Egypt-Attacks on Christian churches by Obama's muslim brotherhood
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August 14, 2013 · by AmiraM · in Copts, Egypt This has been put together as aggregated information that was shared online about attacks on churches and their institutions, Christians and their homes, and other relevant information. We started collecting information on August 14 and not before but are adding anything after.
The list has been compiled and managed by Mai El-Sadany, Amir Beshay, and myself, Amira Mikhail.
Many people have participated in supplying links, information, and tweets. We appreciate their contributions and encourage continued and joint efforts to properly document these attacks.
Please note that this is a work-in-progress and is being updated on a regular basis. Information so far is unverified although most is backed up with tweets and photos. We are hoping to continue the efforts to verify details. If you have any corrections or updates to church names, photos, or details, please reach out to am.mikhail@gmail.com or my twitter.
A similar project is Into Oblivion by @moftasa and @MaliciaRogue.
August 17
Churches Attacked
Cairo
- Boulaq Al-Dakrour | Attempted Attack & attempted siege thwarted by residents and police
Beni Suef
- St George | Wasta | Attacked with rocks | Akhbar al-Youm (Arabic)
Giza
- St George | Mourad St, Giza | Attempted attack, army intervention | AMAY (Arabic)
Minya
- St George Church | Balahsa Village, Minya |Burned | Tahrir News (Arabic), Maghagha Bishopric (Arabic), Watani (Arabic)
- Abu Seifein Church | Balahsa Village, Minya |Burned | Tahrir News (Arabic), Maghagha Bishopric (Arabic), Watani (Arabic)
- Evangelical church | Malawi | Explosion, gas tank | Hakawi Blog
Qalubiya
- Menyet Shebeen Church | Shebeen al-Qanater, Qalubiya | Attempted attack | Shorouk (Arabic)
Christian Institutions
Minya
- St Mark School | Maghagha, Minya | Robbed | Tahrir News (Arabic)
- Tawfik School | Maghagha, Minya | Robbed | Tahrir News (Arabic)
- Christian homes | Maghagha, Minya | Attacked | Maghagha Bishopric (Arabic), Christian-dogma ( Video) (Arabic), Watani (Arabic)
- Christian homes | Delga, Minya | Attacked | Maspero Youth Union (Arabic)
AUGUST 16
Churches Attacked
Cairo
- St George Church | Hadeyek Helwan | Surrounded | Photo, AlMogaz (Arabic)
Gharbiya
- St George Church | Kotshinz | Attempted attack | Shorouk (Arabic)
- Al Malak Church | Hekma Street | Attempted Attack | Shorouk (Arabic)
Minya
- St Mary Church | Burned
- Evangelical Church in Malawi | Targeted with mortar | Watani (Arabic), Ahram Online
- Good Shepherd’s School | Burned | Watani (Arabic), Ahram Online
- Catholic Church | Burned | Watani (Arabic), Twitter, Facebook (Video), Ahram Online, YouTube
Sohag
- Abu Halqa Church, Tahta | Attacked by unknown assailants | AlMogaz (Arabic)
Christian Institutions
Minya
- Four primary schools in the Tahrir School Complex | Malawi | Burned | Ahram (Arabic)
AUGUST 14-15
Alexandria
- Father Maximus Church | Attempted attack (stones thrown)
- St George Church | Bakos | Attempted attack (launching shots)
Arish
- St George Church | Burned | Source
Assiut
- Good Shepherds Monastery | Nuns attacked
- Angel Michael Church | Surrounded
- St George Coptic Orthodox Church | Photo, Photo, Photo, YouTube
- Al-Eslah Church| Burned | Source
- Adventist Church | Pastor and his wife not kidnapped, were able to escape | Photo, Adventist News Network
- St Therese Church | Photo, YouTube
- Apostles Church | Burning | Source
- Holy Revival Church | Burning | Source
- Qusiya Diocese | MCN
- St John’s Church | Abnoub | Burning
- Coptic Orthodox Diocese | Abu Tig | Sieged
- St John Diocese | Qusiya | Attempted attack (stones)
Beni Suef
- The Nuns School | Photo
- St George Church | al-Wasta
Cairo
- St Fatima Basilica | Heliopolis | Attempted Attack
- Virgin Mary’s Church | Hakim Village | Burned | Photo
Fayoum ( Five churches)
- St Mary Church | El Nazlah | Gallery
- St Damiana Church | Robbed and burned
- Amir Tawadros (St Theodore) Church | EgyNews (Arabic), Twitter
- Evangelical Church | al-Zorby Village | Looting and destruction
- Church of Joseph | Burned | Source
- Franciscan School | Burned | Source
Gharbiya
- Diocese of St Paul | Burned | Source
Giza
- Father Antonios
- Atfeeh Diocese/Bishoperic | Looted
- Church Archangel Michael | Kerdasa | Burned
- Church of the Virgin Mary | Sieged
Minya ( Around twelve churches)
- Church of the Virgin Mary and Father Abram | Delga, Deir Mawas | Source, Photo
- St Mina Church | Abu Hilal Kebly, Beni Hilal | Source, photo
- Baptist Church | Beni Mazar | Source
- Monastery | Deir Mawas | Ahram (Arabic)
- Delga Church | Attacked (Previously attacked with fire)
- The Jesuit Fathers Church | Abu Hilal district
- St Mark Church | Abu Hilal district
- St Joseph Nunnery | Photo, photo
- Amir Tadros Church | Photo, photo, photo, album, photo, photo
- Evangelical Church | Photo
- Anba Moussa al-Aswad Church | Photo
- Apostles Church | Source
- Salvation of the Souls Church | Burning | Unverified
- St John’s Church | Burning| Unverified
- Coptic Secondary School for Boys | Burning | Unverified
- Diocese of Mallawi | Attempted attack (launching shots, molotovs, and stones) | Unverified
Qena
- St Mary’s Church | Attempted Burning
Sohag
- St George Church | Photo album, photo, photo, video, source, source, video
- St Damiana | Attacked and burned | Source
- Virgin Mary | Attacked and burned | Source
- St Mark Church & Community Center
- Anba Abram Church | Destroyed and burned | Source
Suez
- St Saviours Anglican Church | Source
- Franciscan Church and School | Street 23 | Burned | Photo, photo, source/photos, photos
- Holy Shepherd Monastery and Hospital | Photo
- Good Shepherd Church (molotov cocktail thrown)- Relationship with Holy Shepherd Monastery unknown.
- Greek Orthodox Church | Photo, Photo
Christian Institutions
Assiut
- Coptic-owned properties and markets | al-Gomhorreya Street
- Coptic homes | Qulta Street | Attacked
- Bible Society | al-Gomhorreya Street | Photo, Photo
Cairo
- Bible Society bookshop | Burned | Photo, Ramez Atallah
Fayoum
- Bible Society | Photo
Luxor
- Coptic-owned shops, pharmacy, and hotel | Karnak and Cleopatra Streets | Attacked and looted
Minya
- House of Father Angelos (Pastor of Church of the Virgin Mary and Father Abram) | Delga | Burned | CBN News, Ahram (Arabic)
- Seventeen Coptic homes | Delga | Burned | Source, Source
- YMCA | Burned | Photo
- Offices of the Evangelical Foundation & Oum al-Nour
- Dahabeya Nile Boat | Church-owned | Source, Photo, Photo
- Mermaid Boat | Burnt down | Personal contact
- Soldiers of Christ Orphanage | Twitter , Photo
- Jesuit Association | NGO | Burned | Photo
Qalubiya
- Ezbet el Nekhl | Source, source, source (Arabic)
Links
Deaths and Injuries
- Iskandar Tos, Barber, 60-year-old | Dead | Ahram (Arabic)
- Two Christians killed when Mermaid boat was burned | Minya | Personal contact | Aug 14
- Ramy Zakaria | Alexandria | Dead | Twitter (Arabic)
- Abanoub 14-year-old| Beni Maza, Minya | Injured | Twitter
- Mina Rafat Aziz | Alexandria | Killed | Twitter, Facebook, ElBaladNews (Video), Twitter, Twitter
- Maged | Minya | Stabbed thirty times | Personal contact, in process of verifying now
- Six christian farmers were kidnapped for a ransom, security forces ensured their release | Qena | CNN (Arabic) | Aug 17
Reactions and Statements
Muslim Brotherhood:
- Muslim Brotherhood in Helwan: (Summary) Based off of the actions of Pope Tawadros and Christians in Egypt, they deserve these attacks on churches and their institutions. “For every action, a reaction.” FJP Helwan Facebook (Arabic), MBInEnglish
- Gehad al-Haddad: “We condemn all attacks on houses of worships and condemn police treachery in leaving thugs to vandalize while focusing on killing protesters.” ( Twitter)
- Mohamed Saad al-Azhary (former member of the constituent assembly 2012): (Translation) “I strongly condemn the burning of churches for two reasons. 1) Whoever does this ruins the image of the protesters. 2) Who in their right mind would burn waste?” Facebook (Arabic) | (Link has been removed)
- Brotherhood declare Friday prayers in the evangelical church in Minya after converted to a mosque | El Fagr (Arabic) | Aug 15
Others:
- Statement by His Grace Bishop Angaelos | The Coptic Orthodox Church UK | Coptic Center | Aug 8
- Father Makarios, priest in Minya | “We called and the police did not come.” | Christian-Dogma (Video) |Aug 14
- Press Release | Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Archdiocese of North America | NA Copts | Aug 15
Reporting and Media
- Egyptian Protesters Turn Fury on Coptic Christians | ABC News | Aug 15
- ‘Horrible’: Christian churches across Egypt stormed, torched | CNN | Aug 16
- USCIRF Condemns Violence in Egypt | USCIRF | Aug 16
- Witness Accounts of Sectarian Attacks Across Egypt | The New York Times, The Lede | Aug 16
credit Tom Clarke |
