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Nag Hammadi Massacre Fundraising Appeal
Written by UK Copts   

 15 January 2010

Welcome to the fundraising page for the  Nag Hammadi Appeal at UK Copts Association

Dear Fellow Christian

If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? (1 John 3:17) 

The whole world has been shocked by the recent massacre of Nag Hammadi in Egypt .  Eight Copts were killed and more than fifteen wounded by Muslim extremists as they came out of the church after celebrating the Coptic Christmas Eve on the 6th January.  This horrific event was followed by riots which caused extensive damage to Christian properties.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 16 January 2010 )
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Letter From Cairo
Written by TIM SEBASTIAN   

The New York Times
5 Feb 2010


    Tim Sebastian

CAIRO — Grand larceny is alive and well at my multi-starred hotel.

“Your taxi will cost $150 — the journey is 45 minutes.” The concierge raises his hands to the sky as if the price has been determined by a higher authority.

I don’t travel to have arguments, but sometimes it would be rude to resist. After a blunt exchange with the Guest Services Manager, we agree that the taxi in question will manage the journey for roughly a third of the original asking price.

Last Updated ( Friday, 05 February 2010 )
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Barometer of religious intolerance
Written by Benjamin Balint   

Haaretz
5 Feb 2010


The majority of Christians in Egypt are Coptic
Orthodox. The very word “Copt” comes from an
early Greek name for Egypt. After all Christianity
and Egypt have a long and holy history. Perhaps
that is part of the reason why the persistent
persecution of Christians in Egypt is so appalling.

"Egypt resembles an iceberg," the late Coptic-Egyptian writer Louis Awad once wrote. "One-eighth is above sea level. Seven-eighths are submerged in the depths. One-eighth of our lives takes place in the light of the 20th century, seven-eighths in medieval darkness."

Last Updated ( Friday, 05 February 2010 )
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Will America Help the Persecuted Copts of Egypt?
Written by Ray Nothstine   

The Acton Institute PowerBlog



Protection and justice for the Egyptian Coptic community is an issue that is very close to my heart. That is a major reason that this week’s Acton commentary highlights the grave difficulty of their situation.

Last Updated ( Friday, 05 February 2010 )
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Egyptian Parliament Speaker Falsifies Facts About Christmas Eve Shootings
Written by Mary Abdelmassih   

3 Feb 2010



Cairo (AINA) -- In an interview with BBC Arabic on January 31, 2010, Dr. Fathi Sourour, speaker of the People's Assembly (parliament) said that the Nag Hammadi shooting of Christians on Christmas Eve was a single criminal act, with no sectarian dimensions, prompted by the "death" of a Muslim girl as a result of being raped by a Copt (video).

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 )
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Egypt could face sanctions over sectarianism
Written by Fathya el-Dakhakhni   

Al-Masry Al-Youm


Church of Virgin Mary in Waraaq district in Giza

Leonard Leo, chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, told US news channel Fox News Saturday that the US State Department was "concerned" over the state of religious freedom in Egypt, especially in light of recent acts of violence against the country's Coptic minority.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
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Coptic orgs call for voting against Mubarak in next election
Written by Mohamed Abdel Salam   

Bikya Masr
2 Feb 2010



CAIRO: In a new escalation by Copts Abroad, the American Coptic Assembly and the Free Copts Association, they have called on the Coptic community in Egypt not to vote for President Mubarak, or any candidate from the NDP as a result of what they called negligence on the part of the government. The statement from the Coptic organizations also called on the Copts in Egypt not to vote for the Muslim Brotherhood in both Parliamentary and Presidential Elections this year and in 2011.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
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Play football, not Islam
Written by Joseph Mayton   

Bikya Masr
2 Feb 2010

When a staff member for the Egyptian national football team pushed a Qur’an into the camera following one of Egypt’s four goals in Thursday’s thumping of Algeria in the semifinals of the African Cup of Nations, I couldn’t help but cringe. This overt showing of religion was only one of dozens of displays Egyptian players and staff gave in the match and it makes one wonder how this goes down with the Egyptian population.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
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Open letter to Egypt's Ambassador to Canada
Written by G. R Scharoubim   



Monday, February 01, 2010

Attention to:

His Excellency Ambassador Shamel Naser,
Embassy of Egypt,
454, Laurier Avenue East
Ottawa,  Ontario, K1N6R3
Canada.

Your Excellency,

I was shocked to read your  absurd letter to the Reverend Father Marcos Marcos  the protopriest of St. Mark Church of Toronto.

The letter warns the reverend father of dire consequences  if he joins the protest demonstration organized by the Copts in response to the savage assault on the Copts leaving the midnight Christmas mass on the sixth of January 2010. 

What was so appalling about your letter is that you as a diplomat ignored several fundamental protocols.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
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Dina and Maher El-Gohary, Persecuted Coptic Christians Ask Obama for Help
Written by Deacon Keith Fournier   

Catholic Online

15-year-old Dina El-Gowhary: 'We are imprisoned in our own home because Muslim clerics called for the murder of my father.'

CAIRO, EGYPT (Catholic Online) – The history of Christianity in Egypt goes as far back as the visit of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. (Matt. 2) To the Christians who live in this historic land the history of the Church is the history of Egypt. The Evangelist Mark brought the Gospel to Egypt in 61 A.D. and it has a proud and inspiring Christian heritage.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
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