Tag Archives: Copts

Sectarian.. Not Sectarian

Six days ago clashes erupted in the town of Al-Khosous, Qalyubia in Egypt continuing for days leaving 5 Christians and 1 Muslim dead. Sixteen year-old Mostafa Abdel Wahab claimed that the problem started when a number of Coptic children drew the Nazi … Continue reading

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Another catastrophe with Egypt’s draft constitution

Away from the fact that the constitutional committee had agreed upon articles that are against gender equality, freedom of belief and freedom of expression, here is another thing to think about. Article 9 Family is the basis of society and … Continue reading

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Copts before and during “El-Nahda”

After the 18 utopian days in Tahrir all the Copts who took part in the revolution including me thought that all the sectarian issues will be gone as we all believed that it was all done by Mubarak’s regime. On … Continue reading

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The God should seek court

On Tuesday, September 11 2012 thousands of Egyptians protested in front of the American embassy in Cairo against a film that was made by some Copts who live in the USA as it “Insulted Islam”. We have this Arabic proverb … Continue reading

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Pope Shenouda hits again!

A couple of months ago I wrote the post “Pope Shenouda & the SCAF” as I was pissed off from the situations that we get to in consequence of the pope’s actions.   Today was the Coptic Christmas eve, the … Continue reading

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Pope Shenouda & The SCAF!

For the past decades Copts were following the same political lane, following Mubarak, his son, the government and to make it clear … Following whatever pope Shenouda says! It is true, it is a fact that Copts consider the pope … Continue reading

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Copts Demonstrating in Stockholm

Last Sunday the 16th of October 2011, Egyptian Christians who live in Stockholm demonstrated in Sergels Torg -The main square in Stockholm- to condemn what happened in Maspero where 30 died and more than 300 got injured. From a neutral … Continue reading

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And the hate speech continues!

After the incident in Imbaba that took the lives of 14 young people because of a rumor that a girl who changed her religion from Christianity to Islam was being imprisoned there followed by a sheikh called Abo Anas encouraging … Continue reading

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Sectarian Clashes in Egypt AGAIN!

Camilia Shehata who has been causing a lot of protests from Salafis all over Cairo who claimed that she converted to Islam and the church kidnapped her, she said that she is Christian and she will die as a Christian. … Continue reading

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