The Stream A recent development, based on a little known technicality of sharia, yet again underscores how Islamic law is in many ways the antithesis of natural law. A ‘Gift From God’ — Seized By the State Four years ago, a newborn baby boy was found abandoned inside a Coptic Christian church in Egypt. The priest entrusted the foundling to a pious couple from his … [Read more...]
The Tragic Story of ‘Baby Shenouda’
Coptic Solidarity Another tragic story surrounding a Christian household has just surfaced from Egypt. Four years ago, a Coptic priest heard cries emanating from inside his empty church. He located its source, only to discover a newborn baby boy, apparently abandoned by a mother who bore him out of wedlock. The priest entrusted the newborn babe to a childless, pious, … [Read more...]
Eleven Coptic Churches “Catch Fire” Over Two Weeks in Egypt
Coptic Solidarity Once again, only the proverbial tip of the iceberg of persecution Christians experience throughout the Muslim world reaches the West: on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, U.S. media outlets reported that a Coptic church “caught fire,” leading to 41 Christian deaths, many of them children. The official explanation remains that “faulty electric wiring” was … [Read more...]
Muslims Attack Coptic Christians for ‘Sin’ of Opening a Church
Coptic Solidarity On the evening of June, 23, 2022, Muslim mobs attacked the homes of Coptic Christians, including by hurling stones through their windows, in al-Hilla, a village in Luxor governate, Upper Egypt. The occasion of this latest Muslim mob attack on Egypt’s indigenous Christian minority was the legalization of the Church of Michael the Archangel. Although the … [Read more...]
Muslim Man Tries to Slaughter Coptic Christian Woman with a Sickle
Coptic Solidarity A Muslim man attempted to slaughter a Coptic Christian woman with a sickle in the village of Sharona, Minya governorate, Egypt. According to a June 15 report, Qassim Falah Muhammad attacked Mona Wafdi Marzouk, 35, as she was walking to her family farm early in the morning to assist her sick and ailing father. Muhammad crept up behind her and began to … [Read more...]