Travel ban lifted on Priest Felopateer Aziz, accused of inciting violence against armed forces during last year’s Maspero massacre, after being detained for a few hours at Cairo airport by military intelligence.
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Coptic priest held in Cairo airport over Maspero travel ban
Posted by Sarah on April 10th, 2012
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No Comments »12 dead in Muslim-Christian clashes in Egypt
Posted by Sarah on May 9th, 2011
Riot police disperse crowds outside a Cairo church burned by Muslim mobs. The violence raises questions about minority rights and Egypt’s transition to democracy.
Posted in Featured Post, News and Articles Tags: acm, Attack, Australia, Australian Coptic Movement, Australian Government, bloodshed, brainwashed, burnt, Cabinet, camera, Christian, Church, churches, Coptic, Copts, crisis, damages, dnager, egypt, Egyptian, emergency, Essam Sharaf, extremists, Father, foreign, Goverment, hosni, Islam, manipulated, meeting, Military, monks, Muslim, nation, Persian Gulf, Priest, Prime Minster, Religion, Religous, Revolution, sectarian, soldiers, state security, tensions, torture, violence No Comments »At least 6 dead in Egyptian sectarian violence
Posted by Sarah on May 8th, 2011
At least six people were killed and 120 injured in sectarian clashes outside a church in Cairo on Saturday, officials said. A group of Muslim Salafists attacked the Saint Mena Coptic Orthodox Church. Gunfire rang out as people sprinted for cover.
Posted in Featured Post, News and Articles Tags: allegedly, Authorities, bomb, burned, Church, Coptic, dead, deaths, Egyptian, fire, government, gunman, injury, Interior, interior minister, Islam. Christian, Minister, Muslism, new years, Orthodox, police, Priest, residents, soldiers, St Mary's, tensions, torture, train, violence, Wounded No Comments »Coptic Christians attacked by Egyptian military after suspending demonstrations
Posted by Sarah on March 22nd, 2011
Dozens of Christian demonstrators have been attacked by Egyptian Armed Forces despite agreeing to suspend a sit-in protest outside the state-run television building that lasted 9 days.
Posted in Featured Post, News and Articles Tags: acm, AINA, army, Australia, Australian Coptic Movement, Battered, building, cairo, Christian, Commander, Coptic, Copts, Demonstrations, egypt, Egyptian, government, Hany Ramsis, hospital, human rights, Humiliated, Military, Muslim, order, Politics, Priest, protest, regime, Revolution, torture, youth No Comments »Al-Qaida No. 2 Alleges Incitement By Egypt’s Copts
Posted by Sarah on March 3rd, 2011
The deputy to Osama bin Laden issued al-Qaida’s second message since the Egyptian uprising, accusing the nation’s Christian leadership of inciting interfaith tensions and denying that the terror network was behind last month’s bombing of a Coptic church in Alexandria that killed 21 and sparked protests. The message Friday from Ayman al-Zawahri, the No. 2 [...]
Posted in Featured Post, News and Articles Tags: Al-Qaida, alexandria, Ayman al-Zawahri, Christian, Church, combing, Coptic, Coptic Orthodox, egypt, Egyptian, Europe, extremists, Islamic, militant, Monastery, Muslim, Orthodox, Osman Bin Laden, Pope, President, Priest, Secular, Terrorism, Terrorists, Threats, transcript, U.S, warning No Comments »Military Uses Force Against Egypt’s Coptic Monasteries
Posted by Sarah on February 26th, 2011
Egyptian soldiers attacked for the second time the Monastery of Saint Bishoy Alexandria in Wady el-Rayan, Fayoum, 110 km from Cairo. Two monks and six Coptic labourers were wounded. Four people were arrested, three monks and a Coptic lawyer who was visiting the monastery to investigate a similar incident the day before.
Posted in Featured Post, News and Articles Tags: cairo, Copts, demolish, egypt, fence, Force, Injured, killed, lawyer, Massacre, Military, Monasteries, monks, order, Priest, protest, Shot, soldiers, state security, tanks, Wounded No Comments »Coptic Priest killed in Assiut
Posted by Sarah on February 24th, 2011
According to Church sources, the Australian Coptic Movement (ACM) has been informed that Fr. Dawood Botros, priest of the Prince Tadros El-Shatby in Shatb, Assiut, was found dead in his home.
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