Muslim Mob Burns Christian Homes and Beats Elderly Christian Woman in Upper EgyptMay 27, 2016 — Local Police Fail to Respond to Plight of Christian Neighborhood 5/27/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern): International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Muslim mob looted and torched seven...
Wave of Kidnappings Rock Upper Egypt’s Christian Community – Part 2May 25, 2016 — By Sandra Elliot 5/26/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has recently uncovered a new wave of kidnappings plaguing Upper Egypt as young Christian women are...
Egypt Arrests Human Rights Activist in Cairo Without WarningMay 23, 2016 — Activist for Egypt’s Coptic Christian Minority Faces a Myriad of Charges 5/23/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern): International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Mina Thabet, a well-known human rights...
Egypt Parliament to discuss easing restrictions on church-buildingMay 23, 2016 — ICC Note: The Egyptian Parliament is discussing a proposal for the construction of churches in the predominantly muslim nation. Christians hope this will ease the administrative and tangible hurdles they...
Wave of Kidnappings Rock Upper Egypt’s Christian Community – Part 1May 23, 2016 — By Sandra Elliot 5/23/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The following is the first of six different accounts in which Christian women and girls have been kidnapped and brutally...
Following God’s Will, Egyptian Christian Finds Joy in Prison for ChristMay 17, 2016 — By Sandra Elliot “I spent three years and two months in prison,” Bishoy explained to ICC, “But I thank God for everything.” It was on July 28, 2012 that Bishoy...
‘Extremists’ burn down church in EgyptMay 16, 2016 — ICC Note: Muslim extremists burned down a church in North Egypt according to a local Coptic Bishop. St Mary’s Church was a makeshift place of worship as the government hasn’t...
Top Religious Leaders Start Outreach Program in Egypt to End Female Genital MutilationMay 14, 2016 — ICC Note: The Islamic University of AL Azhar is joining Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Egypt to fight against child abuse and, in particular, female genital mutilation. As many as 850...
357 violations against children in April: EFACC reportMay 13, 2016 — ICC Note: The Egyptian Foundation for Advancement of Childhood Conditions (EFACC) released a report this past Monday that outlined over 350 incidents of violations made against children in the country....
Egypt Christians Face Kidnappings, ExtortionMay 9, 2016 — ICC Note: After the kidnapping of 13-year-old, Anthonius Farag, the truth of Christian abduction in Egypt is receiving some overdo attention. Reports from Coptic advocacy groups show that more than...
Michael’s Story: Egyptian Christian’s Mysterious ‘Suicide’April 29, 2016 — Osama Gamal knows his brother Michael did not commit suicide because Osama knows his brother. Michael Gamal Mansour was a happy 22-year-old Christian who dreamed of opening a carpentry business,...
Copt teenager kidnapped for ransom in Upper EgyptApril 22, 2016 — ICC Note: On April 5th, a 13 year old Christian boy was kidnapped outside his school in Upper Egypt after kidnappers identified his Christian name. This is not an isolated...
Egypt’s Military Regime Grows More Brutal Every Day: Copts Likely To Find Persecution, Not Protection, AheadApril 19, 2016 — ICC Note: It seems that Christian persecution across the Middle East is only ever worsening. While cases of persecution in Iraq and Syria occur on very grand scales, the small...
Egyptian Christian Declared Innocent After Spending Three Years in PrisonApril 13, 2016 — ICC Note: Bishoy Kameel Garas has finally been released after serving half of a six year jail sentence in Egypt. The Christian man was convicted despite having posted warning on...
Leading Muslim Cleric on Persecuted Coptic Christians: They are “Criminal, Aggressive, and Oppressive”April 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Egypt’s premier Salafi, or muslim fundamentalist, has been videotaped inciting violence and hate crimes against Egypt’s minority christian population. Referring to the coptic community as brothers in a...
Egyptian Copt Cleared of Fake Facebook ‘Blasphemy’April 4, 2016 — ICC Note: Bishoy Kameel Garas, a Coptic Christian from Egypt, has officially been cleared of guilt related to blasphemy charges regarding statements posted on Facebook. The Facebook posts, which were...
