“The Copts of Naga’a Rizq, Tahta, had to pray outdoors in spite of the cold air and the coming of Christmas, as the police were unable to protect them from Islamists’ attacks.”
Such was the message Dr. Naguib Ghobrail, President of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights, shared on December 14 with the Minister of Interior General Mohamed Ibrahim, in an effort to alert him to the persecution of the region’s Christians, who are restricted from church worship.
He added that “the population of Naga’a Rizq Shenuda, which belongs to the Tahta Police Precinct in the Sohag Security Directorate, had made a request for the building of a church back in 2009. The construction started but was stopped by state security because of violence from radical Islamists. As a result, villagers were forced to pray in home churches.”
The human rights activist explained that on November 11, the ceiling of one of those home churches collapsed so worshipers built a tent to protect themselves from the elements. However, a group of Muslim Brotherhood terrorists pressured security to remove the draperies and prevent Christians from praying.
Michael Copeland says
Thank you for these news items. They are carefully filtered out of the main stream tainted media.
Salah says
Egyptian authorities are doing their best to protect Christians especially during Christmas. But as everywhere else, jihadi terrorists (i.e. the Muslim Brotherhood thugs) can still commit their usual atrocities.
Let’s pray for a safe Christmas eveywhere.
“Open Doors reports that police forces have raised their alert status to the highest level, particularly in areas near churches during the Christmas celebrations.
However, no cancellation of scheduled services has been requested by authorities.”
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/churches.in.egypt.on.their.guard.against.terrorist.attacks.over.christmas/44839.htm
Matthieu Baudin says
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will earn the respect of normal people around the world if he continues to oppose the raw hatred of the mobs who are the foot soldiers of the Moslem Brotherhood. The Copts were treated more viciously under the previous governments term of office than at any other time in the last hundred years.
Buraq says
I am humbled by the incredible bravery of these Christians. They are true martyrs.
Bezelel says
This should be front page in the mainstream, especially this season. Merry Christmas to JW while it can still be said.
Moved2tears says
This is incredible. A great image that makes me cry and get angry at the same time. God bless them.
somehistory says
They had to pray out of doors “in spite of the cold”….This could say, they had to pray outside due to *spite* of the msulims and their *brotherhood* in removing their tent that protected them from the elements, and in not allowing the rebuilding of the churches the muslim mobs destroyed.
Christians know, that wherever they are, they can pray silently and they will be heard. Where two or more are gathered together and praying in His name, Christ is there with them (Matt. 18:20). No muslim, whether alone or with his brotherhood can stop prayer from ascending to The Father through His Son, Jesus Christ.
satan the devil and his demonic hordes will not win because they cannot win.
TH says
God bless the heroic Copts and among them Fr, Zaccharia Boutros who does such a great job at explaining the truth about Islam on TV to millions of arabs. No surprise that the price on his head is $60 million. As a young man his brother was killed by muslims for proclaiming the truth about Jesus Christ, and is therefore a true martyr, unlike the phoney muslims and their 72 virgins.
Angemon says
These people have some big cojones. They stick to their convictions and beliefs despite the risk to their lives. They have my respect. This is the spirit that caused Christianity to spread through the Roman Empire. Compare that with islam – according to islamic orthodoxy, preaching in Mecca for over a decade won muhammad less than 200 converts. But a few years in Medina as a highway robber won him thousands of converts who, after his death, decided they had it good and it was time to call it quit, which caused Abu Bakr to wage war on them with the purpose of re-islamize them or kill them.
baheg bistawros says
Some of the Egyptian AGENTS’s Crimes against our Family in America NOT IN EGYPT are:
• Assault & battery, causing injuries, some required emergency medical care: Beverly Hills Police #8306962, Altadena Sheriff #184-02753-0774-144, Pasadena Police #38700186, #8906-4454, Temple City Sheriff #485-05755-059-053 & Virginia Beach Police #97-17787, #97-066237.
• Planning and causing two car accidents, the purpose was to cause bodily injury or death: Pasadena Police #348827, #142835 and Wilmington Police #30-97-6441.
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• Breaking into our home, theft of documents and evidence against them: Pasadena Police # #34862, #3342262, #85002076, #3511889 & VA Beach Police #97-039802.
• The illegal use of firearms and the firing of over 100 gunshots close to our home: Altadena Sheriff #184-01470-0774-444.
• Hit and run which caused damage to our cars: CHP #9-71-84 & Prince William County #01-160104.
• Vandalizing our cars: Arcadia Police #843723, Altadena Sheriff #184-0774-261, Pasadena Police #840117081 & Prince William County Police #01-159759.
• The poison of eye-drops and nasal-spray, to cause blindness/loss of vision and heart/ breathing problems when using nasal-spray.
• The illegal tapping of our telephone line & using surveillance with hidden cameras at home: VA Beach Police #96038395.
• The stealing of hundreds of mail sent to U.S. government officials detailing Egypt’s terrorism, Pasadena Post Office failed to protect and deliver our mail.
• Constant harassment, on the telephone, store, street, the neighborhood and following us everywhere we go: VA Beach Police #60322734.
• The daily practice of witchcraft against us. They communicate with evil spirits and they broke into our house and sprinkled human blood on the bedroom’s wall, causing irritation, physical pain & sleeplessness: VA Beach Police #6622104.
• Creating financial hardship by obstructing employment even free food. This inhuman tool is used to cause despair and to destroy our will to defend ourselves.
• Obstruction of justice and the due administration of law in U.S. courts. They communicate with some judges who violate the law. L.A. Sup. Ct. Case #C664-901.
• Making telephone threats to kill some of us: Pasadena Police #40359 & #323411.
• Attempt murder of Samuel by poisoning his food while in Egypt.
• Forged my signature and falsified evidence to obstruct my asylum in the U.S.
• Hacking into our computer to obstruct communication on the Internet.
Many of the suspects were made known to the police and the FBI, but they failed to enforce the law. Why? Because Egyptian agents gained access to the FBI and the police to cover up its illegal activities in the U.S.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP US?
• Write to the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, http://www.foreign.senate.gov and House Committee on Foreign Affairs, http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov.
• Press the President and Congress to apply economic sanctions against Egypt.
• Write letters to newspapers to publish this letter about the criminal activities of Egyptian agents in the U.S. http://www.WashingonTimes.com; WashingtonPost.com; and NYPost.com.
• Post a message on Facebook, Tweet it, or forward it. Please spread the word.
We urge you to take the lead, because together we can bring the Egyptian government and its evil forces to justice. Because: “. . . The unjust knows no shame.” Zephaniah 3:5. Thank you.
Sincerely,
The Bistawros family