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Persecution News - Egypt

Seven people killed
(January 07, 2010)

Muslim mobs attack Coptic Christians
(November 25, 2009)

Christian woman kidnapped, believers assaulted
(October 07, 2009)

Update: Convert to Christianity barred from leaving Egypt
(September 30, 2009)

Christian murdered, others wounded
(September 23, 2009)

Egypt Profile

Total Area:
1,001,450 sq. km

Population:
81,713,517 (July 2008 est.)

Ethnicity:
Egyptian 98%, Berber, Nubian, Bedouin and Beja 1%, Greek, Armenian and other European 1%

Language:
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes

Religion:
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%

Government Type:
Republic

Capital:
Cairo

Population Below Poverty Line:
20% (2005 est.)

Country Reports

Update: Christian brothers re-arrested

June 03, 2009

Refaat and Ibrahim Fawzy Abdo, Christian brothers who were falsely accused of murdering a Muslim in Mallawi, Upper Egypt in May 2008 (read the details), were re-arrested on May 20 for "security reasons" by the Minya State Security Services, according to a May 29 report from Compass Direct. The brothers had earlier been released on bail on May 3. According to their lawyer, their re-arrest is part of an intimidation campaign against Egyptian Christians. The believers have reportedly been unable to see their wives and children and have suffered mistreatment, including time in solitary confinement and severe beatings in which their teeth were broken.

To learn more about the ongoing opposition of Christians in Egypt, visit the Egypt Country Report.