Coptic Solidarity On Jan. 17, 2023, Presidential Decree #12 was announced in Egypt. It lists 100 newly appointed vice-presidents of the State Council. Only one of them is a Copt, a member of Egypt’s native Christian demographic, which makes up 10-15% of the nation’s population. As Coptic Solidarity observed, “This is one more proof—if proof was needed—that severe and … [Read more...]
Palestinians Beat and Pepper Spray Elderly Christian, Stone Churches in Jaffa
Coptic Solidarity Though unreported in Western languages, another instance of hostility for Christians and their churches in the Holy Land recently occurred. On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2022, a group of Palestinian “youth” assaulted a Coptic Christian church in Jaffa. After hurling stones and empty glass bottles at St. Anthony's Church, they stormed it and savagely beat Fr. … [Read more...]
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: ‘Canceled’ in Egypt
Coptic Solidarity “Unknown persons” recently vandalized a beloved Christian icon in Muslim majority Egypt. Belonging to the Monastery of the Virgin Mary, in Durunka, Asyut Governorate, the large icon depicts the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. As part of their tourism efforts, Egyptian officials had asked the monastery—which is built atop a spot frequented by the Holy … [Read more...]
“Pray in the Rain!” Muslim Governor Denies Christians a Church Roof
Coptic Solidarity As recently reported, on Dec. 24, 2022, Muslims attacked a church and its Christians in Egypt, after authorities gave the Christians permission to fix their church’s collapsed roof, which had fallen on and hurt several worshippers. (According to strict sharia, churches must never be repaired but left to crumble over time.) After police arrived and quelled … [Read more...]
Christmas Eve Church Violence Erupts in Egypt
Coptic Solidarity As Christmas Eve was being celebrated in the West, in Egypt, Muslims rioted and attacked a church on Dec. 24, 2022. The church’s great “crime” was to have tried to fix its dilapidated roof, which contradicts the draconian, anti-Christian dictates of Islamic law, sharia, as enshrined in Article 2 of Egypt’s Constitution. Two years earlier, the roof of the … [Read more...]