Tag: egypt
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Coptic Pope Blasts Muslim Brotherhood, US, EU. Is Washington Listening?
Source: Assyrian News Agency | Mary Abdelmassih The Pope is at the top of the Islamists’ assassination list. (AINA) — Since ex-president Morsy’s ouster on July 3, attacks on Egyptian Christians by members of the Muslim Brotherhood have taken place in most governorates across Egypt. These attacks have escalated since security forces ended the pro-Morsy…
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Egypt: Why Are the Churches Burning?
Source: New York Review of Books p>On a recent afternoon this month, in a busy downtown Cairo street, armed men exchanged gunfire, threw rocks and Molotov cocktails, and freely wielded knives in broad daylight. The two-hour fight, which began as an attempt by some shop-owners to extort the customers of others, left eighty-nine wounded and…
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Christophobia in the Muslim World
Source: Boston.com Last weekend’s scenes of anti-Christian mob violence in Cairo, against a background of churches in flames, is a powerful reminder of a grim reality: Non-Muslim communities have become endangered species throughout much of the Islamic world. Some statesmen have begun to acknowledge the existential crisis facing non-Muslims. Former Lebanese Prime Minister Amine Gemayel…
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Telegraph: Egyptian Christians say They are ‘Under Organised Attack’
Source: The Telegraph A priest whose church was at the centre of sectarian riots at the weekend has said Egyptian Christians were “under organised attack” as religious authorities warned the country was at risk of civil war. Armed troops and riot police guarded the streets around St Mena’s church and nearby burned-out shops and apartment…
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Egypt: The Realist Scenario
It’s Jimmy Carter all over again. Source: Chronicles of Culture | Srdja Tifkovic The image of the “democratic revolution” in Egypt, as constructed by the mainstream media in North America and Europe over the past two weeks, evokes the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989. The BBC World Service, NPR and other Western…