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Muslim Brotherhood lawyers assault Coptic lawyer

February 6th, 2009 | 2 Comments

In Egypt, Mervat Ragy, a 24-year-old female Coptic lawyer, has been assaulted three times in a single week by Muslim Brotherhood lawyers.  They apparently wanted revenge for her exposure of complicity between themselves and police. This third physical assault occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning, 28 January, at her family home in the [...]

Egyptian judge wanted to kill Christian convert

January 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment

The judge presiding in the case of Martha Samuel Makkar, an Egyptian who sued for official recognition of her conversion from Islam to Christianity, stated that he wanted to kill her, according to her lawyer. Attorney Nadia Tawfiq said Judge Abdelaa Hashem questioned Makkar extensively about her Christian faith during the hearing. Makkar, charged with [...]

Zakaria Botros: 2008 Daniel of the Year

December 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Father Zakaria Botros (at right), an elderly priest in the Egyptian Coptic Church, has a very fruitful ministry as an evangelist to Muslims across North Africa, the Middle East and beyond. His weekly television show has an audience numbering in the tens of millions. An Arabic newspaper has named him Islam’s Public Enemy #1 and [...]

Coptic priest jailed for marrying ex-Muslim woman to Christian man

November 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Father Metta’os Wahba, an Egyptian Coptic Christian priest, has been convicted of marrying a Muslim woman to a Christian man and sentenced to five years with hard labour. The woman was raised Muslim but converted to Christianity as an adult. Egypt does not recognise conversions from Islam to Christianity so, in the eyes of the [...]

Islamists place $60 million bounty on Egyptian Coptic leader

October 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment

Michael Coren wanted to have Egyptian Coptic Christian spokesman Father Zakaria Boutros on his show last week, but foreign travel became too difficult for him when Islamists in Iran and Saudi Arabia placed a $60 million bounty on his head. Through his website and television broadcasts, Fr Boutros is reaching Muslims with the Gospel of [...]