Thousands of Muslims Attack Christians in Egypt, 2 Killed, Homes and Stores Torched By Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) — Thousands of Muslims attacked and besieged Copts in elGhorayzat village, population 80,000, killing two Copts and severely wounding others, as well as looting and torching homes and businesses. A quarrel between a Copt, [...]
Egypt Randomly Arresting Copts for Maspero Massacre By Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) — Egypt’s Military Prosecutor decided on November 3 to continue the detention of 34 Coptic Christians for another 15 days, pending investigations on charges of inciting violence, carrying arms and insulting the armed forces during the October 9 [...]
Coptic Christians Protect Monastery From Egyptian Army Assault By Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) — Hundreds of Coptic Christians mobilized on Tuesday in front of the Monastery of the Virgin and St. John the Beloved, located on the Desert Road from Cairo to Ismailia. Although the Monastery has the necessary [...]
Christian Blogger Jailed for Criticizing Egyptian Military Goes on Hunger Strike By Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) — Activist and blogger Dr. Michael Nabil Sanad, 25, began a hunger strike on Tuesday in his cell at Al-Marg prison, in Quliubia province, to protesting the deliberate disregard by the court in setting a hearing [...]
Muslims Surround Church in Upper Egypt, Threaten to Kill Priest By Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency Hundreds of Muslims surrounded the church of St George today in the village of Beni Ahmed West, 7 KM south of Minya, vowing to kill its priest Father George Thabet, who was serving [...]
Assyrian Christian in Iraq: Sunni Islamists gouge his eyes out and torture him to death Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Ashur Issa Jacob was butchered and mutilated by Sunni Islamic fanatics in Iraq and the Assyrian International News Agency (http://www.aina.org) and Ankawa (http://www.ankawa.com/english/) are working tirelessly in order to notify the outside world [...]
Muslims Attack Christians in Egypt, 12 Killed, 232 Injured By Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency Coptic Christians attacked by Muslims in Egypt (AINA) — Christians Copts in the area of Embaba were attacked Saturday evening by Muslim Salafis. The attacks lasted for 14 hours. The Muslims fired guns and rifles and hurled Molotov cocktails [...]
Not Many Scholars Focus on the Assyrian Genocide By Joseph Haweil Assyrian Genocide Research Center Assyrian International News Agency In Seyfo Center’s series of interviews with scholars of the Assyrian Genocide, Joseph Haweil spoke with Sydney’s Racho Donef. Dr. Donef was born in Istanbul and migrated to Australia in the 1980s. He first [...]
Muslims Attack Christian in Egypt, Cut Off His Ear By Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) Ayman Anwar Mitri A group of Muslims attacked Ayman Anwar Mitri, a 45 year old Christian Coptic man in the Upper Egyptian town of Qena, cutting off his ear. The Muslims claimed they were applying Sharia law because [...]
Egyptian Constitutional Referendum Passes Amid Reports of Voting Irregularities By Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) Despite images of unity it is clear that religious and political tensions remain in Egypt Over 18 million Egyptians cast their ballots on March 19 in a referendum on a controversial package of constitutional amendments to nine articles [...]
9 Christians Killed, 150 Injured in Attack By 15,000 Muslims and Egyptian Army Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency According to Father Abram Fahmy, pastor of St. Simon the Tanner Monastery in Mokatam Hills, on the outskirts of Cairo, Copts were killed and injured today in a fresh attack by Muslims. It was [...]
Egyptian Armed Forces Fire At Christian Monasteries, 19 Injured Mary Abdelmassih Assyrian International News Agency “When we tried to address them, the army fired live bullets, wounding Father Feltaows in the leg and Father Barnabas in the abdomen,” said Monk Ava Bishoy. “Six Coptic workers in the monastery were also injured, some with [...]
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