sectarian violence
Video shows angry mob stripping Christian women
Egypt
April 9, 2013
Video shows angry mob stripping Christian women
A disturbing video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday shows what appears to be an angry Muslim crowd in Upper Egypt…
Presidency statement blames Copts for clashes
Egypt
April 9, 2013
Presidency statement blames Copts for clashes
The Egyptian presidency on Tuesday blamed Coptic youths for starting fights outside St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral with residents of…
March to cathedral planned as second victim ID’d
Egypt
April 9, 2013
March to cathedral planned as second victim ID’d
A Cairo Security Directorate source said Mondays that the second person killed during clashes around St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral…
15 suspects detained on charges stemming from Khosous violence
Egypt
April 8, 2013
15 suspects detained on charges stemming from Khosous violence
Fifteen suspects have been ordered detained for four days pending investigation into Friday’s riots around the Mar Girgis Church in…
EU’s Ashton ‘concerned’ about cathedral violence
Egypt
April 8, 2013
EU’s Ashton ‘concerned’ about cathedral violence
The European Union's foreign policy chief has said that she followed with great concern the Sunday clashes between Muslims and…
Report: Bullets from automatic weapons killed Copts in Khosous
Egypt
April 7, 2013
Report: Bullets from automatic weapons killed Copts in Khosous
Khosous district prosecutors in Qalyubiya Governorate received the initial forensic report on victims of bloody clashes that took place there…
Update: Clashes resume at Abbasseya cathedral after attack
Egypt
April 7, 2013
Update: Clashes resume at Abbasseya cathedral after attack
Coptic Pope Tawadros II called for calm among all parties to preserve the nation’s safety, Egyptians’ lives and national unity…
Update: FJP head condemns Khosous violence
Egypt
April 6, 2013
Update: FJP head condemns Khosous violence
Freedom and Justice Party head Saad al-Katatny has condemned the clashes in the city of Khosous in Qalyubiya Governorate as…
Abducted Coptic child found
Egypt
April 4, 2013
Abducted Coptic child found
Qalyubiya and Sharqiya security authorities freed a Coptic child who was abducted on Sunday from in front of the Father…