Testimony of Cynthia Farahat , cofounder of the Liberal Egyptian Party, before Congress.
Tag: Coptic Christians
Arab Spring: Christians Massacred In Cairo
Arab Spring Christians Massacred In Cairo.
Coptic Christians demonstrated their anger over church burnings, and discriminatory treatment. The army, which had failed in its response to the burnings, dealt harshly with the Christians, crushing the demonstrators and killing 30.
Walid Phares weighs in on the situation, with conjecture on how the younger Muslims and Copts will respond to the Army’s handling of this situation.
As expected (planned) the Christians of the Middle East will not be the beneficiaries of the Arab Spring.
Christian Copts Rehabilitation Center for Handicapped Targeted for Demolition in Egypt
Look where you have to go to get news of what’s happening to Christians in Egypt.
Ahmed Dia-el-Din, Governor of Minya has been extorting huge amounts of money from Coptic Christians. He demanded that families in the village of Saeed Abdelmassih come up with a million pounds or donate land to build a mosque in this place which has no Muslims. When they refused to pay, he ordered demolition of three homes, which was accomplished on Feb 28th. The governor is also threatening to demolish a Coptic community center (Mallawi Diocese) which serves for rehabilitation and education of special needs youth. So far, demonstrations and anger from the Coptic communities have forstalled this.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights has reported 53 actions by Muslims against Copts from 2008 to 2010, Of 29 districts, the Minya governorate leads the pack with 21 incidents.