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Category: Egypt

EGYPT: 125 more church buildings approved

Posted on 30Nov202215th December 2022Categories Egypt
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

Posted on 06Sep202221st September 2022Categories Egypt
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

Posted on 27Jan20225th February 2022Categories Egypt
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

Posted on 11Nov202111th November 2021Categories Egypt
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

Posted on 11Nov202130th November 2021Categories Egypt
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

Posted on 22Apr20216th May 2021Categories Egypt
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

Posted on 17Dec202023rd December 2020Categories Egypt
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

Posted on 04Jun202023rd June 2020Categories Egypt
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.

EGYPT: 74 more church buildings granted legal status

Posted on 07Apr202021st April 2020Categories Egypt
EGYPT: 74 more church buildings granted legal status

On 2 April, 74 more church buildings and affiliated service buildings were granted legal status.

EGYPT: Ninety more churches granted legal status

Posted on 07Jan202030th January 2020Categories Egypt
EGYPT: Ninety more churches granted legal status

On 31 December, a Cabinet committee granted licences to a new batch of ninety churches and affiliated service buildings.

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