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Door of justice slammed shut in high-profile sectarian case, Thabet now faces civil suit from men who assaulted her
Author: Ahmed Bakr
Publication Date: 16/1/2023
Source: Mada Masr
The door was shut on the possibility of justice in a high profile sectarian case last week when the Court of Cassation upheld the acquittal of three men who assaulted Soad Thabet, 74, during sectarian riots in Minya over six years ago.
Thabet, a Coptic woman in the village of Karm, was assaulted by a Muslim mob in May 2016, after a rumor spread in the village about a relationship between Thabet’s son and a Muslim woman. The houses of a number of Coptic residents were looted and burned and Thabet was stripped naked and dragged through the streets of the village after her son fled, according to a statement from the Diocese of Minya and Abu Qurqas at the time.
Egypt increases security nationwide ahead of Coptic Christmas
Author: El-Sayed Gamal El-Din
Publication Date: 5/1/2023
Source: Ahram Online
The interior ministry's security directorates have deployed reinforcements around streets and axes leading to churches. In addition, electronic gates have been installed at church entrances to facilitate inspection measures.
Security directorates will be in charge of deploying security personnel around main squares, vital institutions, and tourist destinations countrywide.
Iraqi politicians extend New Year congratulations to Christians of Iraq
Publication Date: 1/2/2023
Source: Syriac Press
Iraqi political officials extended their New Year congratulations to the Christians of Iraq and the world.
Christmas and New Year celebration in Iran
Publication Date: 1/1/2023
Source: Mehr News Agency
According to an ancient tradition, Christians around the world consider the beginning of the year to be January 1 in winter, just as we Iranians consider the beginning of the year to be the first day of Farvardin (March 21) in spring, and the Arabs consider the beginning of the year to be Muharram. It was in the 17th century that the 25th of December was proclaimed as Christmas or the birth of Jesus Christ, and almost all followers of Christianity celebrate this day as the birthday of Christ.
Iranian Christians warned not to join uprisings as protests surpass 100 days
Author: Anugrah Kumar
Publication Date: 26/12/2022
Source: The Christian Post
Iran’s security agencies have warned Assyrian and Chaldean Christians against joining the ongoing uprisings in the Islamic Republic, which surpassed 100 days over the weekend and sparked by the killing of Mahsa Amini, a young woman arrested by the “morality police” for not properly wearing a hijab.
Spokesman Congratulates Iranian Christians on Christmas
Publication Date: 26/12/2022
Source: Tasnim News Agency
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani congratulated the country’s Christian community on the occasion of Christmas and the new Gregorian calendar year.
In a post on his Twitter account on Sunday night, Kanaani expressed his felicitations over the auspicious birth anniversary of Jesus Christ (PBUH) to all Christians across the world, especially in Iran.
Church statements the latest use of Iran’s Assyrian, Armenian Christians as regime propaganda
Publication Date: 2/12/2022
Source: Article 18
The Iranian regime continues to use the voices of its recognised Christian minority as part of its propaganda drive against the ongoing protests in the country.
The latest example is a set of public statements – evidently penned by the intelligence services but bearing the insignia of the main branches of the Armenian and Assyrian churches in Tehran – released over the past two weeks.
Former Muslim of Iranian descent: Why Christians should care about Iran's protests
Author: Hedieh Mirahmadi
Publication Date: 1/12/2022
Source: The Christian Post
For the first time in history the World Cup took place in a Muslim country, Qatar. In front of billions of people watching worldwide, the Iranian players remained silent as their national anthem played in the stadium. It was a simple but dramatic show of solidarity with the protestors back home who have been fighting the regime since mid-September.
