Christians Under Attack

CWNews.com – LOS ANGELES, CA (ANS) -- Samuel and Mona, an Egyptian born couple now living in Southern California, are two of the most self-effacing people you could ever meet

IF YOU WANT TO chart the downsizing of President Bush's democracy-promotion agenda, look at the difference in his handling of Egypt between his first and second terms

A wave of arrests for apostasy in Egypt. The story of a young baptized, forced to keep his new faith hidden. The fluctuating position of the Church

By Professor Walid Phares, president of the World Lebanese Organisation
What is the origin and history of Christians in the Middle East?
"...overwhelming majority of Middle East Christians came from nationalities which did not convert to Islam after the Arab conquest of the seventh century

Egyptian cleric tells children's TV show: Come on to the jihad, encourages child-soldiers to join holy war
Yaakov Lappin An Egyptian Islamic cleric working for the state ministry of religious endowment has used a children's television program to encourage young children to strive for holy war.

Just one week ago, Fouad Fawzy and his wife could amuse their children with bedtime stories, or sing their son and daughter—ages three and seven—to sleep. Just one week ago, Fawzy, 40, could attend church services in his town of Zagazig (in Egypt, province of al-Sharqeya

Fouad Fawzy, a 42-year-old Copt, was killed in what appears to be an anti-Christians hate crime on Tuesday June 27^th while at his shop located at Al Hamam street in Zagazig, Al Sharqeya province.

By Sally Bishai               June 19th marked the first day of the Fourth International Coptic Conference. The event was attended by many great thinkers and writers, both “Middle Eastern” and American, both By “Coptic” and not.

Daily Star Egypt
CAIRO: Three independent United Nations human rights experts condemned the actions of the Egyptian government during the dispute with judges Mahmoud Mekki and Hisham El Bastawisy. The experts expressed their concern in regard to the decision to transfer Mekki and El Bastawisy to the disciplinary council

Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Kerry, who ran against Bush, was supported by homosexuals and nudists. But it was Bush who won [the elections], because he is Christian, right-wing, tenacious, and unyielding. In other words, the religious overcame the perverted. So we cannot blame all Americans and Westerners.

Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in Egypt are opposed to the global effort to fight terrorism, according to the 15-nation Pew Global Attitudes Project. 82 per cent of respondents in the country say they oppose the U.S.-led endeavour.