The police freed them only after they abandoned their complaint against the Muslims who attacked them. As in Pakistan and elsewhere, Christians in Egypt can expect no sympathy or protection from authorities. If Muslims victimize them, those authorities will all too often side with the people who are doing the victimizing, as a Muslim will […]
No Christian Footballers Allowed on Egypt’s National Team in FIFA World Cup
As millions around the world watch the FIFA World Cup this summer, a video of the Egyptian team that circulated on social media drew attention: In it, Egypt’s national team gathered in a group Islamic prayer before its match. It was not just a moment of prayer; it was also a moment that starkly illustrates […]
Egypt: Coptic Christian scholar convicted of blasphemy for videos defending and explaining Christian faith
It’s a brittle religion and culture that can’t stand scrutiny and questioning, and has to shut it down by force. “Coptic Christian YouTuber sentenced to five years in Egypt over faith-based online videos,” by Obianuju Mbah, Christian Today, April 29, 2026: A man has been sentenced to five years in prison with hard labour in […]
Another Copt Punished for His Faith
In Egypt, which is often described, most inaccurately, as an “American ally,” the authorities have just sentenced a Christian — that is, a Copt — to five years at hard labor. Dr. Augustinos Samaan, a Coptic researcher on religion, was charged with having committed the crime of “blasphemy,” for supposedly “deriding Islam.” More on this […]
Libyans Face Death Penalty for Converting to Christianity
February 15 marked the tenth anniversary of the execution of 20 Coptic Christians and one Ghanaian by the Islamic State (IS) on a beach in Libya. In 2015, ISIS uploaded a YouTube video, entitled “A Message Signed with Blood to the Nation of the Cross”. 20 Coptic Christians and a Ghanaian Christian dressed in orange […]
Coptic Christian to Muslim in Europe: ‘You consider this an infidel land, yet you live here on welfare!’
Egyptian Coptic Christian woman to Islamist preacher in Europe: “We had to pay jizya so we could keep our Christian faith. We fled our homeland due to persecution. You consider this an infidel land, yet you live here on welfare! Go back home!” pic.twitter.com/coJ9a5qrxd — Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) November 18, 2024 Actually, that’s why […]
Egypt: Four Muslims attack three Christians with knives and machetes inside a pharmacy
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60) “Three Christian men hospitalised after stabbing,” CSW, November 8, 2024: Three Christian men were hospitalised after suffering multiple stab wounds in an attack on […]
Egypt: Muslims attack Coptic Christian families heading to a procession in a historic church
BREAKING: Muslim attack on Coptic families heading to a procession in a historic church in the Qalyubia region of Egypts delta(near Cairo). The Muslim thugs also attacked men. WOMEN and CHILDREN with some victims taken to the hospital in CRITICAL CONDITION. pic.twitter.com/nJYjvdjd6O — Ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲛ̀Ⲕⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (@miaphysenjoyer) August 17, 2024 VICTIM EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE […]
Egypt: Muslim abducts Christian woman, forces her to convert to Islam
The idea is always to enlarge the Islamic community at the expense of the non-Muslim community, by any and all means. “ACLJ Urges U.N. To Rescue Abducted Christian Woman Forced To Convert to Islam,” ACLJ, July 30, 2024: On January 22, 2024, a 21-year-old Christian woman, Irene Ibrahim Shehata, was abducted and later forced to convert to […]
Egypt: Two Christians held for over two years without trial for supporting new Christians who left Islam
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them […]