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Egypt's Copts fearful amid increasing tensions
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Christian monastery in Egypt reopens
UPI.com 6 (UPI) — The reputed oldest Christian monastery in the world, Saint Anthony's in Egypt, has been opened to tourists, officials say. … World's oldest monastery restoredBBC News Egypt: Ancient Monastery Called a Sign of CoexistenceNew York Times Ancient monastery's restoration hailed as symbol of interfaith peace in EgyptDallas Morning News OneNewsNow -Gadling (blog) all 327 news articles » |
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World's oldest monastery restored
BBC News Egypt has completed the restoration of reputedly the world's oldest Christian monastery, called Saint Anthony's. The monastery is believed to be 1600 years … Egypt: Ancient Monastery Called a Sign of CoexistenceNew York Times Egyptian Christians call for right to build churchesOneNewsNow Ancient monastery's restoration hailed as symbol of interfaith peace in EgyptDallas Morning News Gadling (blog) -ARTINFO all 325 news articles » |
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An eight-year, $14.5 million restoration of St. Anthony’s Monastery, said to be the world’s oldest Christian monastery, was officially unveiled by Egypt on Thursday.
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(AP) – ZAAFARANA, Egypt – Egypt’s antiquities chief has announced the completion of an 8-year, $14.5 million restoration of the world’s oldest Christian monastery, touting it as a sign of Christian-Muslim coexistence. The unveiling Thursday of the work at St. Anthony’s Monastery comes a month after Egypt’s worst incident of sectarian violence in over a decade, when…
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Egypt Christians call for right to build churches
Washington Post The demonstrators, both Muslim and Christian, were also protesting Wednesday against the sectarian strains in the country, particularly in light of a … Activists mobilize against anti-Christian discriminationAl-Masry Al-Youm “Will America Help the Persecuted Copts of Egypt?”Acton Institute Christians in Egypt call for right to build churchesWorld Magazine TwoCircles.net all 91 news articles » |
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The drive-by shooting of Coptic Christians by extremist Muslims has been condemned by public opinion worldwide.
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The drive-by shooting of Coptic Christians by extremist Muslims has been condemned by public opinion worldwide, reports Jeremy Reynalds, correspondent for ASSIST News Service.
According to a story by Mary Abdelmassih of the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), the incident, which killed six people and wounded nine, occurred on Jan. 6 after Copts finished celebrating the Orthodox Christmas Eve midnight Mass in the southern town of Nagaa Hammadi.
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During one of the most serious outbreaks of sectarian violence in years, Egypt declared that any talk of sectarian conflict amounted to sedition.
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The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) Secretariat has welcomed the adoption by the European Parliament of a resolution condemning recent attacks on Christian commun…
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Christian in Egypt: 'They Try to Kill Us'
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By Yolande Knell BBC News, Cairo Worshippers arriving for mass at St Mary's Church in central Cairo say they were shocked but not surprised by a deadly attack against Coptic Christians in southern Egypt earlier this month. "Copts have been suffering for a long time," comments Magda accompanying her teenage son to the service. "There have been a lot of tensions between Christians and Muslims, particularly in Upper Egypt, and a lot of attacks." When this hype dies down, things will probably go back to normal, until the next catastrophe Amira Coptic Christian in Cairo…
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Cairo: A delegation from the US Congress is in Egypt on Monday to look into the recent violent clashes between Muslims and Christians in which six people from the minority community were killed, amid speculation that it’s findings might affect the annual American aid Cairo receives. The delegation from the US congress is expected to visit the site…
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Following is the text of a letter from Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. House and Senate to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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Cairo, Egypt – In the leafy grounds of Cairo University there are many dating couples among the crowds of students. Some sit close together in shady corners and hold hands.
Religious customs and ideas of social propriety in Egypt do not permit them to take their relationships much further.
However there is a way of bending the rules – urfi marriage.
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The shooting deaths of six Coptic Christians in Egypt on Coptic Christmas Eve (Jan. 6) is fueling efforts to publicize and protest what Copts describe as persecution and violence typically met by inaction by the Egyptian government.
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The shooting deaths of six Coptic Christians in Egypt on Coptic Christmas Eve (Jan. 6) is fueling efforts to publicize and protest what Copts describe as persecution and violence typically met by inaction by the Egyptian government.
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Ptolemaic-era building may have been dedicated to deity Bastet in city founded by Alexander the Great, say archaeologists A statue of the the cat god Bastet that was found in the remains of a temple belonging to Queen Berenice, the wife of King Ptolemy III (246-222 BC) in Alexandria, Egypt. Photograph: Egyptian Department of Antiaquities/EPA…
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(AP) – CAIRO – New lawyers for an Egyptian Christian accused of raping a Muslim girl, in an incident that may have sparked a Chrismas Eve massacre, successfully petitioned Tuesday for the postponing of his trial to allow further investigation. Girgis Baroumi’s lawyers requested a forensic specialist to examine the 12-year-old girl and conduct a new interview with the officer who filed the arrest report. The two Christian lawyers are taking over from a court-apponted Muslim one. The alleged rape took place in November near the southern Egyptian town of Luxor, famed for its Pharaonic-era ruins, and inflamed already tense relations between Muslims and the historic Coptic Christian minority…
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 /Christian Newswire/ — The Copts, Egypt’s Christian minority, number approximately 12 million, about 15% of Egypt’s population. Under the rule of President Mubarak, violent attacks against them run rampant. These attacks were once carried out mainly by organized Islamic terrorist groups. The climate of hatred in Egypt has worsened to the point that attacks against Christians are now carried out by Source: Christian Copts of California