2015 continues to be a challenging year for the region and the church. But, faced with death, faithful Christians – and the communities they belonged to – have offered the region a radical lesson in forgiveness and human dignity. News from the Region While the brutalities of ISIS continued, there were growing preparations for military campaigns against its advances in […]
Egyptian photo-journalist Jonathan Rashad visited the village that was home to 13 of the 21 Egyptian Christians murdered by Islamic State (ISIS) in February 2015. Between agony and happiness, the village of Al-Aour in the Egyptian governorate of Minya has witnessed thirteen Egyptian young men growing up — the majority of the 21 Egyptian Christians recently beheaded by the Islamic […]
Brother of murdered Christians thanks killers for including the men’s declaration of faith in execution video The brother of two of the 21 Coptic Christians murdered in Libya, last night used live television to thank their killers for including the men’s declaration of faith in the video of their execution. Christian channel SAT-7 ARABIC has become a mouthpiece for the […]
The beheading of 21 young Egyptian Copts in Libya by jihadists aligned with ISIS has sent a shockwave across Egyptian society and has united people of different faiths in sorrow and outrage. Many Egyptians have seen in full the horrifying video, including the moments when the captives prayed before their execution. A SAT-7 journalist in Cairo described how on Monday […]
The brother of two of the 21 Coptic Christians murdered by Islamic State in Libya, last night used live television to thank their killers for including the men’s declaration of faith in the video of their execution. Christian channel SAT-7 ARABIC has become a mouthpiece for the families of the young men over the last six weeks since they were […]
“ISIS’s mission is to enforce the sovereignty of God. Christ’s mission was to enforce the sovereignty of God.” This shocking introduction to one of Dr Maher Samuel’s recent televised messages (see clip below) speaks volumes in the light of the recent regional developments and international comments. Dr Samuel went on to explain the vast contrast between the two, for while […]
On Sunday 8th September, Middle East Christian broadcaster SAT-7 aired footage of Egyptians worshipping in the remains of the Evangelical Church of Beni Mazar. Located in the town of Minia, Upper Egypt, it was one of over 80 Egyptian churches targeted in violent attacks during August. This special episode aired as part of the SAT-7 programme, My Church. Dark smears […]
