(Reuters) – A bomb killed at least 21 people outside a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early on New Year’s Day and the Interior Ministry said a foreign-backed suicide bomber may have been responsible. Dozens of people were wounded by the blast, which scattered body parts, destroyed cars and smashed windows. The...
read moreUnresolved charge of ‘defaming religion’ leaves him in perpetual limbo. CAIRO, Egypt, December 16 (CDN) — An Egyptian who left Islam to become a Christian and consequently lost his wife, children and business is waiting to see if the government will now take away his freedom for “defaming” Islam. Ashraf Thabet, 45, is...
read moreBarnabas Aid – GOVERNMENT ALLEGED TO BE COMPLICIT IN RISING TIDE OF PERSECUTION “We must pray that the hostility towards the Church does not descend into outright violence against Christians – as we have seen before” Fears for the safety of Egyptian Christians are growing after a series of false allegations, violent...
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