Air Raids Launched After Gunmen Kill 28 Christians In Bus Attack In Egypt Published on May 28, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Egyptian fighter jets carried out strikes on Friday directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training militants […]
Pope Francis Begins Brief but Dicey Trip to Egypt Published on April 28, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Although Pope Francis’s April 28-29 trip to Egypt will be extremely brief, barely more than 24 hours in the country, […]
A New Anglican Church Is Being Built In Abu Dhabi Published on April 17, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Middle East Continue reading In the Middle East this year, Holy Week had a bloody start with the bombings claimed by Islamist extremists at […]
Churches In Southern Egypt Will Not Celebrate Easter After Palm Sunday Bombings Published on April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Egyptian churches, in the southern city of Minya, said on Tuesday that they will not hold Easter celebrations in mourning […]
Lecrae Talks White Evangelicalism, Balancing Music With Marriage, and Chance the Rapper In NYC Media Stops (Video) Published on March 3, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Culture Continue reading Lecrae had a busy media day in NYC this week as he made stops at both Shade 45’s ‘Sway in […]
Egyptian Government Has Failed to Protect Coptic Christians, Amnesty International Says Published on March 2, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Amnesty International says the Egyptian government has failed to protect hundreds of Coptic Christians who fled their homes in northern […]
ISIS Vows More Attacks on Egypt’s Christians Calling Them ‘Favorite Prey’ Published on February 20, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading As violence against Christians reaches a climax in Egypt, an Islamic State group affiliate released a video vowing more attacks […]
Four Arrested for Bombing of Cairo’s Coptic Christian Cathedral Which Killed 28; President al-Sisi Promises New ‘Megachurch’ for 2018 Published on January 10, 2017January 10, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Egyptian police have arrested four people in the wake of the bombing that killed dozens of Christians at Cairo’s Coptic […]
Trump Has Opportunity to Save Coptic Christians Published on December 27, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Opinion Continue reading Egypt’s minorities, long persecuted, are counting on the U.S. president to defend religious freedom.
The Radicality of Christmas Published on December 24, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Opinion Continue reading You probably don’t think of Christmas as a revolutionary holiday. Twinkling lights on trees, Starbucks gift cards and sweet carols […]
The Actual War on Christians: Egypt’s Copts are Under Attack Published on December 20, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Little could dampen the enthusiasm of 13-year-old Tony Atef as he wore his soccer outfit and headed to Egypt’s most […]
Time for a Tipping Point on Anti-Christian Persecution After Cairo Cathedral Bombing Published on December 14, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading In the eyes of those truly paying attention, anti-Christian persecution is one of the transcendent human rights challenges of our […]
Egypt Mourns 25 Christians Killed In Massive Church Bombing Published on December 12, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading The young man suspected of blowing himself up inside a Cairo chapel during Sunday Mass, killing at least 25 people, […]
Violence Isn’t the Only Problem Faced by Christians In the Arab World Published on August 22, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Christian Persecution Continue reading It began with an argument over money, says a resident of Karam village in Minya. A shop-owner called Ashraf, a Coptic […]
Will New Law Allow Egypt’s Copts to Build More Churches? Published on June 14, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading The draft law on the construction of churches has renewed the crisis that has existed between the ruling regimes and […]
Egyptian Christian Grandmother’s Attack Fuels Anger Published on June 3, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Soad Thabet’s house no longer has a door. Inside, its walls are blackened with soot and a television lies shattered […]
Coptic Bishop Angaelos Seeks Support From Evangelicals Published on March 15, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Christian Continue reading Bishop Angaelos, a U.K.-based leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, stood before the media holding up a thick report on […]
Religious Blasphemy Trials on the Rise In Egypt Published on March 7, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading On Jan. 26, an Egyptian court sentenced journalist Fatima Naaot to three years in jail and a fine of 20,000 Egyptian […]