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Written by Dan Wooding
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Sunday, 29 January 2012 14:35 |
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(ANS) -- A mob of over 3000 Muslims have just attacked Copts in the village of Kobry-el-Sharbat (el-Ameriya), Alexandria, Egypt. Coptic homes and shops were looted before being set ablaze. Two Copts and a Muslim were injured.
Mary Abdelmassih, writing for the Assyrian International News Agency (www.aina.org) said that the violence started after a rumor was spread that a Coptic man had an allegedly intimate photo of a Muslim woman on his mobile phone. The Coptic man, Mourad Samy Guirgis, surrendered to the police for his protection.
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Written by Dan Wooding
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012 17:05 |
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 IRAN (ANS) -- A recent survey reveals that seventy factions of Satanism are active in Iran and these Satanist groups have attracted around two thousand members in some cities in the country.
This has been revealed in a story by Mohabat News (http://mohabatnews.com), the Iranian Christian News Agency.
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Written by Michael Ireland
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Friday, 06 January 2012 14:01 |
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 INDONESIA (ANS) -- Acts of violence and intolerance against Christians in Indonesia almost doubled in 2011, with an Islamist campaign to close down churches symbolizing the plight of the religious minority.
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Written by Michael Ireland
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Saturday, 31 December 2011 17:29 |
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CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) -- Egypt's military is on high alert today (Sat., Dec.31) due to threats against Coptic Christians in that country.
The Egyptian military said Friday that it was increasing security at churches across the country before the anniversary of a deadly New Year's attack on Coptic Christians in Alexandria.
According to NBC News correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin reporting from Amman, Jordan, with additional reporting by NBC's Jacob Keryakes and msnbc.com's Suzanne Choney, the heightened state of alert before New Year's celebrations and the Coptic Christmas season came as anonymous threats against the Copts circulated on Facebook.
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Written by Dan Wooding
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Monday, 19 December 2011 14:19 |
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 PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (ANS) -- The BBC has announced that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died of a heart attack at the age of 69, state media has announced.
Millions of North Koreans had been “engulfed in indescribable sadness”, the KCNA news agency said. People were seen weeping in the capital Pyongyang.
Pyongyang's neighbors are on alert amid fears of instability in the poor and isolated nuclear-armed nation.
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