

Fred Litwin, who also runs the blog, Gay and Right, as well as started the very important, ‘Free Thinking Film Society’ who has brought in to speak people like Bat Ye’or, Sam Solomon, Geert Wilders and other people who otherwise would never have spoken in Canada, speaks here on how the gay pride parade incorporates many variables which have nothing to do with gay pride, or gay rights.

I agree with Fred here and would add, that homosexuals having achieved all rational goals and rights in Canada as they certainly should have, now want to force gay sex on to main street and then accuse anyone who objects to flagrant breaches of indecency laws as being ‘homophobic. It is worth noting that there is a difference between tolerance and embracing. One is requested, the other is your own business.

Muslim Attack on Christians in Egypt Provoked By Installation of Church Bell

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(AINA) — An exchange of harsh words on July 25 between Ruth, a Christian woman, and Gassem Fouad, a Muslim man who had parked his tricycle in front of her home, escalated into assault by the man on Ruth and other Christian villagers, and the arrest of one Copt. After Ruth, who is 5 months pregnant, was assaulted, a Muslim mob waited for Coptic farmers to return from the fields, where they were intercepted and beaten with iron rods and pipes.

Security forces managed to contain the situation.

Six Christians, including Ruth and her sister-in-law Hannan, were hospitalized with concussions, head injuries and broken limbs. No Muslim was injured.

From AINA.ORG

None of the Muslim perpetrators was arrested. Ruth’s husband, Kirillos Daniel, was accused of possessing a weapon — a rifle found thrown where the Christians were attacked, and is under detention.

In an interview on CTV Coptic TV, Father Estephanos Shehata, of the Samalout Coptic dioceses, said “The real reason behind this assault was the church bell, which has greatly angered the Muslims in the village.” He said the dilapidated church in the village of Ezbet Jacob Bebawi, outside Samalout, north of Minya, was given permission to renovate and this was completed last week, and the church bell was reinstalled.

“This is the first time such an incident has taken place in this village,” said Father Estephanos, “which is 60-75% Christian, and the reason is definitely the presence of the church bell.”

Christian villagers believe this assault was premeditated and they fear their church faces imminent attack, especially since Muslims have been slowly congregating in the village, which has a very weak presence of security forces.

By Mary Abdelmassih

A day in the life of a Coptic Christian in Egypt

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After the three witnesses gave testimony at the Congressional hearings on persecution of Christians in Egypt by Muslims, there was a question and answer session.

Here is one question and answer which struck me as especially heartbreaking.

“What is life like on a day to day basis for a Coptic Christian now like in Egypt?”
The idea that the speakers from minarets in Egyptian mosques actually blare hate speech against Christians. If it happens there, how long till it’s here?

Witnesses to the US congressional committee on the persecution of Coptic peoples by Muslims in Egypt

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This is amazing. The systemic horrors being perpetrated on an entire people seems like it would actually fit the U.N. definition of ‘Genocide’. Muslim Egyptians stripping Copts of identity, freedoms and even any human dignity.

I took these videos from C-Span and will post one at a time as I get them done. Here is witness #1 below. The rest I will post here, and in new posts, as I complete them. If you want to watch all of this testimony with commentary and so on please click through to C-SPAN here.

1st Coptic conference in Australia

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I must admit, Australia, as it often if not always does, is starting to punch above its weight in the war against Islam and totalitarian leftism. Below, a video from the first Coptic rights conference in Oz. In the post below, a main-stream media video which interviews members of the Q society, a group which has appeared on Vlad before, and are a very interesting group. I hope it spreads throughout the West.

Great darkness in Egypt

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From Ynet

 

Special: Uprising hopes give way to growing Islamism, racism and anti-Israel venom

Eldad Beck

UPPER EGYPT – Maha, an Egyptian merchant in her 40s, doesn’t sleep well at night. Ever since the January 25 revolution, she is experiencing a difficult period. “In the first days of the mass demonstrations against Mubarak, my mother and me couldn’t even sleep because of fear,” said the Christian Copt. “We didn’t know what will happen to us. Ever since then, even though the general security situation in the country has stabilized, our fears were confirmed.”

In recent months we have seen significant escalation in violent clashes between radical Islamists and members of the Copt minority across Egypt. It started with the lethal suicide attack in one of Alexandria’s main churches in the first days of the year, even before the popular protest against Mubarak gained steam. Twenty three worshippers were murdered and some 100 were wounded.

Copt protestor in Egypt (Photo: Reuters)

 

Egyptian opposition sources claimed at the time that the attack was organized by a secret unit established by the former interior minister in order to undermine domestic stability and reinforce the regime’s hold on the country. A few weeks ago, when angry Islamist masses attacked a Cairo church where two Christian women who converted to Islam were apparently held, some charged that loyalists of the outgoing regime were identified among the radical Muslim activists. Ten people were killed in the clash, while security forces stood at the sidelines and observed.

Please click through for the rest

 

Two Christian Girls Disappear From State Care Home in Egypt

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AINA:

(AINA) — Parents and lawyers of Christian teens Nancy Fathy and her cousin Christine Fathy, who allegedly converted to Islam, were shocked to learn the two girls have been taken by security officers from the care home where they were entrusted by the attorney general and held in a undisclosed place without knowledge or consent of the attorney general.

Lawyer Amgad Mourad said he went to the orphanage in Hadayel el_Koba on July 3 with the girls’ parents, but were surprised to learn that Nancy and Christine were taken by security from the orphanage on June 29. “We contacted south Cairo prosecution general, who was surprised and defensive, as we had a meeting yesterday with the General Council for Childhood and Motherhood and we were assured of the presence of Nancy and Christine in the orphanage.”

Today, lawyers with the parents went to south Cairo general prosecutor and were told by him the teens are in a safe place with public security, as they were afraid the parents may go to the orphanage and create problems there, according to Mourad. “Still we were not told where they are staying.”

According to attorney Dr Naguib Gabriel, President of the Egyptian Union Organization of Human Rights, who is also one of the lawyers representing the parents of the Christian girls, the girls were moved to another place because of the threats of violence issued by the unlawful Muslim group calling itself “Alliance for the Support of New Female Muslims.” Continue Reading →

Calm returns to Egypt Minya after clashes

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By Ashraf Sadek –

The Egyptian Gazette
Sunday, July 3, 2011 03:01:19 PM

CAIRO – A cautious calm has returned to a small town in the Upper Egyptian Governorate of Minya following a day of clashes between Muslims and Copts over harassment of women that left seven people injured, police officials said.

 

Samallout Central Hospital stated it had treated seven people for gunshot wounds. But there were no reports of fatalities.
A clash broke out after a Muslim microbus driver harassed a young Christian woman, the officials said, adding that a number of shops were burned to the ground during the unrest.
Police arrested a score of people and increased security in the town near Minya City for fear of further violence, the officials said. Continue Reading →

Egyptian Muslims Torch 8 Christian Homes on Rumor of Church Construction

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A mob of nearly 200 Muslims torched eight Christian homes on Saturday morning in the Upper Egyptian village of Awlad Khalaf. The attack was initiated by a rumor that a house which is being built by Wahib Halim Attia will be turned into a church. Two Christians and one Muslim were injured, no fatalities were reported.

Wahib Halim Attia obtained a license to build a house in the village on a 95 square meter plot. The house grew to an area of 350 square meters but was still on agricultural land that he owns. This gave rise to the rumor that he intended to build a church instead. Continue Reading →

105,000 Christians martyred yearly, says European official

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From Catholic Culture.org

h/t OxAO

105,000 Christians martyred yearly, says European official
CatholicCulture.org ^ | June 06, 2011

Posted on Mon Jun 13 21:22:35 2011 by Petrosius

Every year 105,000 Christians are killed because of their faith.

This shocking figure was disclosed by Italian sociologist Massimo Introvigne, representative of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, at the “International Conference on Inter-religious dialogue between Christians, Jews and Muslims,” sponsored the Hungarian presidency of the European Union (EU) in Gödöllo, near Budapest.

“Every five minutes”, Introvigne said in his speech, “a Christian is killed for his faith.” The figure does not include the victims of civil wars, or wars between nations, but only the people put to death because they are Christians.

“If these figures are not cried out to the world, if this massacre is not stopped,” Introvigne continued; “if it is not recognized that the persecution against Christians is the first worldwide emergency with regard to religious discrimination and violence, dialogue between religions will only produce wonderful symposia but no concrete results.” Continue Reading →