EGYPT: Over two hundred more church buildings legalised
A new batch of 216 churches and affiliated service buildings has been granted legalisation
Category: Egypt
GLOBAL GUIDE LAUNCH: Over 200 million Christians at constant risk of persecution
The Global Guide was formally launched by Rev Trevor Sargent (Church of Ireland minister and former Green Party leader).
EGYPT: 125 more church buildings approved
An Egyptian cabinet committee has legalised a new batch of 125 church buildings
EGYPT: Two Copts shot dead in Sinai
Islamic State militants have shot dead two Copts in Egypt’s Sinai region
EGYPT: 141 more church buildings approved
The decision was made on 4 January by the government committee tasked with working on the legalisation of unlicensed churches
EGYPT: Copt’s killers sentenced to life in prison
Alexandria’s Criminal Court has sentenced two brothers who in December 2020 murdered Coptic shopkeeper Ramsis Boulos Hermina to life in prison
EGYPT: 63 more church buildings licensed
On 7 November, a government committee approved the legalisation of a new batch of 63 churches and affiliated service buildings
EGYPT: Islamic State terrorists execute Coptic Christian
Islamic State terrorists have executed Nabil Habashi Salama, a Coptic Christian they abducted outside his home in northern Sinai in November 2020.
EGYPT: Coptic shopkeeper murdered by extremists
A Coptic shopkeeper has been murdered and two other Christians injured in an attack in Alexandria.
EGYPT: One church building opened; one destroyed
On 21 May, President al-Sisi opened a new church building in Alexandria, while later that day an existing building in a village 65km away was destroyed by the local authority.