Egyptian village purged of Christians after riot:
Dahshour's entire Christian community - as many as 100 families some estimate - fled to nearby towns in the violence earlier this week. The flock's priest, cloaked in a white sheet to hide him, was taken out in a police van. At least 16 homes and properties of Christians were pillaged and some torched and a church damaged. Ref. Source 1
Coptic Christian children charged with desecrating Qu'ran
Two Coptic Christian children from Ezbet Marco in the southern Nile Delta province of Beni Suef, Egypt, were arrested this week for blasphemy after they were accused of desecrating a Qu'ran.
Source: Worthy Christian News
Egypt's Coptic Christians Protest A Year After 27 Died
Religious Based News
Thousands of Coptic Christians marched through central Cairo on Tuesday to demand justice for the more than two dozen Copts who were killed a year ago when army units moved in to stop their protest.
Source: Religion
Coptic Christian Convicted by Cairo Court
A Cairo court sentenced a Coptic Christian to three years in prison Wednesday for posting portions of an American-made film about Islam that was blamed for widespread unrest in the Middle East.
Source: Worthy Christian News
Amid Instability In Egypt Coptic Christians Flee To U.S.
Religious Based News
Many Coptic Christians will celebrate Christmas on Monday outside their native Egypt. Their future there looks uncertain, and many are resettling in the U.S. Churches around New York, New Jersey and Southern California, the centers of Coptic life here, have seen memberships swell.
Source: Religion
Muslims rush from Mosques to destroy Coptic Building
Thousands of Egyptian Muslims shouting "Allahu Akbar" left their mosques Wednesday to destroy a social services building owned by the Coptic Church.
Source: Worthy Christian News
Muslim mob stones Copts tries to set church ablaze
Over the weekend, a Muslim mob in Egypt's Fayoum Province threw stones at Copts and then tried to set their church ablaze, according to Morning Star News.
Source: Worthy Christian News