Coptic march Melbourne – What you didn’t see
February 2, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 1 Comment
H/T Free Copts Gates of Vienna also asks “Where is Freedom of Religion?”
The silence of the EP to events in world Orthodoxy
January 11, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 4 Comments
Several important events of the last week involve Orthodox Christians around the world including the protest by Palestinian Christians against the alleged corruption of the Patriarch of Jerusalem (see: Palestinian Christians jeer Greek Orthodox leader; also see: Patriarch could become persona non grata in Bethlehem) and the Muslim persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt (see: [...]
U.S. Ambassador praises Egypt’s Freedom of the Press and Human Rights; Copts say otherwise
December 14, 2009 by John Couretas · Leave a Comment
A friend sent me this translation of an original article in Arabic here. During her visit to Tanta University Scobey praises Freedom of the Press and Human Rights in Egypt Monday 14th of December 2009 Gharbia: Hend Adel Margaret Scobey, the United States of America’s Ambassador to Egypt affirmed that there is no differentiation between [...]
Report: Egyptian State Security Accused of Cover-up in Muslim Riots
November 30, 2009 by John Couretas · Leave a Comment
From the Assyrian International News Agency. (HT: The Volokh Conspiracy): Cairo (AINA) — In an effort to cover up the Muslim mob violence against the Copts which broke out last week in the town of Farshoot and neighboring villages (AINA 11-22-2009, 11-23-2009), and in view of the complete news blackout imposed by the Egyptian government, [...]
A ‘somber’ time for Egypt’s Copts
November 17, 2009 by John Couretas · 14 Comments
From the Times (UK): The first two months of the Coptic new year have been a somber time for Egypt’s ancient Christian community. The new year fell on the inauspicious date of September 11. And a spate of attacks on this large and downtrodden community by Islamist extremists or villagers giving a religious pretext to [...]
Egypt’s Copts the ‘New Martyrs’?
July 7, 2008 by John Couretas · 1 Comment
Perilous times for Egypt’s Christian community. In “Egypt’s Coptic Christians Are Choosing Isolation,” the Washington Post reports that “the most populous Christian community in the Middle East is seeking safety by turning inward, cutting day-to-day social ties that have bound Muslim to Christian in Egypt for centuries.” The story notes a dramatic decline in of [...]
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