The plight of Egypt’s Christian Copts, especially in Upper Egypt, continues unabated. According to a new Arabic report, during the last few days in Asyut, “criminal groups and gangs managed to acquire guns and weapons and, as usual, have attacked and abused the Christians to control their sources of income, including to finance their [the “gangsters”] activities. They forced … [Read more...]
Looks Like ‘Nuclear Bombs Exploded There’: Description of Coptic Villages Attacked by Brotherhood
During a recent conference, Dr. Sherif Doss, an Egyptian activist, confirmed the extent of the widespread attacks on Egypt’s Christians at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood and their supporters—including “at least 80 churches that were torched and/or destroyed”—and highlighted the often overlooked but ongoing human suffering of the Copts: “But worst of all, about 140 families … [Read more...]
New Evidence Ties Ousted Morsi Government to Al-Qaeda
Days before the ousting of former Egyptian President Morsi, an Arabic-language report had said that, “al-Qaeda, under the leadership of Muhammad Zawahiri [brother of al-Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri and a leader of al-Qaeda in Sinai], is currently planning reprisal operations by which to attack the army and the Morsi-opposition all around the Republic [of Egypt].” That, of … [Read more...]
Brotherhood, Al Jazeera Threaten Christians to Repudiate Jizya Reports
Following news that the Muslim Brotherhood has revived the practice of collecting tribute from conquered “infidels”—that is, collecting jizya from Egypt’s Coptic Christians in the village of Dalga, first reported on this site—according to a new report published today by the popular Egyptian newspaper Youm7: The Muslim Brotherhood is passing by the homes of the Copts in the … [Read more...]
Christian-Abduction Gangs Form in Egypt
A September 10, 2013 Watan report confirms what I recently wrote—that Egypt's Christian Copts are increasingly being kidnapped and held hostage for ransom, some being killed even after payment is made. In al-Minya province in Upper Egypt, authorities have just identified a “gang made up of five persons that specializes in overseeing operations to kidnap wealthy Copts in … [Read more...]