Egypt Buries Bomb Victims
Mourners crowded into a monastery for the ceremony Funerals have been held in Egypt for victims of Sunday's suicide bombing outside a cathedral in Alexandria. Mourners crowded into a monastery for...
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Gory Images As ISIS Bombs Churches On Palm Sunday
The Egypt bomb blasts occurred on Palm Sunday; a Christian feast commemorating the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem… Two bomb blasts struck two Coptic Churches in Egypt, killing at least...
Egypt Declares State of Emergency After Deadly Church Attacks
Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic churches that left at least 44 dead. The measure allows authorities to make arrests...
Egypt Declares State of Emergency After Deadly Church Attacks
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic churches that left at least 44 dead. The measure allows authorities to make arrests...
Egypt’s Coptic Churches Hit By Deadly Blasts On Palm Sunday
Two blasts targeting Coptic Christians in Egypt on Palm Sunday have killed at least 42 people, officials say. In Alexandria, an explosion outside St Mark's Coptic church killed 13 people. Pope...
Who Are Egypt’s Coptic Christians?
Egypt's Copts, targets of an apparent church bombing north of Cairo on Sunday, are the Middle East's largest Christian minority and one of the oldest. Making up about 10 percent of Egypt's population...
More Egypt Copts Flee Jihadists In Sinai
Egyptian Coptic Christians fled the Sinai for a second day Saturday following a string of apparent jihadist attacks, as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi instructed his government to help shelter them....
Egypt’s Coptic Christians Flee Sinai After Deadly Attacks
Dozens of Coptic Christian families in Egypt have fled North Sinai province after a number of killings in recent weeks by suspected Islamist militants. Many have now taken refuge in the Evangelical...
Egypt Church Bombing Toll Rises To 26 Dead
The death toll from last weekend's bombing of a Coptic church in Cairo has risen to 26 after an elderly woman died of her injuries, Egypt's health ministry said Friday. Odette Saleh Mikhail, 70, was...
Muslim Mob Attacks Christians, Parades Naked Woman in Egypt
An armed Muslim mob stripped an elderly Christian woman and paraded her naked on the streets amid rumors she had an affair, the local church, witnesses and security officials said. Seven Christian...