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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
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MEDIA CLIPS Bishop Thomas Listen Now Download
Egypt’s Coptic Christians: The Experience of the Middle East’s largest Christian community during a time of rising Islamization
 Hudson Institute:
His Grace, Bishop Thomas of the El-Qussia and Mair Diocese in Upper Egypt became a monk in 1983 and was ordained a priest in 1987. Bishop Thomas works tirelessly to strengthen religious freedom and human rights in the face of personal risks. He was the first recipient of the St. Stephen Prize, a human rights award given by The Norwegian Mission to the East, for his efforts to speak out against the oppression of religious communities.
Bishop Thomas is active in building schools and developing educational programs in Egypt's Coptic Church. In 1999 he built the Anaphora Farm and Retreat Center in Wadi el-Natrun, where many of the monastic communities of the desert fathers lived 1500 years ago.
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 |
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CBN News
Coptic Christians protested outside the White House Wednesday, demanding freedom for their fellow believers in Egypt.
The Copts of Egypt are the largest Christian minority in the Middle East.
The government discriminates against them by denying access to higher education and good jobs.
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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By Father John Flynn, LC - Zenit
Christians Suffering in Algeria and Egypt
The small Christian community in Algeria has undergone a rough period in the last few months. Two converts to Christianity were recently convicted of promoting their faith and given suspended sentences and fines, the Associated Press reported July 2.
Rachid Mohammed Seghir and Jammal Dahmani were sentenced for the crime of “distributing documents that aimed at weakening the faith of Muslims,” said their lawyer Khelloudja Khalfoun.
The convicted are evangelical Protestants, prosecuted when extracts from the Bible and other Christian books were found in one of their cars in 2007.
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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
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 US Newswire
American Egyptian Coptic
Christians along with activists from Egypt, the Middle East, Europe and the
USA, will organize a peaceful rally on July 16, 2008. The rally will start in
front of the White House at 12:00 Noon- 2:00 P.M., and will conclude in front
of the Egyptian Embassy at 2:30- 3:30 P.M.
The Copts of Egypt are the largest Christian minority in the Middle East.
They number about 15% of Egypt's population of 80 millions. Not a month passes
by without their churches, homes and businesses being attacked. According to a
study made by Ibn Khaldoun Research Center in Cairo, over 240 major attacks
against the Copts took place during the period from 1972- 2003. It is
estimated that, during the last three decades, more than 4000 Copts were
killed or injured. This in addition to damages directed to Coptic properties
that could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars. Hundreds of Christian
Coptic girls, some are minors, are abducted and forced to embrace Islam and
marry Muslim men.
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
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A Call for Participation in a Peaceful Demonstration in front of the White House
“Be not afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent.” Acts 18:9
“Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and needy” Proverbs 31: 9
Coptic organizations in the United States invite you to participate in a peaceful demonstration in front of the White House on Wednesday July 16, 2008, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm. The purpose of the demonstration is to protest the persecution of the Coptic Christians of Egypt, including attacks against Coptic families, churches, monasteries, homes and stores. During the past few weeks, news agencies worldwide reported attacks against the Copts in towns Zaitoun, Alexandria, Abu Fana, Dafash, and Fayoum. The situation became so bad to the extent that attempts were made to force Coptic monks to denounce their faith.
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
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WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) -
Christian Newswire reports that there will be a rally to show solidarity with Coptic Christians in Egypt who face increasing persecution:
"Rally in Support of Coptic Christians in Egypt
American Egyptian Coptic Christians to organize a peaceful demonstration, on July 16, 2008, in front of the White House, to protest violent attacks against Coptic Christians in Egypt."
Contact: Mounir Bishay, 310-641-3387
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Monday, 07 July 2008 |
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FOR AMERICAN COPTS AND OTHER US RESIDENTS:
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CONDEMNING THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 |
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Ed Rizkalla
In this series, the writer reviewed some of the chronicles of the Arab historian al-Maqrizi (1) on Coptic cultural attributes, and explored some aspects of the context and milieu of his time. Al-Maqrizi was neither a Coptophile nor a friend of the Copts, and perhaps this might add more credence for his writing about the Coptic culture. His writings, like several other medieval Arab writers, tended to include unsubstantiated and racist negative commentaries about the Copts. Al-Maqrizi was however reflecting the milieu, knowledge, and the deficiency thereof of his time. For his credit, Al-Maqrizi recorded with candor many of the atrocities committed by several Arab and Turkish rulers against Egypt, the Copts and Coptic heritage. Al-Maqrizi, even attempted to no avail, to gently remind the rulers of his time- as many of them found it politically expedient to show a façade of Islamic piety, while stirring the embers of fanaticism against the Copts to destabilize their political opponents- with tens of verses quoted from the Muslim holy books, which admonish fair and amicable relationship with the Copts.
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