voiceofthecopts.org http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/ ©2008 voiceofthecopts.org http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/files.php?file=images_924605381.jpg http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/ http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/qaeda_claims_attack_on_al_arabiya_s_iraq_offices.html News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:31:00 -0600 Qaeda in Iraq vows more attacks on media organizations http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/karzai_asks_why_nato_won_t_hit_pakistan.html News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:23:00 -0600 Condemns Wikileaks' release of US Afghan files http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/indian_students_demand_teachers_wear_burqas.html News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:12:00 -0600 University asks the lecturer to shift campus http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/florida_church_plans_burn_a_quran_day_on_9_11.html News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:59:00 -0600 A Florida church known for its anti-Islamic statements is planning a ceremony to burn copies of the Quran in commemoration of the Sept. 11 attacks. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/moroccan_group_calls_for_fast-breaking_in_public.html News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:50:00 -0600 A group of Moroccan youths launched for the second year an online campaign calling for their right to break their fasting in public during the mornings of Ramadan amid protests against violating one of the main pillars of Islam and claims of a hidden agenda. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arabs_riot_over_jerusalem_king_s_garden_project.html News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:31:00 -0600 Hundreds of Arab demonstrators rioted Tuesday in Jerusalem over the city government's plans to demolish 22 Arab homes that were built without permits. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/prison_governor_apologises_for_non-halal_food.html News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:30:00 -0600 A prison governor has apologised to Muslim inmates after they were served non-halal burgers. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/italian_lawmakers_put_ihh_on_eu_terrorist_list.html News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:56:00 -0600 German NGO also seeking Turkish group’s inclusion. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_eyes_lingerie_shops_in_modesty_drive.html News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:43:00 -0600 The Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty as part of a campaign to safeguard "public morality". http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/house_republicans_giving_green_light_for_israeli_strike_on_iran.html News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:33:00 -0600 Nearly one third of the Republican congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a resolution that would support Israel's right to use “all means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by Iran”, including military force. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/synagogue_in_maryland_vandalized.html News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:26:00 -0600 A synagogue in Olney, Maryland was vandalized earlier this week. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/twelve_killed_in_iraq_as_shiite_pilgrimage_ends.html News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:20:00 -0600 A series of attacks in Baghdad and a holy Iraqi city killed 12 people, while five others died in a helicopter crash, as major religious ceremonies came to a close, officials said on Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_inaugurates_a_new_population_growth_policy.html News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:10:00 -0600 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated a new policy on Tuesday to encourage population growth, dismissing Iran's decades of family planning as ungodly and a Western import. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_congress_oks_37_bln_afghan_surge_funds.html News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:01:00 -0600 The U.S. Congress late Tuesday approved funding to pay for President Barack Obama's Afghanistan troop increase despite growing skepticism among some lawmakers over the course of the nine-year-old war. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/new_british_pm_calls_gaza_a_prison_camp.html News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:52:00 -0600 British Prime Minister David Cameron called Gaza a "Prison Camp" and harshly criticized Israel's blockade of Gaza. Cameron, who has dubbed himself a "friend of Israel" was speaking with Turkish businessmen on a visit to Ankara. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/police_chief_doubled_as_iranian_spy.html News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:30:00 -0600 A powerful Afghan police chief doubled as an Iranian spy and drugs lord, a leaked US report claims. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/qaeda_s_number_two_slams_french_veil_ban.html News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:18:00 -0600 Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri slammed France's move to ban Islamic face veils, saying Muslim women must hold on to their veils at any cost, in an audio tape posted online Tuesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/adult-products_are_sold_openly_in_the_uae.html News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:07:00 -0600 Illegal sex toys and products make their way to the shelves of upscale stores especially trendy lingerie ones in the UAE. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iraqi_shiite_group_upheld_virtue_by_the_sword.html News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:49:00 -0600 A group of masked, sword-wielding Shiite youths aiming to "promote virtue and fight vice" terrorized a southern Iraqi city from early July until its members were rounded up. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/netanyahu_and_abdullah_conduct_secret_meeting.html News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:44:00 -0600 Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Jordanian King Abdullah conducted a rare and secret meeting on Tuesday. The two hour long meeting was not made public until after its conclusion and was described by the Prime Minister as “very positive”. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/france_vows_to_toughen_fight_against_al-qaeda.html News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:47:00 -0600 France's government vowed Tuesday to step up the fight against al-Qaeda in northern Africa after militants killed a French hostage in the Sahel desert region. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bleak_sudan_outlook_without_darfur_peace.html News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:39:00 -0600 The United Nations Security Council will meet over Darfur on Tuesday as the U.N. chief said in a report released late Monday that there is a risk of increased instability in Sudan due to a lack of a peace deal for Darfur and a looming referendum on whether South Sudan should secede from the North. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_will_attack_lebanon_if_hizbullah_starts_war.html News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:28:00 -0600 Israel will consider Lebanese government buildings and bases a target if Hizbullah starts up another war against Israel, Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_raps_germany_over_asylum_for_dissidents.html News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:10:00 -0600 A senior Iranian legislator accused Germany on Monday of meddling in Iran's affairs by granting asylum to Iranians who fled the Islamic state after a crackdown on post-election protests. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/second_explosive_attack_on_swedish_synagogue_in_two_weeks.html News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:59:00 -0600 Anti-Semites struck for the second time in two weeks Friday and attacked the synagogue in the Swedish city of Malmo, which has suffered a steady exodus of Jews because of anti-Semitism. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_pollution_ruins_river.html News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:53:00 -0600 Pollution from Palestinian Authority towns is ruining natural areas in the Binyamin region, and the Israeli government allows the situation to continue, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/eu_to_hammer_iran_with_new_sanctions_package.html News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:33:00 -0600 The European Union will hit Iran with tough sanctions against its vital oil and gas industry on Monday in a bid to lure Tehran back to the negotiating table over its disputed nuclear program. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/qaeda_leader_among_3_killed_in_yemen_clashes.html News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:23:00 -0600 Yemeni troops killed three suspected al-Qaeda suspects, one of them believed to be a senior one, in clashes late on Sunday in Shabwa province, a jihadist stronghold, a security official said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/washington_condemns_leak_of_afghan_war_files.html News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:16:00 -0600 The White House denounced a massive leak of secret military files early Monday that allegedly describe how Pakistan's spy service aids the Afghan insurgency, but said the information was no surprise. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/air_force_hits_gaza_weapons_plant_following_attacks.html News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:05:00 -0600 The Israel Air Force demolished a weapons plant in northern Gaza early on Monday morning. The operation came in response to recent attacks by Gaza terrorists on Israelis in the western Negev. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/no_change_in_pa_status_despite_flag_waving.html News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:56:00 -0600 The United States insists that allowing the Palestinian Authority to fly its flag in Washington does not represent an upgrade in its diplomatic status. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_minister_follow_model_of_munich_massacre.html News Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:46:00 -0600 A Palestinian Authority minister encouraged people to follow the example of Munich massacre mastermind Abu Daoud. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_more_likely_to_attack_iran.html News Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:59:00 -0600 Former CIA head Hayden says military action could be justifiable. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ok_to_uncover_face_in_anti-burka_countries.html News Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:50:00 -0600 Popular cleric Sheik Aedh al-Garni says women can reveal faces in countries where the Islamic veil is banned to avoid harassment. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/6_yemeni_soldiers_killed_in_attack_in_oil_region.html News Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:00 -0600 Six Yemeni soldiers were killed on Sunday in an attack in Shabwa province, site of many of Yemen's oil installations, but there was no immediate report of any damage to the facilities, a local official said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/terror_attack_thwarted_near_elon_moreh.html News Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:08:00 -0600 An IDF reserves force arrested five Palestinian Authority Arabs on Sunday evening near the Jewish town of Elon Moreh. Soldiers stopped the group for suspicious behavior. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/plo_flag_to_fly_in_washington_d_c.html News Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:51:00 -0600 The United States State Department has announced to the Palestinian Authority/Palestinian Liberation Organization Mission representative in the United States that its status will be upgraded from a 'bureau' to that of a "general delegation' and that this change will allow the office in which the representation is situated to fly the PLO, now also the Palestine Authority, flag at its entrance. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/imported_rocket_used_in_gaza_terror_attack_on_israel.html News Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:43:00 -0600 Palestinian Authority terrorists in Gaza launched a number of rocket attacks on southern Israel on Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_supports_three_insurgent_groups_in_iraq_us_general.html News Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:27:00 -0600 Iran is supporting three Shiite extremist groups in Iraq that have been attempting to attack US bases, General Ray Odierno, the top US commander in Iraq, said Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/france_and_mauritania_raid_al-qaeda_kidnap_gang.html News Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:17:00 -0600 French-backed Mauritanian forces attacked and killed six members of an Al-Qaeda affiliated gang allegedly holding a French hostage in the North African desert, officials said Friday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/indonesian_police_tears_down_house_church.html News Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:12:00 -0600 After years of peaceful coexistence with residents, Muslim organisation gets the authorities to tear down the building. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/cultural_defense_accepted_as_to_nonconsensual_sex_in_new_jersey_.html News Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:03:00 -0600 From today’s opinion in S.D. v. M.J.R. (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), a domestic restraining order case: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/first_range_of_halal_make-up_launched_in_britain.html News Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:53:00 -0600 A Muslim businesswoman has launched Britain's first range of halal make-up, free from alcohol and animal products. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_to_face_charges_in_hariri_slaying_israel_blamed.html News Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:43:00 -0600 Members of Hizbullah will be among those to face charges in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Hizbullah head Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/shalev_lebanon_ships_will_not_be_allowed_to_enter_gaza.html News Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:38:00 -0600 Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Israel Gabriella Shalev warned on Thursday that two ships preparing to set sail from Lebanon to the Gaza Strip in order to bring aid to the Strip would not be allowed to reach their destination. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_possible_culprit_in_juarez_car_bomb.html News Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:53:00 -0600 A car bomb that exploded July 15 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, may indicate that Mexican drug cartels are being assisted by Hizbullah terrorists. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fbi_targets_online_terror.html News Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:09:00 -0600 As many as 70,000 blogs have been shut down as the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation targets online terrorism. The heads of BurstNet technologies, which was behind the shutdown, say they were told by FBI agents that the blogs included links to terrorist material. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_revolutionary_guards_begin_to_feel_the_bite_of_sanctions.html News Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:55:00 -0600 The industrial wing of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, Khatam al-Anbiya, has pulled out of development projects in the South Pars gas field due to international sanctions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fighting_in_yemen_kills_20_threatens_truce.html News Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:44:00 -0600 Suspected Qaeda militants kill 5 Yemeni soldiers http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sudan_s_bashir_defies_court_with_chad_trip.html News Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:23:00 -0600 First visit to member state of ICC demanding his arrest http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sentenced_to_12_years_in_prison_for_kidnapping_spaniardsmauritan.html News Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:35:00 -0600 A Mauritanian court on Wednesday sentenced a Malian national to 12 years in prison for his role in kidnapping three Spanish aid workers and handing them over to al-Qaeda. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/no_mosque_at_ground_zero.html News Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:27:00 -0600 A powerful new ad campaign that has gone viral on the Internet is targeting plans to build a mosque next to Ground Zero, site of the September 11, 2001 attack by Al-Qaeda terrorists on the World Trade Center in New York City.A “last chance” public hearing to block the proposed construction of the center was held earlier this month, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_stops_attempted_attack_on_samarian_town_of_barkan.html News Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:03:00 -0600 IDF soldiers stopped a group of Arabs from carrying out an attack on the Samarian Jewish town of Barkan in the early hours of Thursday morning. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/russian_gift_to_pa_50_armored_personnel_carriers.html News Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:04:00 -0600 Russia has delivered 50 armored personnel carriers to Jordan for use by Palestinian Authority security forces. A Russian government statement said the vehicles are now waiting “until the Palestinian and the Israeli sides agree on the time and ways of their transfer to the western bank of the Jordan River.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_tanks_open_fire_on_gaza_terrorists.html News Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:56:00 -0600 After a period of relative quiet on the border between Israel and Gaza, the IDF opened fire on a terrorist squad Wednesday afternoon, apparently killing at least one of the terrorists and wounding another. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_and_saudi_arabia_closing_in_on_cooperation.html News Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:48:00 -0600 Shiite Iran and Wahhabi Saudi Arabia, historically not on the best of terms, are making overtures towards each other. Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that disagreements and differences between the two countries “merely serve the interests of the Zionist regime and enemies of the region and the Muslim world.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/slaves_in_impoverished_yemen_dream_of_freedom.html News Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:40:00 -0600 There are about 500 slaves in Yemen http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_mps_call_on_govt_to_respond_to_sanctions.html News Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:26:00 -0600 The lawmakers adopted the bill in response to the latest round of sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program by the United Nations Security Council, the United States and the European Union. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/nigerian_senator_on_trial_over_child_bride.html News Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:16:00 -0600 Islamic group challenges suit, says privacy rights violated http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkish_fm_meets_hamas_leader.html News Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:55:00 -0600 A spokesman for Turkey's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with main Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal during a visit to Syria. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_deploys_thousands_of_terrorists_near_border.html News Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:43:00 -0600 A Lebanese and Shi’ite website have quoted an unconfirmed report that Hizbullah has deployed 5,000 terrorist fighters near Israel’s northern border. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pakistan_s_security_forces_clash_with_militantspakistan.html News Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:23:00 -0600 Five militants, three of them wearing suicide bomb vests, were killed on Tuesday when they attacked a military training centre in northwest Pakistan, officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/mubarak_will_die_within_one_year.html News Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:06:00 -0600 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s cancer is terminal and he will die within a year, according to intelligence sources quoted by the Washington Times. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/indonesian_man_murders_slices_up_wife_with_kitchen_knife_because.html News Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:23:00 -0600 An Indonesian man allegedly strangled his wife to death and then spent nine hours carving up her body with a kitchen knife because of her constant nagging, police in West Java said on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egyptian_tv_presenter_shoots_wife_dead.html News Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:09:00 -0600 An Egyptian television presenter killed his wife after a domestic argument in which she accused him of having an affair, a police official said on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/global_firms_invited_to_join_iran_energy_projects.html News Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:58:00 -0600 Global energy majors are welcome to help develop oil and gas projects in Iran despite new sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic, a top official told reporters on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/spain_closes_mosque_arrests_imam.html News Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:51:00 -0600 Spanish authorities closed a mosque in the island of Ibiza and arrested its imam after charging him with beating several Muslim students in the mosque school, local press reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/al-qaeda_no_2_calls_arab_leaders_zionists_and_mocks_obama.html News Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:39:00 -0600 Arab leaders are Zionists in disguise, according to Al-Qaeda’s number two terrorist, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a new online message, his first since last December, which also mocks U.S. President Barack Obama. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/mubarak_is_terminally_ill.html News Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:16:00 -0600 Intelligence sources say Egyptian president could die within a year. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_must_drop_cowboy_attitude.html News Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:03:00 -0600 The United States must drop its "cowboy" attitude if it wants to hold dialogue with Iran over its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday as news surfaced that Tehran is is using a bank in Germany to beat sanctions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iranian_prosecutor_urges_islamic_dress_checks.html News Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:55:00 -0600 Iran's prosecutor called on Sunday for tighter checks on women who fail to observe Islamic dress code in public, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran-held_bin_laden_family_seek_a_host_country.html News Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:47:00 -0600 Al-Qaeda leader’s fourth-born son Omar bin Laden in an interview with Al Arabiya TV said Iran offered to turn over about 20 members of his family it has held for eight years to a third country other than Saudi Arabia. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/geert_wilders_forming_international_anti-islam_alliance.html News Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:37:00 -0600 Dutch anti-Jihadi lawmaker Geert Wilders is forming an international alliance, hoping to ban Muslim immigration into Western countries. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iraq_suicide_bomber_kills_43_at_army_office.html News Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:52:00 -0600 A suicide bomber killed 43 people and wounded at least 41 at an army office west of Baghdad on Sunday, as anti-Qaeda fighters gathered to receive their salaries, defense and interior ministry officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ihh_linked_to_turkish_president_erdogan.html News Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:16:00 -0600 The IHH “charity," which attacked Israeli Navy commandos and which has been termed a terrorist group by Germany, is in cahoots with the governing Turkish party led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according a report in The New York Times. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/professor_of_women_s_studies_slams_islamic_gender_apartheid.html News Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:44:00 -0600 On Thursday July 15th, Dr. Phyllis Chesler who is both an Orthodox Jew and a feminist icon delivered a stirring address at the 2010 Aspen Counterpoint Summer Symposium. Sponsored by Americans for Peace and Tolerance, the all day conference was aptly entitled "Conflict and Conscious." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/no_to_a_holyland_state.html News Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:37:00 -0600 One thousand activists from across the political spectrum gathered in Jerusalem Thursday, at the foot of the Holyland project, to protest proposed changes to the Planning and Construction Law. Protesters demonstrated under the slogan, “No to a Holyland State.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_blames_west_israel_for_deadly_bombing.html News Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:51:00 -0600 Iran blamed the West and Israel on Saturday for twin suicide bombings which killed at least 27 people, despite condemnation of the attack by the European Union, the United Nations and the United States. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/british_mp_refuses_to_meet_veiled_muslim_women.html News Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:41:00 -0600 A British lawmaker is refusing to meet female Muslim constituents who wear face-covering veils and has proposed a law banning the practice altogether, he said Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/militants_kill_18_in_nw_pakistan_convoy_attack.html News Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:32:00 -0600 Suspected militants in a Pakistani tribal region on the Afghan border ambushed a convoy of vehicles being escorted by security forces on Saturday, killing 18 people, including two women, witnesses said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hotel_fire_kills_30_in_iraq_s_kurdish_north.html News Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:26:00 -0600 A fire at a hotel in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya, possibly triggered by a gas leak, killed 30 people, including foreigners, and injured at least 22 others, police said on Friday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/taliban_kill_12_nato_troops_in_afghanistan.html News Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:18:00 -0600 Eight American troops died in attacks in southern Afghanistan, including a car bombing and gunfight outside a police compound in Kandahar, officials said Wednesday as the Taliban push back against a coalition effort to secure the volatile region. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_would_strike_iranian_universities.html News Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:03:00 -0600 A British think tank, the Oxford Research Group (ORG), has issued a report that says Israel is poised to strike Iran's nuclear facilities and warns against doing so http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/death_toll_from_iran_mosque_attacks_rises_to_26.html News Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:08:00 -0600 Clinton condemns 'horrific' mosque attack http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/clerics_oppose_chinese-made_outfitislamic_bathing_suits_make_hug.html News Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:06:00 -0600 Chinese-imported Islamic bathing suits invaded the Egyptian market since the beginning of the summer amidst protests by clerics who argued it is in violation of the teachings of Islam. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/times_sq_bomber_attack_on_us_is_revenge_for_oppressed_muslims.html News Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:11:00 -0600 A video clip by Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad broadcast on an Arabic TV channel shows that the United States is a target of militant Islam. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egyptian_women_losing_ground_take_refuge_in_tradition.html News Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:55:00 -0600 Egyptian women are losing ground in employment and other areas of the economy, recent studies show, and in response are simply returning to more traditional roles. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/cleric_urges_murdering_us_cartoonist_who_didn_t_draw_mohammed.html News Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Leading terrorist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has called to murder American cartoonist Molly Norris over “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day,” according to the NY Daily News. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/libyan_ship_to_dock_in_egypt.html News Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:32:00 -0600 A Libyan ship that Israeli officials suspected might try to defy the naval blockade of Hamas has announced that it will dock in Egypt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizb_ut-tahrir_extremists_clash_with_hamas_pa.html News Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:04:00 -0600 Members of the international pan-Islamist Hizb Ut-Tahrir group clashed with Hamas forces in Gaza on Tuesday night. Several dozen men defied Hamas's decision not to permit a Hizb Ut-Tahrir rally and gathered in Gaza City, where they threw rocks at Hamas troops. Many were arrested. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/libyan_shipowner_invites_idf_to_board.html News Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:49:00 -0600 Gaza-bound ship will head to El-Arish if told to dock in Ashdod http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_tunnels_under_border.html News Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:42:00 -0600 Israel: Tunnels may be used to attack border community or IDF post. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/uganda_police_prevent_terror_attack.html News Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:37:00 -0600 At least 2 suspects arrested after explosive vests found in bar. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ny_muslims_want_eid_on_school_calendar.html News Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:27:00 -0600 Muslim students, parents, and activists are calling upon lawmakers in the state of New York to add two of their holidays to school calendars. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/libyan_ship_nears_gaza.html News Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:18:00 -0600 The IDF made mistakes in preparing for the flotilla clash May 31, but there were no wholesale failures, according to a probe of the incident. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_close_to_nuke_capability.html News Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:46:00 -0600 Medvedev statement comes after Teheran-Moscow spat on UN sanctions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/icc_charges_sudan_president_with_genocide.html News Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:31:00 -0600 Int'l Court issues second arrest warrant for Bashir http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/karzai_wants_un_to_cut_taliban_blacklist.html News Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:19:00 -0600 Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to ask the United Nations to remove as many as 50 former Taliban members from a U.N. blacklist, The Washington Post reported on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/64_killed_in_suspected_al-qaeda_attack.html News Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:45:00 -0600 Terrorists struck in Uganda on Sunday night, targeting crowds watching the final World Cup match. At least 64 people were murdered in two bombings, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/declare_gaza_a_part_of_egypt.html News Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:30:00 -0600 The best way to solve the problem of terrorism in Gaza is to move backward, not forward, says Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara, Druze member of the Likud party. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_tv_beams_anti-semitic_lies_about_ben_franklin.html News Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:21:00 -0600 Al Aqsa (Hamas-Gaza) TV is continuing its unabated televised anti-Semitic incitement with an interview that claims United States founding father Benjamin Franklin warned Americans about the Jews. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lebanese_politician_likes_germans_because_they_burned_jews.html News Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:07:00 -0600 A former Lebanese government minister said last week that he likes Germany because “they hate Jews and burned them.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/detroit_-_us_muslim_capital.html News Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:58:00 -0600 Muslims in Detroit and adjacent Dearborn, Michigan, which is considered the “Islamic capital” of the United States, have mourned Hizbullah spiritual leader Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah for six days and nights, since early last week. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hindus_hounded_into_cattle_pen_in_karachi.html News Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:15:00 -0600 In an incident which showcases the brutal hatred with which Hindus are seen in Pakistan, at least 60 members of the minority community, including women and children, were forced to abandon their house in Karachi's Memon Goth area just because a Hindu boy drank water from a cooler outside a mosque. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/unifil_under_pressure_after_4_years_in_lebanon.html News Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:02:00 -0600 Four years after a devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah, the UN forces keeping them apart in southern Lebanon are under mounting strain amid fears of a fresh conflict and hostility from villagers. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_mk_helped_libyan_ship.html News Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:52:00 -0600 Amid conflicting reports as to the destination of the blockade-busting Libyan ship, it has been learned that MK Ahmed Tibi was involved. MK Ben-Ari says it should be sunk, which would be a legal act if done within Israeli territorial waters. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/very_high_risk_for_israelis_abroad.html News Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:43:00 -0600 The Counter Terrorism Bureau of the National Security Council issued a renewed travel warning for Israelis abroad throughout the world Thursday, citing “a very high concrete threat.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/christian_students_in_pakistan_are_victims_of_violence_and_discr.html News Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:45:00 -0600 Minorities Concern of Pakistan denounces a climate of intolerance and exclusion in the classroom. Most of the violations are committed in government institutions, due to a "fragile" system that associates Pakistan to a "Muslims-only country”. An association of teachers demands action from the Chief Justice against the Federal Ministry of Education. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/libyan_ship_sets_sail_from_greece.html News Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:35:00 -0600 A Libyan-leased ship called Amalthea, reportedly carrying 2,000 tons of aid for Gaza, has set sail from Greece – but there are conflicting reports on its destination. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslims_protest_in_cardiff_against_anti-islam_laws.html News Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:04:00 -0600 Muslims have demonstrated in Cardiff to protest against laws across Europe which they say are anti-Islam. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/waf_outraged_at_jirga_s_judgment_of_stoning_to_death.html News Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:44:00 -0600 Women's Action Forum (WAF) is outraged at reports of yet another "judgement of stoning to death due to illicit relations", pronounced by a self-styled jirga convened in Kala Dhaka http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_must_meet_hamas_demands.html News Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:27:00 -0600 Hamas official says Schalit won't be released until prisoners freed. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/death_toll_from_pakistan_bombs_climbs_to_102.html News Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:10:00 -0600 Taliban claim responsibility, say attack targeted tribal elders http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/france_denies_citizenship_to_muslim_man.html News Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:10:00 -0600 A Moroccan man who refused to shake hands with a French female official and whose wife wears the full Islamic veil has been denied French citizenship, the immigration ministry said Friday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lebanon-israel_tensions_grow_over_gas_finding.html News Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:01:00 -0600 Israeli plans to drill for gas in the Mediterranean sea have alarmed Lebanon, which says it also has major gas reserves but may lose out because it lags behind in exploration and the hostile neighbors have no sea border. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_supports_abbas_leadership.html News Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:34:00 -0600 US president promises to exert all efforts for Palestinian state. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/erdogan_s_party_seeks_more_power.html News Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:20:00 -0600 Turkish opposition in arms against constitutional reforms. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lybian_ship_to_sail_for_gaza.html News Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:20:00 -0600 Organization headed by Gaddafi's son to send blockade busting vessel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/suicide_attacks_kills_55_in_pakistan_tribal_area.html News Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:10:00 -0600 A suicide bomber and a suspected car bomb caused carnage outside the office of a senior government official in Pakistan's northwest on Friday, killing 55 people and burying victims under pulverized shops. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/british_ambassador_praises_terrorist_sheikh.html News Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:59:00 -0600 Hizbullah spiritual leader Sheikh Mohammed Fadlallah, who authorized suicide bombings and other attacks killing hundreds of people, was “a true man of religion” whose death last week left Lebanon “a lesser place,” according to British Ambassador to Lebanon Frances Guy. The world “needs more men like him,” she said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/un_watchdog_probe_verdict_already_set.html News Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:51:00 -0600 The United Nations Human Rights Council is naming commissioners this week to its own inquiry into a deadly clash between IDF soldiers and members of a Turkish terrorist group who attempted to break the Israeli naval blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/more_convictions_in_international_al-qaeda_bomb_plot.html News Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:42:00 -0600 Three men were convicted in Britain on Thursday for plotting to blow up transatlantic airplanes in flight. Security experts say that if the three conspirators – and five co-conspirators – had not been caught, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/we_d_support_a_war_against_israel.html News Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:35:00 -0600 Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas told Arab leaders that the PA is ready to wage war on Israel if the rest of the Arab world does, according to the PA daily Al-Hayat al-Jadida as translated by Palestinian Media Watch. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pope_pius_xii_saved_200_000_jews.html News Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:31:00 -0600 Report: Historian finds evidence that Pius XII tried to secure visas. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_releases_map_of_hizbullah_targets.html News Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:03:00 -0600 The IDF has taken the unusual step of publicizing some of its “targets banks” in southern Lebanon – buildings in southern Lebanese villages that Hizbullah has taken over for the storage and launching of long-range rockets. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bomb_kills_12_in_baghdad_targeting_pilgrims.html News Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:39:00 -0600 At least 12 people were killed by bombs targeting pilgrims taking part in the final day of a Shiite religious holiday that draws hundreds of thousands of people to Baghdad, Iraqi officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/somali_shabab_vow_to_step_up_jihad_against_au.html News Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:28:00 -0600 Hundreds of al-Shabab supporters vowed Wednesday to intensify the al-Qaeda-inspired group's jihad against African Union troops in Somalia. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_rejects_fifa-approved_female_football_strip.html News Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:07:00 -0600 An Iranian official has rejected a new women's soccer strip which was created after the world football federation banned the team from international competition due to their Islamic head gear, media reported on Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/cnn_editor_fired_after_inn_reports_support_for_hizbullah_cleric.html News Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:58:00 -0600 A senior Middle East editor at CNN has been fired due to a Facebook campaign that was launched shortly after Israel National News reported her expressed public support for a Hizbullah cleric. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_holing_up_near_schools_hospitals_again.html News Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:50:00 -0600 Hizbullah is placing military positions, weapons and explosive charges next to schools and hospitals in southern Lebanon, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkish-iranian_ties_growing_in_small_businesses_too.html News Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:43:00 -0600 The significant warming of relations between Iran and Turkey in the last several weeks has been reflected in a hot new trading market between small businesses in the two countries. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_past_point_of_no_return_to_open_nuke_plant_in_september.html News Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:42:00 -0600 Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi announced Wednesday that the Islamic Republic will open its first nuclear power plant at Bushehr in September as Iran passes the “point of no return.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egyptian_bus_driver_shoots_dead_six_laborers.html News Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:56:00 -0600 An Egyptian bus driver working for a private construction company shot dead six laborers on Tuesday and injured as many as 16 others in a suburb of Cairo, the official MENA news agency reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/mubarak_may_have_cancer.html News Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:44:00 -0600 Egyptian president visits hospital on surprise visit to Paris. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iranians_on_israel_radio_want_sanctions_against_regime.html News Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:32:00 -0600 Tzahi Hanegbi revealed Iranian listeners to "Voice of Israel" support increased sanctions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/un_contradicts_itself_in_blaming_israel.html News Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:14:00 -0600 The IMRA news analysis agency reports that while Hizbullah brags about crippling the UNIFIL peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UN chief Ban Ki-moon blames Israel for “stirring up trouble.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ahmadinejad_s_mission_save_america_from_obama.html News Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:05:00 -0600 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered to save the American people from their own president. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_arrested_in_muslim_terror_attack_on_cochi_professor.html News Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:57:00 -0600 Two alleged members of the Taliban have been arrested in connection with an attack on a college professor in India for “inflammatory references” to the founder of Islam. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/imam_leaves_united_states_under_plea_deal_in_terror_case.html News Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:07:00 -0600 A New York imam who pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents as they investigated an alleged terror plot left the United States on Monday as part of his plea deal, a government spokesman and the imam's attorney told CNN. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_slams_fayyad_for_meeting_barak.html News Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:00:00 -0600 Defense minister, PA prime minister agree to keep in contact. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_yemeni_soldiers_killed_in_clashes_with_qaeda.html News Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:48:00 -0600 Two Yemeni soldiers were killed in a clash with suspected al-Qaeda militants near the southern city of Mukalla on Monday, the defense ministry said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/saudi_readies_nuclear_energy_deal_with_france.html News Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:42:00 -0600 Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia and France are preparing to sign an agreement on cooperation in civilian nuclear energy, Saudi state media said on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/abbas_relies_on_clinton_obama_ignores_bush.html News Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:28:00 -0600 Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is relying on former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s initiative as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu flies to Washington. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/britain_germany_dubai_deny_ban_on_re-fueling_iranian_planes.html News Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:19:00 -0600 Iranian media reported Monday that several countries have refused to fuel Iranian planes since new sanctions went into effect last week, but the countries involved have denied the claim. Pilots have faced a ban on re-fueling in Britain, Germany, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, according to the Iranian IRNA and ISNA news agencies. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/cnn_editor_eulogizes_hizbullah_leader_as_hizbullah_giant.html News Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:12:00 -0600 Lebanese-born CNN senior editor Octavia Nasr eulogized on her personal blog the spiritual leader of Hizbullah, who died last week, according to the media watchdog Honest Reporting. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_says_sanctions_caused_us_to_lose_world_cup.html News Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:04:00 -0600 “An eye for an eye,” according to Iran, whose Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki explained that the United States, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/syria_warns_israel_s_rift_with_turkey_undermines_peace.html News Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:50:00 -0600 Syrian President Bashar Assad came out four-square behind Turkey in its diplomatic crisis with Israel and warned that Israel undermine stability in the Middle East. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/barak_meets_with_fayyad_as_israel_eases_embargo.html News Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:40:00 -0600 Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad concluded direct talks Monday afternoon on easing the embargo on Hamas-controlled Gaza and on more military coordination between Israel and the PA. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_zionist_speaks_out_in_bangladesh.html News Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:22:00 -0600 Shoaib Choudhury, a Muslim Zionist in Bangladesh, told IsraelNationalRadio’s Yishai Fleisher last week, “Political Islam and hate speech are our biggest enemies.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/islam_forbids_playing_an_instrument_pupils_taken_out_of_music_le.html News Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:46:00 -0600 Muslim pupils are being withdrawn from music lessons because some families believe learning an instrument is anti-Islamic. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/congressional_candidate_says_she_s_target_of_death_threats.html News Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:32:00 -0600 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Murfreesboro detectives are investigating alleged death threats made against a candidate for the U.S. Congress. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/dad_charged_over_threat_to_kill_harry_potter_star.html News Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:22:00 -0600 The father and brother of an actress who starred in the Harry Potter films have been charged with threatening to kill her. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkish_fm_threatens_to_cut_ties.html News Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:10:00 -0600 Ankara awaits Israeli admission that flotilla raid was "unjust." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab-israeli_group_sues_canada_for_funding_cuts.html News Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:55:00 -0600 An Arab-Israeli research group in Haifa is suing a Canadian non-profit organization to restore funding after its three-year grants were terminated after the second year. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/police_question_32-year-old_in_connection_with_shooting_incident.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:46:00 -0600 Another attempted murder for "family honor" http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/syria_jails_a_79-year-old_lawyer_activist.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:38:00 -0600 A Syrian military court sentenced on Sunday 79-year-old lawyer Haitham Maleh who campaigned for decades for an end to emergency law, jailing him for three years on charges of "weakening national morale", defense lawyers said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arsonists_set_galilee_fires.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:28:00 -0600 Two major fires that raged in Galilee forests Sunday were apparently caused by arson, Jewish National Fund head Effie Stenzler said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/saudi_denies_telling_obama_iran_and_israel_should_not_exist.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:16:00 -0600 The Saudi Arabia monarchy has denied a report in the French newspaper Le Figaro that King Abdullah told U.S. President Barack Obama that the countries of Iran and Israel should not exist. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/somali_charged_with_terrorizing_danish_cartoonist.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:46:00 -0600 A 28-year-old Somali man has been charged with terrorizing a Danish cartoonist for drawing a caricature of the founder of Islam. The alleged terrorist, whose name remains under a gag order, is also charged with attempted murder of a police officer. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/the_myth_of_fayyad_s_pa_economic_revolution.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:35:00 -0600 A professor of the prestigious George Washington University has debunked claims in mainstream media that Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is leading an economic revolution that will help the PA become a new Arab country. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ongoing_palestinian_terrorism_5_dead_232_hurt_in_6_months.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:16:00 -0600 The Yeshanews.com website has prepared a detailed summary of Palestinian terrorism against Israelis in the first six months of 2010 http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/english-language_al_qaeda_to_inspire_americans_and_brits.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:09:00 -0600 The international al-Qaeda terrorist organization has started a new English-language magazine, called “Inspire,” possibly with the intent to recruit American-born and UK terrorists. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/abbas_eulogizes_munich_massacre_mastermind.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:04:00 -0600 Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has euologized Abu Dauod, the mastermind of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munch Olympics in 1972 and who died Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_denies_report_that_it_offers_israel_control_of_jewish_quarter.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:57:00 -0600 Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat categorically denied Saturday a report that the PA told George Mitchell it would allow or accept Israeli sovereignty over the Western Wall in a new Arab state. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_thieves_drain_jewish_town_dry.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:40:00 -0600 Sixty Jewish families living in the town of Pnei Hever, near Hevron, face a Sabbath without water due to Palestinian Authority water thieves. Officials at Mekorot, Israel's national water company, say they are unable to help. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/syria_jails_400_in_crackdown_on_pkk.html News Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:32:00 -0600 Turkey's state news agency Anatolian reported on Thursday that Syrian security forces have detained 400 people in five cities as part of an extensive operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/u_s_judge_agrees_to_grant_asylum_to_ex-muslim.html News Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:54:00 -0600 An immigration judge tentatively granted asylum Wednesday to the son of a Hamas founder who turned his back on his father's terrorist group and became a spy for Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_court_amputates_thief_s_hand.html News Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:31:00 -0600 Iranian authorities have cut off the hand of a convicted thief after a court ruling in the western city of Malayer, the hardline Kayhan newspaper reported on Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_days_of_fighting_kills_31_in_mogadishu.html News Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:23:00 -0600 Fierce fighting between Somali government forces and Islamist rebels over two days has left 31 people dead in the capital Mogadishu, a medical source said Friday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/syria_has_new_radar_from_iran.html News Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:58:00 -0600 'Wall Street Journal': Move meant to deter Israeli preemptive attack http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_stronghold_overpowers_un_troops_in_lebanon.html News Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:37:00 -0600 A southern Lebanon village backed by Hizbullah overpowered United Nations troops Saturday, seizing weapons and wounding one U.N. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/russians_concerned_over_tehran_snub.html News Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:27:00 -0600 Russians are registering concern over Moscow's recent cancellation of its deal to sell Iran the S-300 anti-aircraft surface-to-air missile defense system. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/eu_says_removing_illegal_arab_structures_an_obstacle_to_peace.html News Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:21:00 -0600 The European Union has declared that Israel’s plan to tear down illegal Arab dwellings to make way for an archaeological park and tourist center is an “obstacle to peace.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/stop_dreaming_about_a_pa_state.html News Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:38:00 -0600 Israel's straight-shooting Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov Tuesday that one can only dream about a Palestinian Authority state by 2012. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sale_of_f-15s_pa_state_and_taliban_divide_obama_and_saudi_king.html News Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:29:00 -0600 U.S. President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah warmly spoke of friendship in their public statements after their White House meeting Tuesday, but they did not relate to their differences: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/day_in_court_for_the_son_of_hamas.html News Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:21:00 -0600 Former Shin Bet spy and “Son of Hamas” Mosab Hassan Yousef faces an immigration judge in San Diego on Wednesday to plead against deportation. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/abbas_talks_nicely_to_us_jews_while_pa_tv_calls_them_animals.html News Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:10:00 -0600 Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas spoke to American Jews about peace without incitement against Jews while back home, exactly eight days later, official PA TV called Jews "our enemies." A week after that, it continued to teach children that all of Israel is “Palestine." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/islamic_movement_penetrated_arab_schools_in_israel.html News Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:03:00 -0600 “It turns out that the Islamic movement is illegally penetrating into the schools and running study programs,” MK Zevulun Orlev (The Jewish Home party) who chairs the Knesset Education Committee, has told Arutz Sheva TV. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_asks_mitchell_for_28_more_security_stations_near_jewish_areas.html News Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:57:00 -0600 Palestinian Authority security forces have told U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell they want to open 28 more “police stations” in areas in Judea and Samaria where Jews live and where security is shared with Israel, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_complains_to_cairo_over_anti-zionist_swastika_cartoon.html News Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:49:00 -0600 The Israeli Embassy in Egypt has filed a formal complaint with the Cairo government over a political cartoon that depicted the Jewish State as a Nazi octopus. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/congresswoman_fears_hizbullah_israel-like_bombings_in_us.html News Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:00:00 -0600 A Republican Congresswoman has warned that Hizbullah terrorists, hooked up with Mexican drug cartels, may be planning ”Israel-like bombings” against customs officials or National Guard units on the U.S. border. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bedouin_threaten_to_blow_up_egyptian_gas_pipeline_to_israel.html News Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:47:00 -0600 Egypt has beefed up its forces in the Sinai Peninsula following threats of Bedouin terrorists to blow up the pipeline that pumps to Israel one third of its natural gas needs. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_power_blackout_of_gaza_ignored_by_most_countries.html News Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:39:00 -0600 Gaza residents have been without electricity for most of the day this week due to the Palestinian Authority’s halt in fuel shipments through Israeli crossings. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_kills_gaza_terrorist_after_mortar_attack.html News Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:34:00 -0600 The IDF swiftly responded to a mortar attack on the Western Negev Monday afternoon and killed one armed Gaza terrorist while wounding two others. The soldiers escaped injury, but an army jeep sustained damage. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_punishes_un_bans_nuke_talks_for_two_months.html News Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:28:00 -0600 Iran says it is “punishing” the United Nations by refusing to hold talks on its nuclear program in retaliation for a new round of sanctions that the Security Council approved. Continuing his offensive against the West, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gaza_terrorists_burn_down_second_un_camp_handcuff_guards.html News Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:20:00 -0600 Masked terrorists stormed into a United Nations children's camp in Gaza early on Monday morning, attacked and handcuffed the camp guards, and set the place on fire. UN workers said the facility sustained heavy damage. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab-israeli_terror_gang_arrested_tied_to_2009_murder.html News Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:12:00 -0600 Seven Arab citizens of Israel have been arrested for membership in a Nazareth-based terrorist group. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_stops_sinai_bedouin_drug_smugglers.html News Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:25:00 -0600 IDF troops stopped a group of five Sinai Bedouin drug smugglers from reaching their destination after they infiltrated Israel's southern border on Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkish_rally_for_flotilla_raises_flag_with_nazi_symbol.html News Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:13:00 -0600 Turkish supporters for flotillas aimed at breaking Israel’s maritime embargo on Hamas-controlled Gaza recently raised the Nazi flag with an expression of gratitude. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/shalit_supporters_sail_true_freedom_flotilla_in_nyc.html News Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:04:00 -0600 Hundreds of people set sail in New York City on Thursday in what they dubbed the True http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_takes_sides_with_turkey_on_kurdish_struggle.html News Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:54:00 -0600 The United States is taking sides with Turkey on the issue of the Kurdish struggle for freedom. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/somaliland_votes_under_tight_security.html News Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:27:00 -0600 The leader of Somalia's al-Qaeda inspired Shabab was born in Somaliland -- and many in the breakaway state fear he could now derail their two-decade-old bid for international recognition. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sudan_police_arrest_models_after_fashion_show.html News Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:18:00 -0600 Sudanese police briefly detained more than 20 models, make-up artists and designers after a rare mixed-sex fashion show in Khartoum, participants said on Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/afghan_taliban_chief_killed_in_women_s_attire.html News Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:04:00 -0600 A senior Taliban commander disguised in woman's clothes was killed by Afghan and international forces when he fired on troops trying to catch him south of Kabul, the military said Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iaf_hits_gaza_terror_targets_after_mortar_barrage.html News Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:31:00 -0600 Israel responded late on Thursday night to a series of terrorist mortar shell and rocket attacks from Gaza that took place earlier in the day. IAF planes hit three terror-related targets in the area. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gaza_terrorists_bombard_israelis_in_northern_negev.html News Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:23:00 -0600 Gaza terrorists unleashed a barrage of mortar shells at Israeli towns in the northern Negev on Thursday. At least 12 shells were fired over the course of the afternoon and evening. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israeli_police_tell_hamas_leader_to_get_out_of_jerusalem.html News Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:14:00 -0600 Senior Hamas terrorist and elected Palestinian Authority lawmaker Mohammed Abu-Tir must leave Jerusalem by Friday. Abu-Tir was ordered out by Israeli police on Wednesday night, Arab media reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egyptian_oil_spill_befouls_red_sea_resorts.html News Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:01:00 -0600 An oil spill from an Egyptian rig has polluted several tourist sites along a large stretch of coastline along the Red Sea. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_s_nail_polish_in_public_scandal_woman_fined.html News Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:27:00 -0600 The Iranian morality court has fined a woman $224 for the immoral act of wearing nail polish in public on “four and a half” of her fingers. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_fears_israeli_raid_if_red_cross_visits_shalit.html News Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:01:00 -0600 Hamas has flatly refused Red Cross visits to kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit because the terrorist organization fears the contacts would encourage Israel to try to conduct a raid and free him from his captivity, a Hamas spokesman told an Arabic language newspaper Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_can_t_decide_what_to_do_with_9_11_mastermind.html News Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:45:00 -0600 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed of Pakistan and Kuwait, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been in U.S. custody since March 2003, but it is still not clear when or where he will be tried. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_israel_warships_in_suez_may_be_prelude_to_faceoff_with_iran.html News Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:14:00 -0600 Egypt allowed at least one Israeli and 11 American warships to pass through the Suez Canal as an Iranian flotilla approaches Gaza. Egypt closed the canal to protect the ships with thousands of soldiers, according to the British-based Arabic language newspaper Al Quds al-Arabi. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_urges_rocket_attacks_from_judea_and_samaria.html News Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:02:00 -0600 Hamas spokesman Mahmoud al Zahar called on the Palestinian Authority in Judea and Samaria to allow terrorists to launch rockets at all of Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/german_public_tv_exposes_peace_flotilla_as_mask_for_radicals.html News Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:54:00 -0600 Support for Israel in the flotilla clash three weeks ago has come from Germany’s second largest public broadcasting company, Sudwestrundfunk, which headlined its inquiry, ”Questionable Peace Mission.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/flotilla_women_invoke_hizbullah_and_catholic_prayers.html News Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:58:00 -0600 A new PR stunt, featuring a ship heading for Gaza and carrying Muslim and Christian women headed by a Hizbullah backer, is aimed at embarrassing Israel into using its mighty force against what will be portrayed as defenseless women. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/terrorist_states_iran_and_turkey_join_forces_to_fight_terror.html News Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:48:00 -0600 Iran and Turkey, which boast support of the Hamas terrorist organization, now are cooperating “closely in fighting terrorism,” according to Iran’s Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/barak_warns_lebanon_over_planned_gaza_flotilla.html News Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:20:00 -0600 If Lebanon allows citizens to set sail for Gaza from its ports, it will bear responsibility for the consequences, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/militants_raid_intel_building_in_yemen_kill_13.html News Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:10:00 -0600 Thirteen people including 10 members of the security forces were killed on Saturday when armed men attacked an intelligence services building in the southern city of Aden on Saturday and freed prisoners there, witnesses said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/25_saudi_gitmo_prisoners_return_to_militancy.html News Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:17:00 -0600 Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for al-Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi security official said on Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/our_missiles_are_for_defense.html News Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:02:00 -0600 Official:US claims we can rain missiles down on Europe "deception." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/we_will_throw_them_into_the_sea.html News Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:35:00 -0600 IHH head calls for violence, "martyrdom" in new 'Marmara' footage. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iraqi_al-qaida_man_kills_own_father.html News Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:29:00 -0600 Son murders father for working as translator for US forces. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sanctions_reflect_double_standard.html News Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:19:00 -0600 Teheran calls for investigation of Israeli nukes. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/war_likely_after_flotilla_raid.html News Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:10:00 -0600 Syrian president claims Israel destroyed chances of peace. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/europe_could_face_hundreds_of_iran_missiles.html News Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:19:00 -0600 United States intelligence showing Iran likely would have the capability to attack Europe with "scores or even hundreds" of missiles factored into the Obama administration's decision to overhaul missile defenses, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_refuses_to_stop_iranian_flotillas.html News Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:05:00 -0600 Cairo paper reports: Israel asks Egypt to block Iranian aid ships. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/canadian_tv_blasted_for_fake_gaza_mortality_rate.html News Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:58:00 -0600 Media watchdog groups have criticized Canada's CBC for wrongly implying that Israel's policy vis-a-vis Gaza has led to unusually high infant mortality. In a June 1 report, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/new_flotilla_organizer_is_wife_of_hizbullah_supporter.html News Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:50:00 -0600 Evidence is mounting that the organizers of a new flotilla set to leave Lebanon toward Gaza are not neutral peace activists, but are in fact tied closely to the Hizbullah terrorist organization, and openly profess their hatred of Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/2_sudan_war_crimes_suspects_surrender_for_trial.html News Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:22:00 -0600 Two Sudan rebel leaders arrived in The Hague on Wednesday after surrendering to appear before the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, the court said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/tehran_to_build_powerful_nuke_research_reactor.html News Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:16:00 -0600 Iran is designing a new nuclear reactor to make radio isotopes that will be "more powerful" than those from its existing Tehran research facility, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday, as Parliament speaker urged for a push ahead with uranium enrichment. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/interpol_arrest_hezbollah_financier_in_paraguay.html News Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:58:00 -0600 Interpol said Tuesday it has arrested a Lebanese national suspected of funneling money to the Shiite armed group Hezbollah in Paraguay in the tri-border area with Argentina and Brazil. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jordan_s_king_bashes_israel_for_stopping_his_nuke_plans.html News Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:46:00 -0600 In a tone bespeaking souring relations between Israel and its eastern neighbor, King Abdullah of Jordan is accusing Israel of thwarting Jordanian nuclear aspirations in order to economically dwarf the Hashemite Kingdom. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/nato_watches_syria_smuggle_weapons_to_hizbullah.html News Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:35:00 -0600 NATO submarines have been watching the Syrian coastline and searching for ships suspected of smuggling weapons to terrorist organizations – among them, Hizbullah in Lebanon. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/armed_couple_detained_at_key_us_military_base.html News Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:51:00 -0600 Two heavily armed individuals were held at a key U.S. Air Force base in Florida early Tuesday after they tried to enter the installation without authorization, a spokeswoman said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_still_smuggling_can_strike_tel_aviv.html News Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:20:00 -0600 Terrorists in the de facto Hamas government continue to smuggle weapons into Gaza, and possess 5,000 medium-range rockets with a range of 25 miles, including several that can bomb Tel Aviv, security chief Yuval Diskin said Tuesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/al_qaeda_training_british_muslims_for_another_mumbai.html News Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:41:00 -0600 British intelligence officials are warning that operatives from the international Al Qaeda terrorist organization are training local Muslims to carry out another “Mumbai” attack. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/united_nations_could_hasten_removal_of_taliban_leaders_from_terr.html News Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:50:00 -0600 The United Nations is speeding up efforts that could lead to the removal of Taliban leaders from an international terrorist blacklist, the top United Nations official here said Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/somali_militants_threaten_world_cup_tv_viewers.html News Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:42:00 -0600 Somali militants have threatened football fans they will be publicly flogged - or worse - if they are caught watching the World Cup on TV. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iranian_flotilla_leaving_for_gaza.html News Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:31:00 -0600 Half will be sent through Istanbul; Iranian MPs will fly to Gaza http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_league_head_in_gaza_vows_to_fight_blockade.html News Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:14:00 -0600 Amr Moussa, Secretary-General of the Arab League, met with Hamas' Gaza head Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday. The two discussed Israel's naval blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza and Hamas' rift with Fatah. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_militants_behead_3_filipino_loggers.html News Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:48:00 -0600 Al-Qaida-linked militants beheaded three loggers in the Philippines in apparent retaliation for government offensives in the country's south, security officials said Sunday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_brothers_charged_with_premeditated_murder_of_their_sister.html News Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:40:00 -0600 Two brothers were charged on Saturday charged with the premeditated murder of their married sister in the latest so-called honour murder to occur this year, official sources said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fifteen_killed_in_baghdad_bank_siege.html News Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:59:00 -0600 Suicide bombers and gunmen wearing military uniforms killed 15 people and took hostages on Sunday in a daring raid on the Iraq Central Bank in Baghdad, triggering an ongoing siege with security forces. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/i_saw_police_beat_a_young_man_to_death.html News Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:48:00 -0600 Local authorities claim Khaled Said choked on a joint he swallowed when they sought to arrest him outside Alexandria establishment. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jewish_professors_call_to_recognize_turkey_s_armenian_genocide.html News Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:36:00 -0600 A group of Jewish professors in the United States and Israel has called on the Jewish State to formally recognize the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Turks during and just after World War I. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_opposes_us_sanctions_on_iran.html News Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:26:00 -0600 The Obama administration is working to balance its support of United Nations Security Council sanctions against Iran by opposing similar sanctions in the process of being formulated by the U.S. Congress. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pakistan_funds_trains_afghan_s_taliban.html News Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:25:00 -0600 Pakistani military intelligence not only funds and trains Taliban fighters in Afghanistan but is officially represented on the movement's leadership council, giving in significant influence over operations, a report said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkey_joins_hamas_to_sue_israel_over_flotilla.html News Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:14:00 -0600 Turkey is working together with the Hamas terrorist organization to file joint lawsuits against the Israeli military officials who stopped a six-ship flotilla from reaching Gaza and violating Israel's territorial waters. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iranian_marines_set_to_escort_flotilla_to_teach_israel_lessons.html News Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:07:00 -0600 Two Iranian ships intended to head for Hamas-controlled Gaza are waiting for their government's approval to challenge Israel on the high seas, escorted by “volunteer marines” that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to send “to teach Israelis a lesson.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_nukes_in_one_to_three_years_but_no_delivery_system.html News Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:58:00 -0600 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates estimated that Iran will have a nuclear bomb within one to three years. At the same time, said Gates, Iran won't have the ability to deliver such a bomb to a target. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_threatens_counter-sanctions_against_russia_and_china.html News Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:49:00 -0600 Iran has threatened “reciprocal measures" against countries, including China and Russia, who voted last week for sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Turkey and Brazil voted against the sanctions, and Lebanon abstained. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sudan_must_ease_darfur_travel_ban.html News Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:43:00 -0600 Sudan must relax a near blanket ban on travel to remote parts of South Darfur to let aid groups reach areas hit by a resurgence of violence, the EU's commissioner for humanitarian aid said on Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_to_build_new_nuclear_site_in_march.html News Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:35:00 -0600 Iran's nuclear chief defiant following new UN sanctions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/youtube_pulls_we_con_the_world_parody.html News Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:15:00 -0600 After it got over 3 million hits in barely a week, Youtube has removed the Latma parody video, “We Con the World,” a satirical musical portrayal of the true intentions of the Turkish-Hamas 'love boat' captain, crew and passengers. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/witness_to_flotilla_murder_admits_she_was_on_another_boat.html News Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:02:00 -0600 U.S. Army Col. (Ret.) Ann Wright, on a speaking tour of the United States on behalf of radical pacifist women's group Code Pink, bills herself as an eyewitness to the IDF raid on the Mavi Marmara and what she termed the “murder” of “nine innocent civilians.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/remarriage_debate_stirs_fear_among_egypt_copts.html News Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:52:00 -0600 "They want to empty Egypt of Copts," exclaims Girgis Guebrail about a court order that the Coptic church must remarry divorcees, seeing it as an attack on minority Christians in the predominantly Muslim country. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ahmadinejad_labels_iran_sanctions_worthless.html News Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:37:00 -0600 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed the latest U.N. sanctions against it on Friday as lacking legal value and blasted global nuclear powers for keeping atomic technology from other states. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/rafiah_opening_hurts_tunnel_trade.html News Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:19:00 -0600 Egypt's decision to open the Rafiah crossing with Gaza until further notice has dealt a heavy blow to one of Gaza's few successful industries – the smuggling tunnel trade http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/there_was_no_humanitarian_aid_on_mavi_marmara.html News Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:07:00 -0600 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed Israel's representatives the world over that there were never any humanitarian supplies or equipment aboard the Mavi Marmara, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_tv_in_france_accused_of_incitement.html News Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:53:00 -0600 Al-Aqsa TV has once again been caught broadcasting television programs in France violating laws against incitement to hatred or violence. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_to_pour_400_million_into_pa.html News Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:05:00 -0600 “The situation in Gaza is unsustainable – [as is] the status quo in the entire Middle East.” So said U.S. President Barack Obama after meeting with Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Washington on Wednesday http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/suicide_bomber_kills_dozens_at_afghan_wedding.html News Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:56:00 -0600 At least 39 people were killed by a huge explosion at a wedding in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, where NATO troops are massing to dislodge the Taliban from their fiefdom. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lebanese_threaten_mass_march_on_israeli_border.html News Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:42:00 -0600 The anti-Israel flotilla has turned the tide of world opinion against Israel, Fatah leaders in Lebanon say, and the time is ripe for a mass civilian charge against Israel’s border. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_coptic_leader_slams_verdict_on_remarriage.html News Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0600 The head of the Egyptian Coptic Church threatened Tuesday to excommunicate priests who perform second marriages after a court ruled that divorced Copts could remarry. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bomb_attack_leaves_15_injured_in_istanbul.html News Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:52:00 -0600 Fifteen people were injured in a bomb attack Tuesday in Turkey's biggest city Istanbul targeting a police minibus, the Anatolia news agency reported, as Turkey was preparing to use a regional summit to ramp up pressure on Israel over the attack on the Gaza-bound flotilla. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_clerics_organize_flotilla_to_gaza.html News Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:44:00 -0600 The idea of flotillas to Gaza is catching on. Following the notorious terrorist activists’ flotilla of last week, and then one for Gilad Shalit, and another that Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan wants to join, now comes the idea for a “Muslim religious leaders” flotilla to Gaza. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/american_jihadists_use_new_weapon.html News Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:38:00 -0600 Jihadists in the United States are encouraging the use of a new weapon, the FBI warns: “Response fatigue.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_murders_vatican_cleric_in_turkey.html News Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:13:00 -0600 Contrary to earlier reports, it has now been confirmed that the Muslim who murdered a Vatican official in Turkey last week did so for religious reasons. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/break_the_embargo_via_syria_and_jordan.html News Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:58:00 -0600 Former British MP George Galloway, standing alongside a Hizbullah flag in London, announced a new land-sea attempt to break the embargo on Gaza. Iran’s Red Crescent also said it will send ships to Hamas-controlled Gaza to challenge Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/demonstrators_say_no_to_mosque_at_ground_zero.html News Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:20:00 -0600 "No mosque at Ground Zero" was the rallying cry Sunday as thousands of angry demonstrators protested a proposed 13-story mosque just blocks away from the site of the 9/11 attacks. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/navy_foils_major_attack_by_sea_kills_4_terrorists.html News Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:11:00 -0600 Navy commandoes foiled a major terrorist attack from the Gaza coast shortly before dawn Monday morning, and the Air Force strafed a rocket launching cell. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_men_arrested_at_us_airport_on_terror_charges.html News Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:03:00 -0600 Two men arrested at John F Kennedy airport in New York were charged Sunday with conspiracy to kill Americans outside the country, U.S. justice officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/new_uavs_take_to_sky_near_gaza_could_be_used_in_iran_strike.html News Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:53:00 -0600 The Air Force put its new UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) to the test last week opposite the coast of Gaza. UAV operators had their first chance to work with the new vehicles, the IAF's most advanced. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/cairo_to_strip_citizenship_from_men_who_marry_israelis.html News Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:21:00 -0600 Cairo's High Court of Justice has upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the Interior Ministry to ensure that Egyptian men lose their rights if they marry Israeli wives. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lebanese-americans_charged_with_helping_hizbullah.html News Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:10:00 -0600 A Lebanese-American couple has been arrested in Toledo, Ohio on charges of providing material support to Hizbullah, listed as a terrorist organization in the United States since 1997. The couple was picked up last Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/the_truth_is_slowly_spreading_around_the_world.html News Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:53:00 -0600 The truth about the flotilla clash is slowing sinking in to people’s minds around the world, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet on Sunday morning. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/cyber_jihad_tribute_to_flotilla_martyrs_on_the_web.html News Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:51:00 -0600 A musical tribute to the so-called “flotilla martyrs,” written and performed by cyber jihadist Asadullah Alshishani, is making the rounds of the Muslim Internet. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ground_zero_mosque_sponsor_unmasked_as_free_gaza_donor.html News Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:45:00 -0600 The Muslim cleric behind the proposed giant mosque near Ground Zero is none other than a major donor to the pro-Hamas Free Gaza movement, the New York Post reported. The cleric, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf also is a key figure in Malaysian-based Perdana Global Peace Organization. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ahmadinejad_cozies_up_to_turkey.html News Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:37:00 -0600 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to attend a three-day regional summit starting Monday in Istanbul, to be chaired by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, according to the Fars news agency. Among those attending the third summit on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) will be heads of state from Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Macedonia, Kazakhistan and Azerbaijan. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_to_expel_hamas_terrorist-legislator.html News Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:27:00 -0600 Prominent Islamic Brotherhood terrorist Mahmoud Abu-Tir of eastern Jerusalem has been ordered to leave Israel, on the backdrop of his refusal to resign from the Hamas legislature. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gaza_terrorists_fire_on_ashkelon.html News Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:54:00 -0600 Terrorists in Gaza fired rockets at the city of Ashkelon Thursday night http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/protesters_at_turkish_embassy_call_erdogan_terrorist.html News Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:42:00 -0600 1,500 Israelis held a protest Thursday opposite the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_is_not_terrorist_group.html News Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:07:00 -0600 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he did not view radical Palestinian group Hamas, Israel's arch-foe, as a terrorist organization. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/flotilla_sheikh_gets_hero_s_welcome_in_umm_el-fahm.html News Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:23:00 -0600 Sheikh Raed Salah, anti Semitic leader of the northern branch of the Islamic movement, was welcomed back to the Israeli-Arab city of Umm el-Fahm on Thursday after spending several days under arrest. Hundreds of people greeted the sheikh with cries of “Allah is great,” and “The sheikh is a hero.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/no_ships_to_gaza.html News Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:15:00 -0600 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the 'Septet' of leading ministers Thursday evening that the Gaza-bound Irish ship "Rachel Corrie," and all other vessels, will not break Israel's blockade of Gaza, "not now and not in the future." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_was_in_the_right.html News Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:02:00 -0600 A perusal of The Helsinki Principles on the Law of Maritime Neutrality, a basis for international law on the subject, shows that Israel was well within its prescriptions in forcibly stopping the Gaza-bound flotilla. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_has_right_to_defend_itself.html News Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:54:00 -0600 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went on the offensive Wednesday to defend Israel's right to protect its territorial waters. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/confirmed_hamas_leader_among_flotilla_activists.html News Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:27:00 -0600 A confirmed terrorist leader was among the Gaza flotilla extremists aboard the Mavi Marmara on Monday, holding a Dutch passport. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/media_war_on_the_flotilla_clash_ap_anti-israel_bias_exposed.html News Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:16:00 -0600 The Washington Times daily wrote a rare verbal attack on the venerable Associated Press Wednesday, exposing clear anti-Israeli bias and false reporting in coverage of the flotilla clash. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_stopping_transfer_of_aid_to_gaza.html News Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:10:00 -0600 The Hamas government in Gaza is apparently not interested in receiving the goods that were carried by the 'humanitarian' Turkey-sponsored flotilla Israel intercepted. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ahmadinejad_demands_u_n_cut_off_israel_s_hands.html News Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:20:00 -0600 The Iranian president on Tuesday demanded a strong U.N. Security Council resolution against Israel over its deadly raid on an aid flotilla bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iaf_picks_off_three_terrorists_two_others_killed_in_morning.html News Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:06:00 -0600 An Israel Air Force aircraft fired Tuesday afternoon at Arab terrorists from the Islamic Jihad group near Beit Lahya in Gaza, killing three terrorists. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israeli-arab_riots_against_idf_flotilla_action.html News Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:41:00 -0600 Israeli-Arabs rioted in several locations in response to the flotilla events on Monday night. Two policemen were lightly injured in clashes in Umm el-Fahm, in the Triangle between Hadera and Afula and several miles east of the north-central Mediterranean Coast. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_more_boats_on_their_way_to_gaza.html News Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:36:00 -0600 IDF General Staff Operations Commander Col. Itzik Turjeman told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday that two additional ships of the militant left flotilla are on their way to Gaza http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/more_christian_terrorists_than_muslim_terrorists.html News Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:48:00 -0600 PBS’s Tavis Smiley recently claimed that “every single day in this country” Christians commit terrorist acts. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_amassing_enriched_uranium.html News Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:40:00 -0600 IAEA: Teheran has over 2 tonnes of material, Syria stonewalling probe. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_believes_it_killed_al-qaeda_s_third-in-command.html News Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:24:00 -0600 Al-Qaeda's third-in-command, whose role spanned from operations to fundraising, is believed to have been killed earlier this month in a U.S. missile strike in the tribal areas of Pakistan, officials said early Tuesday, in what would be a major blow to the global terror network. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iaea_says_syria_reported_past_nuclear_work.html News Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:16:00 -0600 Syria has revealed some details of past nuclear experiments to the U.N. atomic watchdog but is still blocking access to a desert site where secret atomic activity may have taken place, a confidential IAEA report revealed late Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/we_came_to_speak_they_came_to_fight.html News Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:01:00 -0600 One of the Naval Special Forces commandos who sustained a broken arm while under attack by the Mavi Marama ship’s passengers, reports, “Each soldier who descended was taken by three or four men and they simply exploded, beating him up. They lynched us. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/radical_islam_behind_the_flotilla_organizers.html News Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:53:00 -0600 The Turkish organization IHH (a Turkish acronym for “humanitarian relief fund”), the force behind the boats attempting to reach Gaza, has a radical Islamic anti-Western orientation and a history of ties with and fund-raising for Hamas. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_speeds_atom_work_bomb_fear_remains.html News Mon, 31 May 2010 20:09:00 -0600 A new U.N. nuclear agency report shows that Tehran has now amassed nearly twice as much enriched uranium as the West wants removed from Iran. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/afghanistan_suspends_two_christian_aid_groups.html News Mon, 31 May 2010 20:02:00 -0600 Afghan authorities suspended two Christian foreign aid groups Monday on suspicion of proselytizing in the strictly Islamic nation and said a follow-up investigation would include whether other groups were trying to convert Muslims. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_orders_coptic_church_to_allow_remarriage.html News Mon, 31 May 2010 19:37:00 -0600 A court in Egypt has ordered the Coptic church to allow its faithful to remarry, quashing an appeal by the head of the church, local media reported on Sunday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/they_came_for_war.html News Mon, 31 May 2010 19:29:00 -0600 “They came for war,” was how one Israeli Navy commando described the activists aboard the Mavi Marmara Turkish passenger boat where clashes erupted early Monday morning and ended with at least nine activists dead and dozens others, including eight IDF soldiers, injured. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/boarding_legal_under_int_law.html News Mon, 31 May 2010 19:13:00 -0600 Lieberman: 'flotilla unacceptable attack on Israel's sovereignty'. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/navy_prepared_to_face_anarchists_met_terrorists_instead.html News Mon, 31 May 2010 18:16:00 -0600 Army Radio reporter Gal Lev-Rom, on board one of the Israeli Navy ships that stopped the anti-Israel flotilla, reported on the “peace activists” preparations to lynch Israeli soldiers and on the large weapon stocks they brought. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_soldier_shot_critically_wounded_on_flotilla_boat.html News Mon, 31 May 2010 08:24:00 -0600 The IDF reports that the passengers on the Gaza-bound flotilla lay in wait for the IDF to board their vessel and then attacked IDF soldiers, opening fire on them. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/prepare_to_go_where_we_ve_never_gone_before.html News Mon, 31 May 2010 08:15:00 -0600 The newly trained soldiers of the IDF's top search and rescue unit – the Israel Air Force's Extrication and Evacuation Unit, known as Unit 669 – received their unit wing pins Sunday. In his address to the newly inducted warriors, the highly revered unit's commander, Lt.-Col. Avinoam, hinted that they would soon find themselves far from Israel's borders. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hate_chants_from_flotilla.html News Mon, 31 May 2010 08:08:00 -0600 Witnesses reported Sunday morning that they had heard hate chants from those on board a flotilla of ships heading from Cyprus to Gaza. The ships bear hundreds of foreign activists who plan to challenge Israel's control of the sea off Gaza's coast. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_submarines_headed_for_persian_gulf.html News Sun, 30 May 2010 06:54:00 -0600 Israel has allegedly deployed a permanent submarine presence in the Persian Gulf to keep an eye on Iran, according to media reports published Sunday. The three German-built submarines are reportedly equipped with nuclear cruise missiles. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gaza_front_heating_up.html News Sun, 30 May 2010 06:48:00 -0600 Hamas provocations and attacks lead to several strong Israeli responses. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hevron_stores_burned_for_dealing_with_jews.html News Sun, 30 May 2010 06:41:00 -0600 The anti-Israel boycott by the Palestinian Authority took on wider dimensions Friday night when Arabs burned two Arab stores for allegedly doing business with Jews. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bloomberg_defends_ground_zero_mosque_as_freedom-of-faith_issue.html News Sat, 29 May 2010 20:43:00 -0600 In his fiercest defense yet of the mosque proposed near Ground Zero, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday that it must be allowed to proceed because the government "shouldn't be in the business of picking" one religion over another. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_considers_possible_pakistan_attack.html News Sat, 29 May 2010 20:26:00 -0600 U.S. military leaders are reviewing options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan if there is a successful attack on American soil tied to the country's tribal areas, The Washington Post reported in its Saturday edition. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/air_force_strikes_more_terror_tunnels_after_continuing_attacks.html News Sat, 29 May 2010 20:07:00 -0600 The Israeli Air Force bombed a weapons manufacturing site and a terror tunnel Friday night following further Hamas rocket attacks on the Western Negev, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/satellite_pictures_seen_of_hizbullah_base_on_syrian_soil.html News Sat, 29 May 2010 06:04:00 -0600 Hizbullah terrorists are running weapons to Lebanon from secret arms depots in Syria where the terrorists have been accorded their own living quarters, arms storage site and a fleet of trucks, according to the London Times, which claims to have been shown satellite images of one of the compounds. It is said to be situated near the town of Adra, northeast of Damascus http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/demonstrators_denied_permit_for_wtc_mosque_protest_at_zuccotti_p.html News Sat, 29 May 2010 05:31:00 -0600 The right to protest. It is guaranteed in the First Amendment, the same one that ensures freedom of religion, with no asterisk that says “*except for Islam.” It is the same amendment that allows a strip joint and a porno shop to exist a couple of blocks from hallowed ground. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/detroit_transit_sued_for_nixing_leaving_islam_ad.html News Fri, 28 May 2010 08:40:00 -0600 A bus-ad campaign that seeks to offer resources to those considering leaving Islam already has stirred up controversy in Miami and New York, but its next city may create the most fireworks - Detroit, the U.S. metropolitan area with the heaviest concentration of Middle Easterners. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/italy_grants_political_asylum_to_jailed_imam.html News Fri, 28 May 2010 08:15:00 -0600 The Italian government has granted political asylum to a former imam of Milan's central mosque who was recently jailed on terrorism charges, unnamed sources in the interior ministry have told Adnkronos. Radical preacher Abu Imad was arrested in April after Italy's top appeals court upheld a previous sentence and jailed him for 44 months. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/terror_strikes_lahore_hostage_situation_in_mosques.html News Fri, 28 May 2010 08:09:00 -0600 Over a 1000 people are believed to have been rescued so far. Atleast 30 people are feared dead. The death toll could rise. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/afghan_police_say_pakistani_taliban_chief_killed.html News Fri, 28 May 2010 06:55:00 -0600 A senior Pakistan Taliban leader may have been killed in a clash with Afghan forces near the border, a senior Afghan police officer said on Thursday, in what would be a major victory for Swat Valley security forces. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/australia_sees_islamic_finance_changes_in_2011.html News Fri, 28 May 2010 06:47:00 -0600 Australia will outline laws in the second half of 2011 to equalize the tax treatment of Islamic finance and conventional banking, a government official said on Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/indian_train_blast_kills_at_least_65.html News Fri, 28 May 2010 05:12:00 -0600 Rebels suspected of derailing passenger train causing crash. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_s_preferred_spies_arab_citizens_of_israel.html News Fri, 28 May 2010 04:59:00 -0600 Hizbullah is increasing its efforts to recruit Arab citizens of Israel as spies, according to a report compiled by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet). http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/islamists_torch_summer_camp_in_gaza.html News Thu, 27 May 2010 06:02:00 -0600 Ultra-fundamentalist militia claims UNRWA-run camp immoral. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/yemeni_cleric_calls_for_killing_us_civilians.html News Thu, 27 May 2010 05:47:00 -0600 CAIRO – A U.S.-born cleric who has encouraged Muslims to kill American soldiers called for the killing of U.S. civilians in his first video released by a Yemeni offshoot of al-Qaida, providing the most overt link yet between the radical preacher and the terror group. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/icc_asks_security_council_for_sudan_intervention.html News Thu, 27 May 2010 05:34:00 -0600 The International Criminal Court will ask the UN Security Council to intervene given Sudan's "lack of cooperation" in pursuing two senior government allies for alleged war crimes, according to a court document seen Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/manhunt_following_reported_terrorist_attempt.html News Thu, 27 May 2010 05:20:00 -0600 Police began a major manhunt in the Tel Aviv region Wednesday following reports of an attempted terrorist attack. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_and_russia_clash_in_worst_row_for_years.html News Wed, 26 May 2010 17:34:00 -0600 Iran and Russia clashed on Wednesday over Kremlin support for draft U.N. sanctions against the Islamic Republic, in one of the worst rows between the two powers since the Cold War. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_doctrine_to_make_clear_no_war_on_islam.html News Wed, 26 May 2010 17:17:00 -0600 President Barack Obama's new national security doctrine will make clear that the United States does not consider itself to be at war with Islam, a top adviser said on Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/tibi_denies_saying_we_ll_pressure_gilad_shalit_despite_video.html News Wed, 26 May 2010 16:47:00 -0600 MK Ahmed Tibi denied Wednesday that he had threatened "we will put pressure on Gilad Shalit" if prisoners are worsened through Knesset legislation. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/air_force_strikes_back_at_hamas_bombs_terror_tunnels.html News Wed, 26 May 2010 16:36:00 -0600 The Israeli Air Force bombed two terror tunnels before dawn Wednesday, several hours after two mortar shells struck in one areas south of Ashkelon and after a bomb exploded near the Gaza security fence. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran-brazil-turkey_uranium_deal_is_an_act_of_deception.html News Wed, 26 May 2010 16:26:00 -0600 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu broke his silence Tuesday regarding Iran's enriched uranium deal with Turkey, calling it “an act of deception.” Until this statement, the Israeli government had offered no official comment on the deal, apparently preferring to let other countries react to it first. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_to_obama_accept_nuke_deal.html News Wed, 26 May 2010 09:05:00 -0600 Ahmadinejad also rebukes Russia for support of new UN sanctions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/nyc_board_oks_ground_zero_mosque.html News Wed, 26 May 2010 08:52:00 -0600 After hours of contentious public comment, a New York City community board voted late Tuesday to support a plan to build a mosque and cultural center near ground zero. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_threatens_to_sink_israel-bound_ships.html News Wed, 26 May 2010 08:40:00 -0600 Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah threatened Tuesday that his guerrilla army would sink all vessels sailing into Israel's waters in any future war. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/flotilla_organizers_promote_agenda_not_aid.html News Wed, 26 May 2010 08:26:00 -0600 The Foreign Ministry says organizers of a flotilla hoping to force its way into Gaza are more interested in promoting their political agenda than offering aid to the region's residents. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/secret_saudi_document_shows_kingdom_linked_with_al-qaeda_terror.html News Wed, 26 May 2010 08:17:00 -0600 An Iraqi news agency has revealed more evidence linking Saudi Arabia with terror. The Buratha news service published what it said it is a secret document disclosing how much money the Saudi kingdom has transferred to Al-Qaeda in Iraq. The kingdom reportedly sends explosives and weapons to terrorist groups in Iraq. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hitler_fashion_billboards_outrage_italians.html News Wed, 26 May 2010 08:11:00 -0600 Italians are furious over an image of a pink-clad Adolf Hitler on billboards promoting a fashion campaign in Sicily, Italy, where World War II partisans fought fascism. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/new_yorkers_plan_to_fight_mosque_near_ground_zero.html News Tue, 25 May 2010 06:19:00 -0600 A growing rage is gripping New Yorkers over plans to build a 13-story mosque just two blocks away from the site of the worst terror attack ever perpetrated on U.S. soil. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gaza_terrorists_attack_un_children_s_camp_warn_aid_director.html News Tue, 25 May 2010 06:10:00 -0600 Gaza terrorists raided a United Nations beachside children’s summer camp Sunday and left death threat warnings for John Ging, the head of U.N. Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) Gaza operations. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_portrays_israel_as_enemy_in_training_maneuvers.html News Tue, 25 May 2010 05:58:00 -0600 The Egyptian military completed large scale training maneuvers in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday. The official Middle East News Agency said the weeklong maneuvers – code-named "Badr-2010" – included an exercise to cross the Suez Canal as well as a simulation of an offensive thrust deep into what is termed as "enemy"- i.e. Israeli- territory. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/member_knesset_tibi_is_siding_with_hamas.html News Tue, 25 May 2010 05:45:00 -0600 MK Ahmed Tibi spoke Sunday to Channel 1 news and warned, “If you increase the pressure on prisoners, we will increase the pressure on Gilad Shalit.” The statement was made in an interview with Uri Levy. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jerusalem_arabs_plotted_to_aid_hamas_prisoners.html News Tue, 25 May 2010 05:37:00 -0600 Eight Arab residents of Jerusalem, a Gaza resident, and an Arab citizen of Israel have been arrested for helping Hamas circumvent Israeli law in order to pay terrorists in Israeli prisons. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/for_every_israeli_concession_a_palestinian_provocation.html News Tue, 25 May 2010 05:29:00 -0600 “We are seeing a process in which every time we make another concession, we are spat upon in return,” says a top Yesha Council leader. “After Netanyahu’s two-state declaration, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/yemeni_tribesmen_kidnap_us_couple_near_sanaa.html News Mon, 24 May 2010 08:55:00 -0600 Armed Yemeni tribesmen kidnapped two U.S. tourists, a husband and wife, near the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday and were demanding the release of a jailed relative, Yemeni security officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_arrests_returns_egyptian_officer.html News Mon, 24 May 2010 08:31:00 -0600 Hamas's Fathi Hamad, who holds the Interior Ministry portfolio, reported that Hamas security forces arrested an Egyptian officer who infiltrated the Gaza Strip in order to gather information. The officer has been returned to Egypt, and Hamas has asked Egyptian authorities to establish a security committee to coordinate between the parties. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/controversy_over_child_labor_in_gaza_tunnels.html News Mon, 24 May 2010 08:21:00 -0600 The tunnel trade in southern Gaza is increasingly drawing controversy over its use of child workers. The dangerous smuggling tunnels leading from southern Gaza to Egypt have cost several Gaza children their lives. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_asks_for_ties_with_obama_as_it_sends_killers_to_israel.html News Mon, 24 May 2010 08:13:00 -0600 The Hamas de facto government in Gaza seeks direct ties with the United States government. According to the Arab newspaper A-Sharq Al-Awsat, Hamas conveyed the message to a delegation of US political activists and members of academe, and asked them to relay it to President Barack Obama's administration. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_hypes_new_jihad_tourist_center.html News Mon, 24 May 2010 08:04:00 -0600 Hizbullah guerrillas are promoting themselves to the folks at home, and winning credibility and legitimacy in the process, with weekly tours of southern Lebanon in what the group is calling “Jihad Tourism.” The tours were created to mark the 10th anniversary of Israel's pullout from the area. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/somali_rebels_launch_attack_on_presidency.html News Sun, 23 May 2010 06:57:00 -0600 Somalia's al-Qaeda-inspired Shabab rebels attacked the presidential palace in Mogadishu overnight, sparking a battle that left at least 14 civilians dead, officials and witnesses said Sunday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/well-bred_muslim_urges_more_fort_hood-style_murders.html News Sun, 23 May 2010 06:42:00 -0600 A U.S.-born Muslim cleric urges Muslims in the United States Army to kill their comrades before they take part in military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_advisor_warm_words_for_saudi_arabia_hizbullah_al-quds.html News Sun, 23 May 2010 06:33:00 -0600 John Brennan, Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security, called Jerusalem “Al-Quds,” praised Saudi Arabian religious tolerance, and is encouraging of Hizbullah. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_predicted_to_enter_lebanon_if_iran_gets_nukes.html News Sun, 23 May 2010 06:22:00 -0600 An experts' simulation of a scenario in which Iran obtains nuclear weapons predicted that the United States would wind up entering Lebanon. The simulation was held at the Lauder School of Government in the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center earlier this week. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/terror_teddy_bear_teaches_martyrdom.html News Sun, 23 May 2010 06:13:00 -0600 Hamas continues to educate children to become “martyrs” who die while waging war on Israel. In one of the latest episodes of its children's television show, Pioneers of Tomorrow, the terrorism-loving teddy bear Nassur urges children to sacrifice themselves, and a caller assures them that if they become martyrs, they will go to Paradise. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/23_killed_55_injured_in_central_iraq_car_bomb.html News Sat, 22 May 2010 05:44:00 -0600 A car bomb ripped through an Iraqi market on Friday, killing at least 23 people in the third major attack in 11 days, two months after a general election failed to result in a new government. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/kiir_swears_in_1st_south_sudan_elected_president.html News Sat, 22 May 2010 05:35:00 -0600 The president of the autonomous region of south Sudan was sworn in on Friday, after being declared winner last month in the country's first competitive elections in more than two decades, as Darfur rebels said they have killed 200 in clashes with army. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hezbollah_mobilizes_thousands_for_israel_drill.html News Sat, 22 May 2010 05:27:00 -0600 Hezbollah mobilized thousands of fighters in southern Lebanon on Friday in response to week-long Israeli defense exercises due to kick off on Sunday, an official from the Shiite armed group said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/new_nile_agreement_a_wake-up_call_for_egypt.html News Fri, 21 May 2010 06:41:00 -0600 A new agreement by five African states on Nile water sharing has been a wake-up call for Egypt, which has long considered the river its own, analysts say. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/australia_lawmakers_vote_down_burka_ban.html News Fri, 21 May 2010 06:32:00 -0600 Lawmakers in Australia's most populous state voted against banning the burka Thursday, with one accusing the Christian MP who moved the bill of stigmatizing Muslims, as city authorities in Brussels banned a protest against a ban against wearing the full-face Islamic veil in public. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_blasts_terror_tunnels.html News Fri, 21 May 2010 06:19:00 -0600 The Air Force demolished a tunnel in northern Gaza early on Friday morning. The tunnel, built one kilometer from the Gaza security fence, was to be used by terrorists to infiltrate southern Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/eu_diplomat_quits_delegation_over_anti-israel_propaganda.html News Fri, 21 May 2010 06:11:00 -0600 Italian Member of European Parliament Gabriele Albertini, a senior foreign relations official, has stepped out of a delegation to Israel, calling the delegations planned trip an “anti-Israel propaganda mission.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/france_makes_way_for_new_mega-mosque.html News Thu, 20 May 2010 07:43:00 -0600 French Muslims celebrate a milestone on Thursday when building work begins on a mega-mosque in Marseille, the nation's biggest and a potent symbol of Islam's place in modern France. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/after_facebook_pakistan_shuts_down_youtube.html News Thu, 20 May 2010 07:27:00 -0600 Pakistan has blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube indefinitely in a bid to contain "blasphemous" material, officials said on Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_may_strip_citizenship_from_intermarried_couples.html News Thu, 20 May 2010 07:05:00 -0600 The Egyptian High Court is considering a move to strip citizenship from men who marry Israeli women, despite its 30-year-old peace treaty with Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_joins_pro-muslim_alliance_of_civilizations.html News Thu, 20 May 2010 06:56:00 -0600 The Obama administration has announced the United States will join the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, another openly anti-Israel organization. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pakistan_bans_facebook_over_prophet_cartoons.html News Wed, 19 May 2010 15:30:00 -0600 The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directed Internet service providers to block Facebook indefinitely on Wednesday because of an online competition to draw the Prophet Mohammad http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/anti-qaeda_sunni_imams_slaughtered_in_iraq_military.html News Wed, 19 May 2010 14:55:00 -0600 Two Sunni Arab imams were brutally killed on Monday in Iraq, including one who was decapitated and had his head planted on a power pole, in attacks blamed on Al-Qaeda, military officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/delhi_cm_fears_trouble_if_afzal_is_hanged.html News Wed, 19 May 2010 14:32:00 -0600 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's mercy petition has been sent back by the Delhi government on Wednesday to Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna with the Delhi government fearing ant-social elements may try and foment communal trouble in some parts of the national capital. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/french_cabinet_approves_burqa_ban_draft_law.html News Wed, 19 May 2010 14:25:00 -0600 The French cabinet approved a draft law to ban the Muslim full-face veil from public spaces on Wednesday, opening the way for the text to go before parliament in July. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/taliban_attack_biggest_nato_base_in_afghanistan.html News Wed, 19 May 2010 14:10:00 -0600 Taliban gunmen armed with rockets and grenades attacked the largest NATO base in Afghanistan at dawn Wednesday, sparking hours of clashes that killed 11 militants and wounded nine soldiers. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iraq_arrests_al-qaeda_terrorist_in_plot_to_blow_up_world_cup.html News Tue, 18 May 2010 07:12:00 -0600 Iraqi security forces have arrested a former Saudi colonel who plotted with Al-Qaeda’s number two terrorist to blow up the World Cup in South Africa next month. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/anti-zionists_firebomb_kristallnacht_synagogue_demand_pa_peace.html News Tue, 18 May 2010 07:00:00 -0600 Anti-Zionists firebombed a rebuilt 11th-century Worms, Germany synagogue earlier this week and left behind letters in broken German stating, “As you don't leave the Palestinians in peace, we won't let you in peace." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_boycott_of_yesha_goes_door-to-door.html News Tue, 18 May 2010 06:52:00 -0600 The Palestinian Authority is launching a door-to-door campaign Tuesday to convince Arabs to boycott Jewish-grown produce and Jewish goods from Judea and Samaria, but some observers say it may scuttle the chances for peace. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_prepared_to_block_gulf_oil_and_wreck_western_economies.html News Tue, 18 May 2010 06:43:00 -0600 Iran’s recently-concluded war games concentrated on preparations to block the Persian Gulf and wreck Western economies in the event that the United Nations Security Council tries to place harsh sanctions against it. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_expels_residents_demolishes_dozens_of_arab_homes.html News Tue, 18 May 2010 06:30:00 -0600 Hamas police beat and forcibly removed residents from their homes in a southern Gaza city, and the buildings were then demolished by bulldozers. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/16_killed_after_attack_on_parliament_in_somali_capital_as_lawmak.html News Mon, 17 May 2010 07:15:00 -0600 Islamic insurgents attacked a building in the Somali capital where parliament was meeting Sunday for the first time this year, pounding the area with mortars. At least 16 civilians were killed in the fighting that ensued, a medical official said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_to_israelis_go_back_to_europe.html News Mon, 17 May 2010 06:59:00 -0600 As Palestinian Authority officials agree to indirect "proximity" peace talks with Israel, PA television sends a different message. A broadcast that was repeated twice last week called on Israelis to “return” to Europe and Ethiopia, so that PA Arabs can “return” to Israeli cities such as Akko (Acre), Haifa and Jerusalem. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_media_cheer_obama_for_de-linking_muslims_from_terror.html News Mon, 17 May 2010 06:52:00 -0600 A leading international Arab newspaper has hailed U.S. President Barack Obama for officially removing the description “Muslim terrorist” as part of his campaign “to reach out to the Muslim world.” The op-ed did not note the radical Muslim bacgkround of the terrorists and reasoned they are equal to other terrorists whose religion is not connected with their acts. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/italian_mp_and_french_professor_best_jcall_petition.html News Mon, 17 May 2010 06:45:00 -0600 There is a war being waged on the Internet over a petition sent around the world wide web and to the European Parliament by a group of French intellectuals. Entitled "A Call for Sanity", it called on Israel to freeze “settlements.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_brazil_in_talks_to_resolve_nuclear_impasse.html News Sun, 16 May 2010 08:10:00 -0600 Talks seen as Iran's "last chance" to resolve its nuclear dispute with the West started in Tehran on Sunday between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Brazilian counterpart, state media reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ground_zero_mosque_plans_prompt_anger.html News Sun, 16 May 2010 08:01:00 -0600 An ambitious plan to build a mosque next to New York's Ground Zero is prompting hope -- and anger -- in a city scarred by terrorism. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/attack_on_swedish_cartoonist_s_home.html News Sun, 16 May 2010 07:49:00 -0600 Attempted arson attack on home of artist who drew Prophet Muhammad. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/un_elects_rights_violators_to_human_rights_council.html News Sun, 16 May 2010 07:40:00 -0600 Libya, Angola and Malaysia win seats in an uncontested election. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/suspected_militants_kidnap_60_in_nw_pakistan.html News Sat, 15 May 2010 17:50:00 -0600 Suspected militants dressed as policemen kidnapped about 60 people in troubled northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, government and police officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_cleric_calls_for_greater_iran.html News Sat, 15 May 2010 17:33:00 -0600 Shi'ite Islamic union would stretch from Afghanistan to Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/rights_groups_oppose_prospect_of_libya_qatar_joining_unhrc.html News Sat, 15 May 2010 08:15:00 -0600 Plans to elect two Arab states with poor rights records draw a flurry of criticism. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sweden_expels_syrian_diplomat_tried_to_kidnap_his_daughter.html News Fri, 14 May 2010 22:08:00 -0600 A prosecutor says Sweden has expelled a Syrian diplomat in an alleged plot to abduct his daughter and bring her out of the Scandinavian country. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pakistan_s_taliban_warns_of_more_attacks_in_us.html News Fri, 14 May 2010 22:00:00 -0600 Pakistani Taliban militants have warned America that it will soon "burn" while calling for Pakistan's rulers to be overthrown for following "America's agenda." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/four_african_countries_sign_new_nile_treaty.html News Fri, 14 May 2010 21:48:00 -0600 Four African countries on Friday signed a new treaty on the equitable sharing of the Nile waters despite strong opposition from Egypt and Sudan who have the lion's share of the river waters. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/qaeda_in_iraq_names_new_war_minister.html News Fri, 14 May 2010 21:41:00 -0600 A new "war minister" has been named for the al-Qaeda front organization in Iraq following the deaths last month of two top leaders, an Internet monitoring group reported on Friday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/new_york_bomb_scare_called_off.html News Fri, 14 May 2010 11:55:00 -0600 New York City police have called off a bomb scare in New York after cordoning off Union Square following the discovery two gas canisters in a suspicious vehicle parked in Union Square in downtown Manhattan http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jfk_airport_security_fiasco_guns_swords_in_baggage.html News Fri, 14 May 2010 11:46:00 -0600 Egyptian authorities were amazed Wednesday to have found handguns, swords and daggers in one U.S. passenger's luggage. The traveler was detained in Cairo upon his arrival from New York's JFK International Airport after his baggage was found to contain weapons and ammunition. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/replace_israel_with_islamic_caliphate.html News Fri, 14 May 2010 11:28:00 -0600 Israel should be integrated into an Islamic Caliphate, and Hamas and Hizbullah should be respected as legitimate political movements, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/the_next_lebanon_war.html News Fri, 14 May 2010 11:19:00 -0600 A report by TIME Magazine this week warns that "the next Lebanon War" is on the horizon, but contends that although the Hizbullah terrorist organization and Israel are both fully prepared for war, neither side is looking forward to the eventuality. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_muslim_envoy_representing_who.html News Fri, 14 May 2010 11:11:00 -0600 Controversial U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference Rashad Hussein is back in the spotlight over an interview published Monday in the English-language edition of the Arabic international daily Asharq Al-Awsat. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/if_jews_don_t_enroll_arabs_will_take_over.html News Fri, 14 May 2010 10:57:00 -0600 Haifa University has decided, under pressure, to prevent Sheikh Kamel Hatib of the Islamic Movement in Israel from speaking – but students say it might be too little, too late. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/stop_muslim_temple_mount_denial_barbaric_digs.html News Thu, 13 May 2010 12:27:00 -0600 Dr. Gabi Barkai, senior lecturer at Bar Ilan University and recipient of the Jerusalem Prize for Archaeology, says Israelis must demand that Israeli antiquities law be enforced at Israel's most important archaeological site– the Temple Mount. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/no_zionist_enemy_products.html News Thu, 13 May 2010 12:19:00 -0600 It's not only the Palestinian Authority, and it's not only against the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Jordan, too, has quasi-officially announced a boycott on all Israeli-made products. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arms_plane_was_bound_for_hamas.html News Wed, 12 May 2010 06:45:00 -0600 In Japan, Lieberman says new 'Axis of Evil' supports arms smuggling. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_looks_to_obama_as_savior.html News Wed, 12 May 2010 06:22:00 -0600 Roadside signs have cropped up across the Palestinian Authority over the past few days, confirming many Israelis' fears that U.S. President Obama is actually not on Israel's side. The signs read: "Barack Obama, free us from slavery, occupation and the settlements." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_warns_off_us_plane_during_persian_gulf_war_games.html News Wed, 12 May 2010 06:15:00 -0600 Iranian military planes warned off a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft near the Islamic Republic’s war games in the Persian Gulf that conclude Wednesday (today), according to the semi-official Fars news agency. American officials have not commented. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/cairo_extends_emergency_law_for_two_years.html News Tue, 11 May 2010 20:20:00 -0600 Egypt's parliament voted on Tuesday to extend a decades-old state of emergency for a further two years, the official MENA news agency reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/french_parliament_unanimously_bans_burka.html News Tue, 11 May 2010 19:35:00 -0600 The French parliament on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the full-face Islamic veil as an affront to the nation's values, setting the stage for a law banning it. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sudan_asks_interpol_to_arrest_rebel_chief.html News Tue, 11 May 2010 19:27:00 -0600 Sudan's justice minister has asked Interpol to arrest the leader of Darfur's most powerful rebel group, state media said on Monday, a step likely to dash hopes of progress in a faltering peace process. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_conducts_major_military_drill.html News Tue, 11 May 2010 19:10:00 -0600 As Iran's military conducted military drills in the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu blamed Iran for provoking a war between Israel and Syria, and said Israel has no intention of attacking its neighbors. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/russia_wants_to_build_nuclear_plants_in_syria.html News Tue, 11 May 2010 19:01:00 -0600 Russia, which is helping Iran build nuclear plants, now wants to add Syria to its list of investments in atomic energy while the US enlists support for the idea of making Middle East free of nuclear weapons. Israel is the only country in the region that is thought to have nuclear weapon capability, but Syria is suspected of having tried to build a nuclear warhead. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_mk_tried_to_stymie_israel_s_acceptance_into_oecd.html News Tue, 11 May 2010 18:50:00 -0600 The chairman of the Israeli-Arab “Balad” party, MK Jamal Zekhalke, wrote a letter to the head of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), asking him not to admit Israel into the body. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/france_moves_closer_to_ok_burka-ban_in_public.html News Tue, 11 May 2010 06:53:00 -0600 France will move a step closer towards outlawing the full Islamic veil on Tuesday when parliament adopts a formal resolution condemning the burka as an affront to the nation's values. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/at_least_99_killed_in_attacks_across_iraq.html News Mon, 10 May 2010 16:53:00 -0600 BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a textile factory Monday in a crowd that gathered after two cars bombings at the same spot in the worst of a series of attacks killing nearly 100 across Iraq, the deadliest day this year. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_primed_for_war_on_iran.html News Mon, 10 May 2010 16:39:00 -0600 Border wars seen preparing Israeli jets to take on Iran http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/syria_russia_upgrade_ties_israel_fears_more_arms_for_hizbullah.html News Mon, 10 May 2010 16:24:00 -0600 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is visiting Syria for the first time Monday night as the two countries upgrade trade ties despite American disapproval of Syria’s supplying Hizbullah terrorists with missiles. Medvedev's arrival in Damascus comes hours after he hosted President Shimon Peres during a three-day visit. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gunmen_bombs_kill_40_in_broad_assault_in_iraq.html News Mon, 10 May 2010 07:20:00 -0600 Gunmen using weapons fitted with silencers attacked checkpoints and suicide bombers targeted shoppers in a marketplace as insurgents launched assaults in Iraq on Monday that killed at least 40 people and wounded 100 more. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/oecd_accepts_israel_as_member.html News Mon, 10 May 2010 06:41:00 -0600 Steninitz hails decision; Pro-Palestinian groups plan protest. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/attacking_israeli_civilians_-_not_a_war_crime.html News Mon, 10 May 2010 06:29:00 -0600 In the midst of the Cast Lead counterterror offensive in late 2008 and early 2009, the Israeli Arab group Ittijah accused Israel of war crimes and called to put Israeli leaders on trial. The organization, which serves as an umbrella group for dozens of Arab non-profits, also accused Israel of genocide. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iaf_responds_to_fire_blasts_terror_sites.html News Mon, 10 May 2010 06:23:00 -0600 The Air Force demolished two targets in southern Gaza early on Monday morning. The targets, part of Gaza's terrorist infrastructure, were destroyed in response to a Saturday night rocket attack. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_fights_to_keep_israel_out_of_oecd.html News Mon, 10 May 2010 06:15:00 -0600 The Palestinian Authority has sent a letter to OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) nations asking them to reject Israel as a member. Israel is due to join the organization this summer, according to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/man_arrested_in_karachi_airport_security_alert.html News Sun, 09 May 2010 20:39:00 -0600 A man has been held at Karachi airport after batteries and an electrical circuit were found in his shoes as he tried to board a plane, reports say. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jihad_dad_wins_right_to_stay_on_uk_as_kids_are_settled.html News Sun, 09 May 2010 20:28:00 -0600 With his children settled in Britain, an al Qaeda terror suspect has won the right to stay on in the country because of a case against him that dragged on for too long. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/taliban_behind_times_sq_attack.html News Sun, 09 May 2010 20:15:00 -0600 US Attorney General says evidence links Shahzad with Pakistani group. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_bans_foreign_words_on_public_signs.html News Sun, 09 May 2010 20:01:00 -0600 The Iranian government has banned the use of foreign words in commercials, the names of movies and on billboards, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_hangs_five_for_being_enemies_of_allah.html News Sun, 09 May 2010 07:42:00 -0600 Iran hanged on Sunday five people, including a Kurdish woman, convicted of bombing government offices and a gas pipeline to Turkey and described as "enemies of Allah", state media reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_s_un_dinner_fails_to_break_nuclear_deadlock.html News Sun, 09 May 2010 07:34:00 -0600 A surprise, high-profile U.N. dinner failed to break the deadlock with Iran over its nuclear plans as the United States called it a "missed opportunity" and kept up the pressure Friday for U.N. sanctions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/severe_consequences_if_us_attacked.html News Sun, 09 May 2010 07:24:00 -0600 The United States has warned of "severe consequences" if a successful extremist attack in America were traced back to Pakistan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_bars_israeli_doctor_from_int_l_conference_in_cairo.html News Sun, 09 May 2010 07:12:00 -0600 Egypt has barred an Israeli hematology expert from attending an international conference set to take place this month in Cairo despite the longstanding peace treaty between the two nations. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israeli_arab_incitement_over_temple_mount.html News Sun, 09 May 2010 07:02:00 -0600 Israeli Arabs, along with the entire Arab world, have escalated a propaganda campaign to stir up agitation as great or greater than that of the PA, while Israel complains to the United States that the Palestinian Authority is guilty of incitement against Israel. The Israeli government has raised the issue of the PA with U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, but the other provocations are far beyond his reach. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gaza_terrorists_fire_rocket_at_negev.html News Sat, 08 May 2010 21:12:00 -0600 Terrorists fired a Kassam rocket at southern Israel on Saturday night. The rocket, fired from northern Gaza, exploded in an area south of Ashkelon. No injuries or damage were reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/belgium_analyses_video_threat_over_muslim_veil_ban.html News Sat, 08 May 2010 13:28:00 -0600 Belgian authorities are analysing a video containing threats to attack the country and other European states if they enforce a ban on full face veils, government officials said on Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/doctors_without_borders_clinic_attacked_in_somalia.html News Sat, 08 May 2010 13:19:00 -0600 Officials with the aid group Doctors Without Borders say they do not know why Islamist insurgents attacked one of the group's clinics near the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The attack Wednesday forced the clinic to shut down. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/new_yorkers_wary_of_future_ground_zero_mosque.html News Sat, 08 May 2010 13:13:00 -0600 Imam: 13-Story, $100 Million Facility Would Further Prove American Religious Tolerance, But Not All Onboard http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkish_lawmakers_ok_constitutional_amendments.html News Sat, 08 May 2010 12:33:00 -0600 The Turkish parliament narrowly approved Friday a series of constitutional amendments that opposition parties say are designed to give the Islamic-rooted government leverage over the largely secular judiciary. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hezbollah_says_it_s_ready_for_fresh_war_with_israel.html News Sat, 08 May 2010 12:21:00 -0600 Driving through Hezbollah's stronghold in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, a veteran fighter says the militant group has made significant military advances since their last war with Israel in 2006: 'We have many other surprises for the Israelis.' http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/moroccan_islamist_party_calls_for_elton_john_ban.html News Sat, 08 May 2010 11:58:00 -0600 Morocco's main Islamist opposition party has called for gay singer Elton John to be banned from performing at a festival in Rabat later this month, a party leader said Friday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/taliban_cut_off_hands_of_three_pakistan_tribesmen.html News Fri, 07 May 2010 07:19:00 -0600 Pakistani Taliban facing a fierce government military operation in a tribal area severed the right hands of three alleged thieves after a Taliban Islamic court found them guilty. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/man_dressed_in_burka_robs_jewelers_in_uk.html News Fri, 07 May 2010 07:10:00 -0600 Police seek information on robbery http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bin_laden_is_in_us_not_in_tehran.html News Fri, 07 May 2010 07:01:00 -0600 Iranian leader says Qaeda leader living in Washington http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turks_help_hamas_welcome_anti-israel_ships.html News Fri, 07 May 2010 06:35:00 -0600 Turkish aid is instrumental in helping Hamas clean and prepare the Gaza port, in preparation for the arrival of the anti-Israel protest flotilla later this month. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pork_test_to_bust_cheats_in_muslim_kazakhstan.html News Thu, 06 May 2010 05:59:00 -0600 Plastic-stick test detects molecules found only in pork, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/damascus_slams_us_sanctions.html News Thu, 06 May 2010 05:47:00 -0600 Syrian FM says Washington "lost its credibility." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/abbas_calls_israel_extremist_netanyahu_to_meet_mitchell.html News Thu, 06 May 2010 05:13:00 -0600 Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that the Israeli government is “extremist” and must halt all building for Jews on land claimed by the PA before it agrees to American-mediated talks. Asked if he would sit down to talk if Israel continues to build Jewish homes on land claimed by the PA, Abbas said, “Certainly not. This is our land.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/university_of_gaza_greenhouse_for_hamas_terror.html News Thu, 06 May 2010 05:03:00 -0600 University of Gaza students affiliated with Hamas used chains and knives to attack Fatah supporters several days ago, sending several students to the hospital. The incident is a footnote in a long-standing atmosphere of Jihadist education at the university, which maintains that it is an academic institution like any other. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/italian_police_fine_muslim_woman_over_burka.html News Tue, 04 May 2010 09:49:00 -0600 Italian police fined a Muslim woman for wearing a full Islamic veil in a street in the northern city of Novara; possibly the first such incident in Italy, city officials said Tuesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/elton_john_banned_from_egypt.html News Tue, 04 May 2010 09:30:00 -0600 Openly gay singer won't be allowed to hold private show. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_photographed_us_ship_in_close_encounter_in_persian_gulf.html News Tue, 04 May 2010 09:20:00 -0600 An Iranian military plane recently came within 1,000 yards of a U.S. Navy ship in the Persian Gulf in what American officials said was a "close encounter". The report was made public on Monday the day before, Tehran announced more “war games” to be held in the Gulf starting this week, this time to go on for eight days. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/times_square_bombing_suspect_arrested_trying_to_flee_us.html News Tue, 04 May 2010 07:08:00 -0600 U.S. authorities have arrested a suspect trying to flee the country after last week's attempted car bomb in New York City's Times Square. Shahzad Faisal, a U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent, was arrested by Customs and Border Protection officers Monday night at JFK International Airport in New York. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fifa_reverses_hijab_ban_after_iranian_protest.html News Tue, 04 May 2010 06:59:00 -0600 The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) had earlier banned Iran's female football squad from wearing the hijab at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, slated for August 14-26 in Singapore. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_links_de-nuking_israel_with_removing_iranian_threat.html News Tue, 04 May 2010 06:49:00 -0600 The United States, which already has tied Israel’s agreeing to Palestinian Authority demands with solving the Iranian nuclear threat, now cites Israel’s nuclear arsenal as the key. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_britain_and_france_disengage_ahmadinejad.html News Tue, 04 May 2010 06:40:00 -0600 The United States, Britain and France led a walkout on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the U.N. nuclear non-proliferation conference Monday as he accused countries with nuclear weapons of threatening those without them. "How can the United States be a member of the board of governors when it used nuclear weapons against Japan," he said http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_syria_turkey_cementing_ties.html News Tue, 04 May 2010 06:32:00 -0600 Iran made a point of declaring its solidarity with both Syria and Turkey in recent days, on the heels of joint Turkish-Syrian military exercises. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/delhi_on_high_alert_as_embassies_warn_of_attack.html News Sun, 02 May 2010 08:30:00 -0600 Thousands of police and paramilitary troops guarded New Delhi's markets and shopping centers Sunday after foreign embassies in India issued warnings of imminent militant attacks. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/somali_insurgents_take_hold_of_pirate_haven.html News Sun, 02 May 2010 08:21:00 -0600 Hizbul Islam seizr Haradheere, want part in lucrative trade http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/syria_accuses_us_of_scud_slander.html News Sun, 02 May 2010 07:58:00 -0600 Peres: We Know for a Fact http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_on_high_gaza_alert.html News Sun, 02 May 2010 07:50:00 -0600 Egypt has placed its forces on the Gaza border on high alert, suspecting that Gaza Arabs will once again overrun the border. More than 2,000 Arabs in Hamas-run Gaza held May Day demonstrations on Saturday, protesting both Israel’s and Egypt’s tight border crossings. The protests were held near the Erez crossing with Israel and the Rafiah border with Egypt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arabs_adds_conditions_to_talks_but_show_will_go_on.html News Sun, 02 May 2010 07:44:00 -0600 Hours after the Arab League supported U.S.-mediated talks with Israel, it began adding conditions, but no one apparently wants to be accused of saying ”no,” and the discussions are scheduled to resume, possibly this week. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/failed_car_bomb_forces_times_square_evacuation.html News Sun, 02 May 2010 07:37:00 -0600 A catastrophe was avoided at Times Square late Saturday night when an apparent car bomb failed to blow up after a small mini-explosion that occurred when the device failed to detonate as planned. Police evacuated the crowded square on what usually is the busiest night on Broadway. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkey_on_us_watch_list_for_violating_religious_freedoms.html News Sat, 01 May 2010 18:18:00 -0600 Turkey remains on a US panel's watch list of 12 countries for its violations of religious freedoms, Today's Zaman daily newspaper reports. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/france_plans_to_jail_burka-enforcers.html News Sat, 01 May 2010 18:06:00 -0600 France will jail and impose huge fines on anyone who forces a Muslim woman to wear a full-face veil, as well as fining the wearer, according to leaked extracts of a proposed law published Friday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_nations_back_indirect_talks.html News Sat, 01 May 2010 17:51:00 -0600 US-brokered negotiations to start in wake of Cairo meeting. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/at_least_30_killed_in_somali_mosque.html News Sat, 01 May 2010 17:37:00 -0600 Terrorist group leader said to be inside as bomb explodes. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_we_ll_cut_off_israel_s_legs.html News Sat, 01 May 2010 17:26:00 -0600 Ahmadinejad set to speak at UN nuke conference on May 3 http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/british_student_gang_attacks_deputy_ambassador.html News Sat, 01 May 2010 17:07:00 -0600 Talia Lador-Fresher, Israel's Deputy Ambassador in Britain, was attacked Wednesday night by an angry mob of students following a speech at the University of Manchester. Many of the students who attacked Lador had apparently not listened to her speech, but rather had remained outside the hall waiting for her to exit. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/italy_imam_arrested_in_milan_after_terror_conviction.html News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:46:00 -0600 A radical Muslim preacher was arrested in the northern city of Milan on Thursday, sources close to Milan's Muslim community told Adnkronos International (AKI). Italy's top appeals court on Wednesday jailed Egyptian-born Abu Imad on terrorism charges. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/u_n_elects_iran_to_commission_on_women_s_rights.html News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:24:00 -0600 Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat on the influential human rights body to a theocratic state in which stoning is enshrined in law and lashings are required for women judged "immodest." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/belgian_mps_vote_to_ban_muslim_burka_in_public.html News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:38:00 -0600 Belgian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban the wearing of the Islamic burka in public, paving the way for the first clampdown of its kind in Europe. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lebanese_villagers_kill_murder_suspect_in_mob_vengeance.html News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:12:00 -0600 Egyptian man was arrested on suspicion of killing four members of a local family. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arabs_don_t_want_to_live_in_a_pa_state.html News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:54:00 -0600 Accounts of a two-week-long arrest under cruel conditions and humiliating tax collection practices are indications of the “quality of life” in the Palestinian Authority. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_our_missiles_are_honorable_not_aggressive.html News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:44:00 -0600 Senior Hizbullah official Hassan Fadlallah said Wednesday that his militia's weapons were of the “honorable” type and could not be compared with those of the United States and Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_promotes_female_muslim_entrepreneurs.html News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:44:00 -0600 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday announced business initiatives to benefit women in Muslim countries as part of a broader drive this week to promote U.S.-Muslims economic ties. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/un_human_rights_org_charged_with_anti-semitism.html News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:31:00 -0600 The UN Watch organization has sent a detailed letter to the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights demanding an end to anti-Israel and anti-Semitic discrimination. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_egypt_line_up_against_us_allies_at_un_nuke_meeting.html News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:22:00 -0600 Iran and Egypt are lining up to fight the United States and its allies over Israel at the upcoming United Nations meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_accuses_egypt_of_killing_4_tunnel_smugglers.html News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:13:00 -0600 The Hamas terrorist organization that rules Gaza has accused Egypt of killing four smugglers Wednesday by pumping gas into a tunnel under the border. Six other smugglers were injured. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jewish_hospital_in_tangiers_torn_down.html News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:03:00 -0600 Moroccan Jews fear the local cemetery might be next on the chopping block, after a former Jewish hospital in Tangiers, Morocco was abruptly razed by authorities. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/uscirf_eleventh_annual_report_on_religious_freedom.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:54:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) will release its tenth annual report on nations committing egregious violations of religious freedom on April 29. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/churches_to_confront_shari_a_islamic_law.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:34:00 -0600 Concerned that Christian groups are not fully realizing the threat posed by an expansion of Shari’a (Islamic law) in the West, the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) is calling upon churches to stand against global attempts to enshrine it. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_leader_wants_crucifix_ban_in_germany.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:13:00 -0600 A Muslim politician chosen to become a minister in a German state says she wants to ban crucifixes http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hezbollah_slams_us_accusations_vows_to_keep_arming.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:01:00 -0600 Hezbollah has shot back at US accusations it was stockpiling sophisticated weapons and vowed to continue to build its artillery, in comments published on Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/thousands_of_islamic_extremists_attack_a_christian_center.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:52:00 -0600 Three cars destroyed and some buildings set on fire. The origin of the attack a rumor that Christians wanted to build a chapel within the center. Hundreds of local police fail to stop the raid, but police chief promises justice. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/nigeria_-_investigation_into_senator_s_child_bride.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:43:00 -0600 Nigeria's Senate has ordered an investigation into reports that one of its members has married a 13-year-old Egyptian girl. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/islamic_influence_in_u_s_prisons.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:11:00 -0600 Douglas J.Hagmann, Director of the Northeast Intelligence Network, has written of “extensive” Islamic infiltration into American prison systems. Excerpts from his most recent article on the topic: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iceland_volcano_was_allah_s_punishment_for_infidels_and_polythei.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:18:00 -0600 A Palestinian cleric preaching on Hamas TV said the volcano in Iceland and the volcanic ash that paralyzed European air travel were sent by Allah to punish "Infidels and polytheists with fear and terror." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/nyc_student_pleads_guilty_to_terrorism_charge.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0600 On the eve of his terrorism trial, an American student who studied in London admitted Tuesday that he helped a friend deliver some protective clothing to an al-Qaida military commander fighting Americans in Afghanistan. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/france_arrests_five_over_jihadi_web_posts.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:44:00 -0600 French anti-terror officers arrested five suspected Islamic extremists Tuesday after they allegedly posted comments on radical websites calling for Jihad or Muslim holy war. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/terror_threat_shadows_johannesburg_games.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:49:00 -0600 Ahead of World Cup, groups ranging from Islamic to Afrikaans extremists place SA in precarious position. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_has_one_of_world_s_largest_missile_arsenals.html News Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:40:00 -0600 Syria is helping Hizbullah stockpile “far more rockets and missiles than most governments in the world,” U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday at a joint press conference with visiting Defense Minister Ehud Barak. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_hosts_muslim_entrepreneurs.html News Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:11:00 -0600 U.S. President Barack Obama began a two-day summit Monday bringing together entrepreneurs from dozens of countries, most of them primarily Muslim. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_factions_say_no_to_peace_talks.html News Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:04:00 -0600 Eight Palestinian Authority factions meeting in Syria have rejected peace talks with Israel based on the “two-state solution,” according to Kuwaiti media. Among the factions were Hamas and Islamic Jihad. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/british_al-qaeda_commander_planned_july_7-style_attack_on_new_yo.html News Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:50:00 -0600 A British al-Qaeda commander planned to emulate the July 7 London suicide bombings with a coordinated attack on the New York subway system, it has emerged. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_hosts_muslim_entrepreneurs_at_summit.html News Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:09:00 -0600 U.S. President Barack Obama will lay a key plank of his strategy to mend ties with the Islamic world on Monday when he hosts a summit to boost economic development in Muslim nations. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_foils_gaza_bomb_attempt.html News Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:56:00 -0600 IDF soldiers found three mines Sunday that had been planted next to the Gaza security barrier. The mines were located during a routine security check and were destroyed in a controlled explosion; no injuries were reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_kills_long-wanted_terrorist_murderer_in_hevron.html News Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:47:00 -0600 Israeli forces killed a terrorist this morning who had been wanted for six years for murdering an Israeli policeman. They then razed the building in which he was hiding. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/british_ambassador_in_yemen_ok_after_terror_attack.html News Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:40:00 -0600 A suicide terrorist, assumed to be from Al-Qaeda, detonated himself near the convoy of the British ambassador to Yemen early Monday, but succeeded in killing only himself. British Ambassador to Yemen Tim Torlot was on his way to the embassy in Sanaa when the attack occurred. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jordanian_media_on_alleged_temple.html News Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:24:00 -0600 Petra, the official news agency of the the Jordanian government, recently published a report accusing Israel of “Judaizing” Jerusalem and casting doubt on Jewish history in the Land of Israel. The report also referred to Israelis working in the Old City as “Israeli occupation forces.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/no_sharia_courts.html News Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:47:00 -0600 There are no Sharia courts.. in the narrow sense of the word. But the big brouhaha about Sharia courts in the UK, for example, concerned using Sharia law in the process of arbitration. As this study shows, such arbitration councils exist in the Netherlands. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/80_afghan_schoolgirls_fall_ill_poison_feared.html News Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:51:00 -0600 Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls have fallen ill in recent days after reporting a strange odor in their classrooms in northern Afghanistan, prompting an investigation into whether they were targeted by militants who oppose education for girls or victims of mass hysteria. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_israelis_detained_in_egypt.html News Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:30:00 -0600 Friends of Cyclist Detained by Egypt: 'What's Going On?' http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/historian_details_nazi_outreach_in_arab_world.html News Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:21:00 -0600 During World War II Nazi Germany tried to rally support in the Arab world, often trying to find common ground in anti-Semitism. The extent of the Nazi propaganda in Arabic has been revealed in a book titled Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/armenians_mark_95th_anniversary_of_mass_killing.html News Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:30:00 -0600 Tens of thousands of Armenians on Saturday marked the 95th anniversary of mass killings under the Ottoman Empire amid fresh tensions with Turkey over the collapse of reconciliation efforts. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/french_driver_fined_for_wearing_niqab.html News Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:21:00 -0600 A 31-year-old French woman was fined for wearing a niqab while driving, in a further sign of France's bid to clamp down on the face-covering veil which President Nicolas Sarkozy says demeans women. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_trades_oil_for_enriched_uranium_from_zimbabwe.html News Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:09:00 -0600 Iran last month sealed a secret deal to trade oil for enriched uranium from Zimbabwe, which hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last week, according to the London Telegraph. The deal was signed last month “away from the media glare” when an Iranian minister visited Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, a source from the African country told the newspaper. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/full_body_scanners_useless.html News Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:02:00 -0600 An Israeli security expert told Canadian officials their multi-million-dollar investment in full-body scanners for airports across the country was “useless” and could easily be hoodwinked by terrorists. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/syria_responds_to_stone_age_warning_with_prehistoric_threat.html News Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:48:00 -0600 Syria has threatened it will “send Israel back to prehistoric times” if the Jewish state attacks it with unconventional weapons. Kuwaiti paper Al-Rai quoted on Saturday a source described as being close to the decision-making hub in Syria's leadership as saying that in case of an unconventional Israeli attack, “we will respond in kind.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iranian_nuclear_scientist_seeks_asylum_in_israel.html News Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:40:00 -0600 An Iranian nuclear scientist has asked for asylum in Israel, Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara, of the Druze community, said Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/malaysia_muslims_seek_apology_over_cartoon.html News Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:34:00 -0600 Malaysia's conservative Islamic party PAS Friday demanded those behind the satirical U.S. cartoon show "South Park" apologize to Muslims worldwide over its portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pentagon_rejects_evangelist_who_scorned_islam.html News Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:22:00 -0600 The U.S. Army on Thursday withdrew an invitation to a Christian evangelist to speak at a Pentagon prayer service next month following an outcry over his references to Islam as a violent religion. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iraq_christians_to_erect_rio-like_jesus_statue.html News Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:11:00 -0600 The Christians of northern Iraq have chosen to defy mounting attacks by extremists by erecting a statue of Jesus modeled on the giant Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sharjah_police_hunt_for_unmarried_couples.html News Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:59:00 -0600 Police in the conservative Sharjah emirate are hunting for unmarried couples sharing the same address. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/french_muslims_torn_over_potential_veil_ban.html News Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:48:00 -0600 Muslims in the Arab world are incensed and Muslims in France are walking a delicate line after President Nicolas Sarkozy pushed for an all-out ban on full Islamic veils. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/rocket_dud_possibly_seen_in_red_sea.html News Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:35:00 -0600 Divers at Eilat's coral beach spot suspicious object, tell police. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/major_muslim_group_sets_up_human_rights_division.html News Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:21:00 -0600 Chief of Organization of the Islamic Conference hopes committee will bring about "paradigm shift." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muhammad_now_a_dirty_word_on_south_park.html News Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:47:00 -0600 Now "South Park" can't even say the words "Prophet Muhammad." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_forces_turn_to_hamas.html News Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:38:00 -0600 While Palestinian Authority officials put the focus on winning concessions from Israel, a recent WorldNetDaily report indicates that they may face a greater challenge – http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/netanyahu_no_freeze_in_jerusalem.html News Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:28:00 -0600 In an interview with Channel 2 television news, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that there will not be a construction freeze in Jerusalem, and that there is “a full understanding that there must not be preconditions for http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jordan_rocket_hit_aqaba.html News Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:23:00 -0600 Jordanian Minister of Information Nabil al-Sharif confirmed Thursday evening that a Grad rocket hit the city of Aqaba earlier in the day. Previously, Al-Sharif said only that an explosion had occurred in a warehouse in the city. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arabs_declare_in_jerusalem_we_won_t_give_up_right_of_return.html News Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:14:00 -0600 A day after the State of Israel marked 62 years of independence in the Land of Israel, the Palestine-Israel Journal held a conference dealing with the will of those defined as "Palestinian refugees" to resettle in the land. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_arabs_to_israel_we_ll_take_your_state.html News Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:04:00 -0600 Palestinian Authority Arabs are increasingly rejecting the two-state solution, leaning instead towards turning Israel into a bi-national state governed jointly by Arabs and Jews. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/washington_think_tank_predicts_new_mideast_war.html News Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:33:00 -0600 A U.S.-based think tank has issued a report saying that a new Middle East war may be looming on the horizon. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_rockets_hit_eilat_area.html News Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:29:00 -0600 No casualties, factory sustains minor damage as Katyushas explode on Jordanian side of border; Jordan says attack came from its territory; IDF investigating. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/qur_an_backs_jewish_claims_to_land_of_israel.html News Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:16:00 -0600 A new book shows in detail how the Qur’an (Koran) and Islamic tradition actually uphold the Divine nature of the bonds between the Land of Israel and the Jewish People. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/un_urges_egypt_to_act_against_human_trafficking.html News Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:53:00 -0600 A U.N. expert called on Wednesday for Egypt to take more action to combat human trafficking, laying out a list of social ills running from child labor to sexual exploitation. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_arms_real_danger_to_israel.html News Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:38:00 -0600 Top US senator says there is a high likelihood terror group has Scuds. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_foiled_our_ambush_islamic_jihad.html News Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:27:00 -0600 Hamas, the terror faction that has ruled Gaza since a military coup in 2007, prevented a smaller group called Islamic Jihad from attacking IDF soldiers on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Islamic Jihad said this week. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/rare_meeting_between_mubarak_assad_and_abdullah_in_cairo.html News Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:17:00 -0600 Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, Syria's Bashar al-Assad, and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah may hold a rare three-way high-level meeting in Egypt this week, according to a report in London's al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper on Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/waiving_the_rules_on_the_syrian-lebanese_border.html News Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:09:00 -0600 The West should use resolution 1701 to roll back Hizbullah's effective take-over of the Lebanese gov't. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/rising_muslim_hopes_from_obama_s_outreach_may_backfire.html News Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:57:00 -0600 U.S. President Barack Obama is continuing his “reaching out to Muslims” approach by consulting more with Muslim advisors. In June, he will visit Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/less_time_to_act_on_iran_with_each_passing_day.html News Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:43:00 -0600 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sounded an urgent note regarding the Iranian threat in a Monday interview on America's ABC network, saying that “we have a lot less time with each day that passes.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_could_strike_us_with_missiles_in_2015.html News Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:35:00 -0600 Iran may be able to build a missile capable of striking the United States by 2015, according to an unclassified US Defense Department report on Iran's military released on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/tsa_tells_terrorists_where_body_scanners_are_and_exempts_them.html News Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:16:00 -0600 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has taken transparency to a new level. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pakistani_brothers_threaten_family_of_catholic_who_wed_muslim.html News Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:05:00 -0600 Before attempted abduction of groom’s mother, Muslims accused Christians of kidnapping. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/mashaal_vows_to_capture_more_soldiers.html News Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:53:00 -0600 Hamas leader blames Israel for failure to close deal on Gilad Schalit. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_members_switch_loyalties_to_al-qaeda.html News Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:44:00 -0600 Thousands of former Hamas members have switched their loyalties, and now belong to a Salafi terrorist group inspired by Al-Qaeda, a Gaza terrorist told the Palestinian Authority-based Maan news agency. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_army_recruits_get_special_conditions.html News Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:27:00 -0600 The Swiss army has drawn up guidelines outlining special conditions for meals and prayers for its rising number of Muslim recruits. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/radical_islamic_web_site_takes_on_south_park.html News Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:17:00 -0600 The radical Islamic Web site Revolutionmuslim.com is going after the creators of the TV cartoon series "South Park" after an episode last week included an image of the Prophet Mohammed in disguise. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/blast_kills_27_in_pakistani_city_of_peshawar.html News Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:01:00 -0600 A suicide bomber attacked Pakistani police guarding a protest rally organized by the Jamaat-e-Islami religious and political party against power cuts in the city of Peshawar on Monday killing 27 people, police and government officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_picks_new_enrichment_site.html News Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:17:00 -0600 But foreign minister says country wants more talks on fuel deal. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/2_al-qaida_in_iraq_leaders_killed.html News Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:10:00 -0600 US: Deaths may be most significant blow to group since insurgency. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israeli-arab_vandals_scrawl_pa_flags_on_synagogue_wall.html News Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:58:00 -0600 Israel Arabs spray-painted swastikas and pictures of Palestinian Authority flags on the walls of a synagogue and home near the Arab-Jewish Center in the city of Yafo (Jaffa), adjacent to Tel Aviv, according to police. Also nearby is an elementary school where Arabs and Jews study together. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/don_t_underestimate_us.html News Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:48:00 -0600 President Shimon Peres made use of his Remembrance Day address to deliver a message of warning to the Shiite theocracy in Iran Sunday, urging it not to underestimate Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lawsuit_claiming_firing_was_retaliation_is_headed_for_trial.html News Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:00:00 -0600 Rami Awad's more than three years as a branch employee of National City Bank ended badly -- and a jury is about to hear what happened. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/taliban_say_buildup_under_way.html News Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:44:00 -0600 The Taliban are moving fighters into Kandahar, planting bombs and plotting attacks as NATO and Afghan forces prepare for a summer showdown with insurgents, according to a Taliban commander with close ties to senior insurgent leaders. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/scud_missiles_would_be_odd_choice_for_hezbollah.html News Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:19:00 -0600 Long-range Scud missiles, which Israel has accused Syria of sending to Hezbollah in Lebanon, seem unlikely weapons of choice for a nimble guerrilla outfit, although they might pack a psychological punch http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_has_a_plan_for_iran.html News Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:08:00 -0600 Denies writing "wake-up call" memo to Obama administration. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_shows_military_might_with_drones_missiles.html News Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:38:00 -0600 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Israel was on its way to collapse, as Iran's military displayed a range of home-built drones and missiles at the annual Army Day parade. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iraq_qaeda_using_new_h-bomb_to_kill_civilians.html News Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:28:00 -0600 Al-Qaeda in Iraq is rigging houses and shops with explosives in a new tactic that has killed and maimed civilians in recent weeks and defied the thousands of security forces in Baghdad, officials say. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/suicide_car_bomb_kills_7_in_northwest_pakistan.html News Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:18:00 -0600 Seven people were killed and 26 wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in the northwestern Pakistani city of Kohat on Sunday, police said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/saudi_sets_up_science_center_for_nuclear_energy.html News Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:09:00 -0600 Saudi Arabia said it would set up a scientific centre for civilian nuclear and renewable energy to meet rising demand for power and desalinated water, state news agency SPA said on Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_a_division_of_syrian_army.html News Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:58:00 -0600 Israel reportedly sends missive to Damascus warning against attack. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_faces_iran_wake-up_call_from_defense_secretary_gates.html News Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:45:00 -0600 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates sent President Barack Obama in January a secret “wake-up” call warning of lack of strategy to deal with an Iranian nuclear threat, The New York Times reported Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_from_arab_descent_a_blessing_to_muslim_world.html News Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:39:00 -0600 Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi blessed U.S. President Barack Obama as a “friend” over the weekend in a speech published by the London-based al-Hayat newspaper, labeling him “an African from Arab descent, from Muslim descent.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pakistan_bombs_kill_32_at_centre_for_displaced.html News Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:30:00 -0600 Two suicide bombers dressed in burqas struck a crowd of displaced people collecting aid handouts, killing at least 32 and wounding more than 50 on Saturday at a camp in northwest Pakistan. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sudan_vote_falls_short_of_intl_standard.html News Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:16:00 -0600 Sudan's first competitive elections in more than two decades "fall short" of meeting international standards, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, who has been monitoring the polls, said on Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/girl_barred_from_spain_school_for_wearing_hijab.html News Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:07:00 -0600 A Moroccan immigrants' association in Spain Friday condemned a school's decision to bar a 16-year-old girl from class for refusing to take off her Islamic headscarf. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/suspend_atomic_criminal_us_from_iaea.html News Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:56:00 -0600 Iran slammed the United States as an "atomic criminal" which should be suspended from the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Saturday, while urging changes to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_admits_receiving_syrian_scuds.html News Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:45:00 -0600 Group accuses Israel of blowing incident out of proportion. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/cathedral_is_destroyed_people_are_terrified.html News Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:06:00 -0600 PHILIPPINES - Bishop of Basilan issues appeal through Fides, says Cathedral is destroyed, people are terrified; asks for help from Universal Church http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/no_time_behind_bars_for_imam_in_ny_subway_plot.html News Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:55:00 -0600 An Afghanistan-born imam who admitted he lied to the FBI over an aborted terror plot against the New York subway system was freed Thursday but ordered to leave the country within three months, a court official said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bells_toll_no_more_for_schools_in_somali_town.html News Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:47:00 -0600 Somalia's al-Shabaab militants have ordered schools in Jowhar town to stop using bells to signal the end of classes because they sound like those of Christian churches, teachers said on Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/elbaradei_israel_understands_only_violence.html News Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:26:00 -0600 The former head of the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, expressed support on Tuesday for Palestinian Authority violence against Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iranian_nuke_reactor_ready_for_august_2010_launch.html News Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:14:00 -0600 Russia announced Wednesday that the Iranian nuclear reactor it is helping to build is set to launch its operations this August. Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia's state nuclear corporation, said the reactor currently being completed at Bushehr is on schedule. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/waking_up_to_new_danger_from_north.html News Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:05:00 -0600 The Syrian government claimed Israel is using the Scud ballistic missile transfer to try to create an excuse for launching a war. "Israel aims from this to raise tension further in the region and to create an atmosphere for probable Israeli aggression," the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/kyrgyzstan_jews_in_danger_anti-semites_attack_chabad_synagogue.html News Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:45:00 -0600 The 2,000-member Jewish community of Kyrgyzstan suddenly lives in fear following an attack on its only synagogue after rebels last week apparently overthrew the government in a bloody uprising in which more than 80 people were killed. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/france_halts_egyptian_anti-semitic_broadcasts.html News Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:38:00 -0600 The French government has ordered a local satellite carrier to halt broadcasts by an Egyptian TV channel due to anti-Semitic content. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/15_killed_in_philippines_attacks.html News Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:02:00 -0600 Al Qaeda-linked militants in police uniforms set off bombs and fired at civilians on a strife-torn Philippine island in violence that left 15 people dead. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/no_rush_to_vote_in_sudan_after_polling_extended.html News Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:32:00 -0600 Sudanese trickled into polling stations on Tuesday to vote in the country's first competitive elections in 24 years, after polling was extended by two days due to a chaotic start. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/syria_arms_hezbollah_with_scud_missiles.html News Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:16:00 -0600 Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday accused Syria of supplying Scud missiles to the Lebanese Hezbollah while publicly talking peace, as Lebanon complained to United Nations over Israel's violation of its territory few days ago. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sarkozy_warns_of_israel-iran_war.html News Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:06:00 -0600 French leader: We must act on Iran to avoid "disaster" of IAF strike. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/after_south_africa_s_latest_racist_murder_none_of_us_are_safe.html News Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:57:00 -0600 With at least two white farmers murdered each week in South Africa, and Al-Qaeda threatening to “blow up” the upcoming World Cup games, white supremacists there are on the defensive. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/china_against_sanctions_on_iran.html News Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:31:00 -0600 China is against energy sanctions on Iran and instead favors “engaging” the Islamic Republic through negotiations despite U.S. President Barack Obama’s optimistic handshake with Chinese President Hu Jintao. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_kills_four_terrorists_trying_to_place_roadside_bomb.html News Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:24:00 -0600 Ground soldiers prevented a terrorist attack early Tuesday morning and killed four terrorists who tried to plant roadside bombs at the separation-security barrier and infiltrate into the Western Negev. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/false_charges_filed_against_47_christians_in_pakistan.html News Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:14:00 -0600 Police try to extract bribe after attacking home; in Rawalpindi, militants attack chapel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ohio_terrorist_ties_to_al-qaida_operative_revealed.html News Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:54:00 -0600 A convicted Ohio terrorist had ties to a man convicted of plotting an attack on a French island as well as an al-Qaida suspect who met with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers and told them how to reach Afghanistan to train for jihad, according to a federal court ruling. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/n_korea_iran_snub_obama_keep_up_nuclear_programs.html News Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:41:00 -0600 North Korea and Iran have both announced that they plan to move forward with their nuclear programs, after U.S. President Barack Obama rebuked both nations for failing to comply with nuclear nonproliferation standards. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/think_tank_speculates_war_could_break_out_with_syria.html News Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:33:00 -0600 The increasingly open threats made by Syrian leaders and members of the Hizbullah terrorist group in Lebanon have led analyst David Schenker of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) think tank to warn that war may be on the horizon. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/int_l_nuclear_summit_begins_today.html News Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:11:00 -0600 Obama Says Threat of Nuclear Terrorism Focus of 2-Day Summit. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_weapons_to_lebanon_despite_hizbullah_closeness.html News Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:00:00 -0600 With the dividing lines between Hizbullah and the Lebanese Armed Forces not altogether clear, the United States has delivered weapons and ammunition to Israel's northern neighbor and thereby possibly to its enemy. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/weak_west_will_cause_war_with_iran.html News Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:52:00 -0600 The American-led "engagement” policies towards Iran is going to result in the very war it wants to prevent, according to an Iranian CIA spy. He says the only way to prevent a possible nuclear war with Iran is to attack the country now. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sudanese_take_to_the_polls_in_landmark_elections.html News Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:27:00 -0600 Sudanese were voting on Sunday in the country's first multi-party elections since 1986, but the polls have been marred by an opposition boycott and accusations of fraud. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_to_complain_to_un_over_us_nuclear_threat.html News Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:19:00 -0600 Iran will lodge a complaint with the United Nations about what it sees as U.S. President Barack Obama's threat to attack it with nuclear weapons, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/mideast_investment_banking_rebounds_in_q1.html News Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:58:00 -0600 Investment banking in the Middle East experienced a rebound in activity in the first quarter, indicating a return to confidence in the market, according to an analysis by Thomson Reuters. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/yemen_won_t_go_after_radical_us-born_cleric.html News Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:52:00 -0600 Yemen says it will not hunt down a radical U.S.-born cleric who has reportedly been added to the CIA's list of targets to be killed or captured. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bomb_blast_near_iran_jail_wounds_up_to_19.html News Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:47:00 -0600 Attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a jail in southwest Iran on Saturday in an apparent bid to help prisoners break out, wounding three guards and up to 19 others, media reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iraq_al-qaida_group_says_it_s_behind_embassy_hits.html News Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:44:00 -0600 Statement calls attacks a "new strike into the heart of the security plan" in Baghdad. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/cairo_film_festival_judges_walk_out_over_israeli-made_movie.html News Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:37:00 -0600 French-sponsored event to be held without a jury or awards. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/islamic_movement_approved_in_israel_barred_by_jordan.html News Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:27:00 -0600 While Israel allowed the radical Islamic Movement to operate openly and even allows its members to sit in the Knesset, Jordan has apparently decided that the extremist group is a threat it is unwilling to tolerate. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gaza_smugglers_import_new_cars.html News Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:16:00 -0600 Gaza businessmen are now importing new cars - but the price tag comes with a hefty commission for the tunnel smugglers who bring them in through the rocky and sometimes dangerous underground network. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/what_s_not_happening_to_american_muslims.html News Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:32:00 -0600 It can't have come as a surprise that one of the now entrenched myths about America—namely, its ongoing victimization of Muslims—should have been voiced again by a leading citizen of our myth-producing capital, Hollywood. The citizen was Tom Hanks, and the occasion his March interview in Time Magazine in which he declared that our battle with Japan in World War II was one of "racism and terror." And that, he noted, should remind us of our current wars. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/mod_apologise_over_catterick_garrison_firing_range_mosques.html News Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:21:00 -0600 The Ministry of Defence apologised today after a Muslim group complained that structures used on an Army firing range resembled mosques. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_will_not_beg_to_avoid_sanctions.html News Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:14:00 -0600 Iran's president said on Thursday he would not plead with opponents of Tehran's nuclear program in order to avoid sanctions as Russia and the United States said new measures might be necessary http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/european_union_withdraws_darfur_poll_observers.html News Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:46:00 -0600 The European Union said on Wednesday it was withdrawing its election observers from Sudan's Darfur region, saying safety fears were hindering their work. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_to_remove_islam_from_counter-terror_strategy.html News Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:09:00 -0600 United States President Barack Obama plans to remove the term “Islamic radicalism” from a document outlining America's security strategy, the Associated Press reported Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_gov_t_honors_mass_terrorist.html News Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:00:00 -0600 A Palestinian Authority government complex is being built on a Ramallah street that is named after arch-terrorist Yahye Ayash, dubbed 'The Engineer'. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/we_will_react_to_aggression.html News Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:53:00 -0600 Lebanese PM says Lebanon and Hizbullah are ready to respond to any Israeli attack. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jordan_wants_a_piece_of_jerusalem.html News Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:46:00 -0600 Jordan has not waived its rights to sovereignty and responsibility over the Temple Mount, the Hashemite Kingdom's Minister of Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites, Abdel Salam Abbadi, said Tuesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/europe_bails_out_fatah_and_hamas_again_to_pay_wages.html News Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:37:00 -0600 The European Union announced it is continuing to bail out Palestinian Authority workers, including those in Gaza, but its payments for the first three months of this year already are nearly 50 percent of what was budgeted for the year. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_responds_to_turkish_threat.html News Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:30:00 -0600 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened Israel, telling Turkish national television Monday that his country would not “sit with its arms folded in the event that Israel attacks in Gaza once again.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/join_us_on_wednesday_april_7th.html News Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:15:00 -0600 On Wednesday, April 7th from 4:45 pm on, religious, civic and human rights leaders of many faiths and backgrounds will gather in front of the Nigerian Consulate in New York City to raise their voices of conscience about the continuing massacres of Christians as well as the ongoing barbaric persecution of non-Muslim minorities by jihadists in Nigeria and elsewhere across the globe. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/rally_for_nigeria.html News Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:22:00 -0600 On Sunday, March 8, five hundred Christians were killed—slaughtered with machetes by Fulani Muslims in the Nigerian state of Plateau. The latest in religious clashes that the state has seen in recent months, the bulk of the attacks this time were in three farming villages (Dogo Nahawa, Zot, and Rastat) near the town of Jos, with reports claiming around 75 houses burned. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fifa_bans_iran_s_girls_from_olympics_over_hijab.html News Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:16:00 -0600 The Iranian girls' soccer team have been kicked out of this year's first Youth Olympics because of a FIFA ban on playing in Islamic head scarves. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jordan_was_better_off_without_peace_with_israel.html News Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:07:00 -0600 King Abdullah of Jordan has joined the Arab world’s saber-rattling against Israel and warned that the status of Jerusalem could blow up into another war. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, he also stated that Jordan was better off economically before it made peace with Israel in 1994. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_allies_force_obama_to_relax_airport_security.html News Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:55:00 -0600 The Obama administration has cancelled airport security restrictions on 14 terror-related countries, including American Muslim allies such as Saudi Arabia. Instead, the United States is relying on "real-time” intelligence to prevent terrorist attacks in the air. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pakistan_attacks_kill_43_target_us_consulate.html News Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:46:00 -0600 Militants using a car bomb and firing weapons attacked the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday hours after a suicide bomber killed 43 people elsewhere in the northwest, officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_suffering_financial_crisis.html News Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:31:00 -0600 Hamas is suffering a financial crisis due to the three-year-old international ban on transferring funds to the terrorist authority. Successful lawsuits obligating Hamas to pay out millions of dollars in compensation for terror victims have compounded its financial problems. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/mortar_strikes_sha_ar_hanegev_area.html News Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:24:00 -0600 Gaza terrorists fired a mortar shell at Israeli population centers Saturday evening. The shell exploded in an uninhabited space within the Sha'ar HaNegev local authority. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sudan_poll_thrown_into_disarray_by_boycott_threat.html News Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:43:00 -0600 Sudan's first multiparty elections in decades have been thrown into disarray by allegations of government violations and opposition threats of a boycott. The disputes wreck hopes of transforming a conflict-plagued nation and could instead end up fueling violence in Darfur and the south. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_suicide_explosions_rock_russia_s_ingushetia.html News Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:33:00 -0600 A suicide bomber killed two policemen and wounded a third near the police headquarters of a town in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia on Monday, officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/al-qaeda_urges_uk_fanatics_to_build_diy_cruise_missiles.html News Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:20:00 -0600 Fears of a terror attack during the UK General Election have been further fueled by reports that the Al-Qaeda has urged British fanatics to build DIY cruise missiles to attack passenger jets. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_court_orders_top_brotherhood_men_released.html News Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:09:00 -0600 An Egyptian criminal court on Sunday ordered the release of 16 senior members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group who were detained in February. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jihad_jane_sidekick_charged_in_us_terror_plot.html News Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:55:00 -0600 A second American woman, 31-year-old Jamie Paulin Ramirez, has been charged with conspiracy in the alleged “Jihad Jane” plot to murder Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilk. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkey_s_homosexuals_face_rising_discrimination.html News Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:37:00 -0600 Culture minister describes being gay as “curable disease” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/uk_kissing_couple_loses_dubai_jail_appeal.html News Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:26:00 -0600 The two were arrested in November, after an Emirati woman accused them of kissing in a restaurant. One-month prison sentence upheld for kissing in public http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/baghdad_blasts_kill_at_least_32.html News Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:14:00 -0600 Suicide attackers detonate bombs near Iranian, Egyptian and German embassies. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_prayers_in_cordoba_cathedral_2_arrested.html News Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:55:00 -0600 The two Austrian tourists who were arrested last night in the mosque-cathedral of Cordoba, accused of contempt and bodily harm of police agents, were handed over to the legal authorities today. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/episcopal_diocese_sells_historic_church_to_muslims.html News Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:20:00 -0600 The Church of the Good Shepherd, which has stood at #79 Conklin Avenue since 1879, has been willingly turned over to a Muslim entity by the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York, rather than have it remain in the hands of traditional Anglicans who practice the faith once for all delivered to the saints. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_got_nuke_gear_from_chinese_firm.html News Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:41:00 -0600 IAEA probing how Teheran bypassed sanctions, allegedly one of many cases. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/normalization_with_israel_not_here.html News Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:31:00 -0600 Why trade unions in only 2 Arab countries with peace deals with Israel are spearheading campaigns against normalization. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lebanese_man_won_t_be_beheaded_for_witchcraft_friday.html News Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:16:00 -0600 Unclear whether beheading in Saudi Arabia has been waived or only postponed. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_kills_3_african_migrants_in_sinai_border.html News Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:02:00 -0600 Spate of shootings in last four days brings total this year to 12, says Human Rights Watch. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iaf_responds_to_rocket_strikes.html News Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:46:00 -0600 The Air Force took out weapons factories and warehouses in Gaza on Thursday night in response to recent rocket attacks. Strikes were carried out in northern, central, and southern Gaza. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/statementof_the_european_christian_political_movement.html News Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:20:00 -0600 regarding the situation of Christians in the Islamic World http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/anti-islam_decals_improperly_banned_at_camp_lejeune.html News Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:11:00 -0600 Camp Lejeune officials violated the rights of a military veteran who came to his job on base in a vehicle emblazoned with anti-Islamic decals after his son died in a terrorist bombing, a federal judge ruled. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/nigeria_sharia_court_bans_amputation_tweets.html News Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:36:00 -0600 An Islamic Sharia court in northern Nigeria on Tuesday permanently banned a local rights group from discussing the country's first amputation for theft on the Internet, an activist said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/third_islamist_terror_attack_in_russia.html News Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:15:00 -0600 Two people were killed and a third was critically wounded Thursday morning in the third suicide bombing attack in less than a week in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, located in the northern Caucasus, close to Chechnya. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/belgium_moves_toward_banning_muslim_face-covering_veil.html News Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:05:00 -0600 A parliamentary committee in Belgium voted on Wednesday to ban the wearing of face-covering veils in public, and the full House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill in late April. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/familiar_disingenuity_at_a_uniquely_gaddafi-esque_summit.html News Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:24:00 -0600 As usual, the Arab-Israeli conflict demonstrated its necessity – what would the distinguished leaders discuss in its absence? http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hate_crimes_force_jews_out_of_malmo.html News Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:39:00 -0600 Anti-Semitic threats come from Muslim community http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/russia_hints_at_al-qaeda_link_to_metro_bombings.html News Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:29:00 -0600 Moscow held a day of mourning Tuesday for the 39 victims of twin rush-hour suicide bombings on packed metro trains, as Russian leaders pledged to hunt down and wipe out those behind the attacks. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sudan_s_bashir_threatens_southern_referendum.html News Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:24:00 -0600 Sudan's president warned former southern rebels on Monday that if they refused to take part in April's elections, a southern referendum on secession would not happen. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_men_seize_400_000_from_gaza_bank.html News Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:16:00 -0600 Hamas security forces took $400,000 from a bank in the Gaza Strip on Monday, in a direct challenge to Palestinian authorities in the West Bank who had frozen the money to comply with money laundering regulations. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkey_presses_us_to_stop_genocide_resolution.html News Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:40:00 -0600 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has assured Turkey the White House opposes a congressional resolution labeling the World War One massacres of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/moscow_terror_attack_kills_40.html News Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:22:00 -0600 At least 40 people were killed in Moscow Monday morning in a double suicide attack on the city's metro system. Dozens more were wounded. One attack took place at the Lubyanka station; 40 minutes later, a second bomber struck the Park Kultury station. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/open_letter_to_secretary_of_state_hillary_clinton.html News Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:25:00 -0600 We are concerned with the sovereignty of the United States as it pertains to the infiltration of the Egyptian regime within the U.S. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_league_summit_focused_on_jerusalem_resistance.html News Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:49:00 -0600 The Arab League concluded its 22nd summit in Libya on Sunday without any changes from its longstanding policies: no to recognizing Israel under any conditions, yes to armed resistance (aka terror) against Israel, no condemnation of genocide in Darfur, yes to Arab Jerusalem, and more. A follow-up meeting will be held in October. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hebrew_u_mosque_feared_as_incitement_center.html News Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:40:00 -0600 Muslim students of the Mt. Scopus campus of Hebrew University of Jerusalem have begun a campaign for an on-campus mosque – which Jewish students fear will become a headquarters for incitement against Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/tolerating_the_intolerant.html News Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:39:00 -0600 Canadians jump through hoops trying to accommodate Muslims from countries that refuse to accept other religions http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/saudis_fund_balkan_muslims_spreading_hate_of_the_west.html News Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:15:00 -0600 SAUDI ARABIA is pouring hundreds of millions of pounds into Islamist groups in the Balkans, some of which spread hatred of the West and recruit fighters for jihad in Afghanistan. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jews_barred_from_cairo_s_maimonides_synagogue.html News Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:44:00 -0600 The Egyptian government has announced that it will not allow Jews to pray in Cairo's newly-restored Maimonides Synagogue, in retaliation for Israel's security response to Arab rioting on the Temple Mount. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/more_iranian_nuclear_sites_being_built.html News Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:37:00 -0600 Western intelligence agents and United Nations nuclear officials agree: more nuclear sites may exist in Iran than what has been revealed to inspectors by the Islamic Republic. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_prepares_for_large-scale_missile_attack.html News Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:21:00 -0600 The Air Force this past week has tested new anti-missile systems by simulating a large-scale attack from several enemies using missiles ranging from the primitive Kassam rocket to Iran’s advanced Shihab missile. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_group_used_unicef_logo_without_permission.html News Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:12:00 -0600 Responding to a complaint by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) and a report by Israel National News, UNICEF, the United Nations body charged with ensuring the welfare of children around the world, said that a PA non-governmental agency (NGO) improperly used the UN group's logo on an ad that promotes anti-Semitism. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/chicago_man_charged_with_supporting_al_qaeda.html News Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:09:00 -0600 A Chicago, Illinois, man was charged Friday with providing material support to al Qaeda by attempting to send the terrorist group funds overseas, the Department of Justice said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pakistani_troops_kill_34_militants_after_attack.html News Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:59:00 -0600 Pakistani troops killed at least 34 militants after about 150 Taliban attacked a military checkpost in the northwest on Friday, challenging government assertions crackdowns have weakened the group. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/un_rights_body_passes_islamophobia_resolution.html News Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:49:00 -0600 The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution condemning Islamaphobic behavior, including Switzerland's minaret building ban, despite some states' major reservations. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslims_must_foil_israeli_plot.html News Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:34:00 -0600 Mottaki urges Arab League to discuss Jerusalem, settlement construction. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/loan_caters_to_minneapolis_muslim_business_owners.html News Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:13:00 -0600 The Alternative Finance Program respects Islamic law by offering fixed-rate loans. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sudan_s_bashir_warns_alcohol_drinkers_face_lash.html News Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:37:00 -0600 Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir warned on Thursday that making, selling or consuming alcoholic drinks will be punishable by the lash under the country's Islamic laws. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/un_panel_asks_to_quiz_hezbollah_on_hariri_murder.html News Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:29:00 -0600 An international team investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri has requested to question six Hezbollah members about the crime, a security source said on Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_is_playing_with_fire.html News Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:18:00 -0600 King Abdullah says Netanyahu gov't "must decide if it wants conflict or peace." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_arabs_among_al-qaeda_terrorists_convicted_in_lebanon.html News Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:57:00 -0600 Lebanon sentenced 20 operatives linked to the international al-Qaeda terrorist organization to prison terms of up to 15 years each for terror-related activities, according to a source in the Lebanese court system. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/al-qaida_hiding_bombs_in_breast_implants.html News Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:06:00 -0600 Al-Qaida is laying deadly “booby traps” by equipping its female suicide bombers with explosive breast implants that are impossible to be detected at airport security checkpoints, British intelligence agency MI5 has claimed. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/kfc_diner_told_you_can_t_have_bacon_in_your_burger_here.html News Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:56:00 -0600 A diner was left fuming after a KFC restaurant took his favourite meal off the menu because it breached their new halal regulations. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/saudi_busts_113-strong_qaeda_cell.html News Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:47:00 -0600 Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had arrested 113 al-Qaeda militants including suicide bombers who had been planning attacks on energy facilities in the world's top oil exporter. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/biggest_evacuation_in_algeria_since_independence.html News Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:39:00 -0600 Algeria launched the largest population evacuation campaign since its independence as the government began to move thousands of people living in the capital’s slum areas to new apartments. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/we_ll_have_to_return_to_gaza.html News Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:23:00 -0600 The heating-up of the Gaza front – about a dozen rockets were fired at Israel last week, killing one Thai worker - brings to miWe'll Have to Return to Gaza'nd Operation Defensive Shield, whose eighth anniversary is commemorated at this time. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israeli_cargo_captured_by_somali_pirates.html News Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:11:00 -0600 A Turkish-owned ship named "Frigia" and carrying cargo of the Israel Chemicals company has been captured by Somali pirates. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_dresses_down_netanyahu.html News Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:18:00 -0600 President Barack Obama appeared to carry on a policy of intentionally humiliating Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu this week, by ignoring custom and abstaining from any public appearance with him during Netanyahu's visit to the White House. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/prevent_sudanese_terrorism_in_tel_aviv.html News Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:51:00 -0600 MK Yaakov “Ketzaleh” Katz responded Monday to what he termed an “anti-Semitic terrorist attack” in central Tel Aviv. The attack in question took place on Saturday night in the Neve Sha'anan neighborhood. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jerusalem_is_not_the_city_of_3_religions.html News Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:36:00 -0600 Rabbi David Algaze, founder and spiritual leader of the Havurat Yisrael synagogue in Queens, New York, says the disappearance of Israel would not move the U.S. government. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/group_mobs_church.html News Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:57:00 -0600 Hundreds of people mobbed the Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP) church under construction in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, on Friday, calling for the project to be halted. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/county_town_face_suit_in_beheading_of_woman.html News Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:46:00 -0600 Lawyers for the estate of Aasiya Zubair Hassan, the woman killed and beheaded in her cable television studio, have filed a notice of claim, indicating they intend to sue the Town of Orchard Park, Erie County and the Erie County Sheriff’s Department for failing to prevent her death in February of last year. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/dubai_to_hunt_for_booze_in_food.html News Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:36:00 -0600 Dubai inspectors are looking for illegal alcohol, but this time inside sauces, soups and desserts. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/azhar_scholars_reject_egypt_abortion_draft_law.html News Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:05:00 -0600 Religious scholars in Egypt rejected a draft law that, if adopted, would authorize abortion and the sterilization of women for financial and health reasons, labeling it anti-Islamic. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jihad_jane_part_of_growing_us_jihad.html News Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:42:00 -0600 “Jihad Jane,” who last week pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism, is one of approximately 40 native Americans in a growing U.S. Jihad movement that is “as American as apple pie,” says a native American terror fugitive. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iaf_blasts_gaza_smuggling_tunnel.html News Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:37:00 -0600 Israel Air Force planes blasted a smuggling tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border early on Monday morning. The strike was carried out in response to the recent wave of rocket attacks from Gaza. Gaza terrorists fired five rockets at southern Israel on Saturday and Sunday, and last week, an attack on Netiv HaAsarah killed a Thai worker. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/passover_sacrifice_would_provoke_muslims.html News Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:27:00 -0600 State attorneys asked Sunday for the Supreme Court to forbid Jews to bring sacrifices on the Temple Mount. The appeal to the court was a response to a petition from the Temple Mount Institute, which requested permission to bring a sacrifice on the Temple Mount prior to Passover. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/police_officers_banned_from_asking_for_christian_names.html News Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:41:00 -0600 Police officers have been banned from asking for a person’s “Christian” name because it might offend people with other religious beliefs. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/taliban_commanders_are_trained_in_iran.html News Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:26:00 -0600 Hundreds of insurgents have been trained in Iran to kill NATO forces in Afghanistan; two Taliban commanders told a British Sunday newspaper. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gaza_rocket_slams_into_israel.html News Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:18:00 -0600 Gaza terrorists fired a short range rocket at Israeli civilian centers Sunday evening. The rocket exploded south of the coastal city of Ashkelon, hurting no one and causing no damage. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/shots_fired_at_idf_patrol_near_hevron.html News Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:12:00 -0600 Arab gunmen opened fire Sunday evening on an IDF patrol near Adorayim, south of Hevron. No one was hurt and no damage was caused. IDF soldiers are combing the region. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_punished_israel.html News Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:46:00 -0600 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to the United States this week will include a demand that U.S. President Barack Obama release previously-promised bunker-busting bombs, the Times of London reported Sunday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/somalia_s_shabaab_commander_shot_dead.html News Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:33:00 -0600 A senior official of Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab was shot dead on Friday in a rare assassination in the southern port of Kismayu, which is tightly controlled by the al Qaeda-linked rebels. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/eu_set_to_stop_iran_jamming_broadcasts_internet.html News Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:26:00 -0600 EU nations are determined to take action to end Iran's "unacceptable" jamming of satellite broadcasts and Internet censorship, according to a text agreed by European ambassadors in Brussels. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/four_kassam_rockets_from_hamas.html News Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:13:00 -0600 Hamas terrorists in Gaza continued their rocket onslaught against Israel over the Sabbath, firing four more Kassams at two different locations. No one was hurt – as opposed to on Thursday, when a foreign worker from Thailand, Mani Singmonfon, was killed in a Kassam rocket attack. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_riots_in_samaria.html News Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:02:00 -0600 Dozens of Palestinian Authority Arabs rioted, threw rocks at Jews, and attempted to infiltrate a Jewish town in Samaria today (Saturday). http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/synagogue_bomb_suspects_the_feds_put_us_up_to_it.html News Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:58:00 -0600 Defense attorneys say an alleged plot to bomb New York synagogues was hatched and directed by a federal informant. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/somali_rebels_raise_funds_on_internet.html News Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:46:00 -0600 UN says Somali rebels join forces in cyberspace http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/saudi_arabia_seeks_strike_on_iran.html News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:22:00 -0600 The German news magazine Der Spiegel has reported that Saudi Arabia is hoping Israel will strike Iran's nuclear facilities, and is even prepared to open its skies to Israeli warplanes to allow such an operation to take place. Similar reports were published in 2009, and denied by both Israel and Saudi Arabia. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_man_claims_ownership_of_hurva.html News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:17:00 -0600 The Hurva synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem was rededicated Monday in a joyful ceremony. The synagogue was rebuilt after being destroyed twice – once in the 18th century, when the Jewish owners defaulted on a debt, and once in 1948, when the Jordanian army went through historic Jerusalem demolishing Jewish holy places. (click here for fascinating history of the synagogue) http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_freezes_assets_of_gaza_hamas_bank_tv_station.html News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:09:00 -0600 The US Department of the Treasury on Thursday froze the US-based assets of Gaza-based Islamic National Bank and Al-Aqsa Television, which are controlled by Hamas. US citizens may no longer do business with either institution. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_s_hateful_puppet_show.html News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:52:00 -0600 Hamas TV continues to find new ways to teach children to hate with a puppet show in which a young boy learns not to say good things about Jews in fear of looking like a “Zionist collaborator.” The show aired on Al-Aqsa TV on March 11, and was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iaf_hits_gaza_terror_tunnels.html News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:07:00 -0600 The Air Force hit six targets in Gaza early on Friday morning in response to recent rocket attacks on southern Israel. The targets were demolished. Gaza authorities reported that nobody was injured in the strikes. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arabs_hurl_rocks_at_jews_in_judea_and_samaria.html News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:59:00 -0600 Palestinian Authority Arabs attacked Jewish travelers in several locations around Judea and Samaria on Thursday. The attackers hurled rocks at vehicles as they drove down Highway 60 in the area of Gush Etzion in Judea, near the Arab village of Beit Omar. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/krakow_ghetto_monument_defaced_by_neo-nazi_vandals.html News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:51:00 -0600 Polish workers spent hours this week removing graffiti spray-painted in red on a monument commemorating the Jewish victims of the Krakow ghetto during World War II. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jeffrey_imm_at_voice_of_the_copts_press_conference.html News Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:44:00 -0600 Jeffrey Imm is the founder of human rights group, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L), http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ashraf_ramelah_s_remarks_on_03_12_10_press_conference.html News Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:14:00 -0600 The purpose of this press conference is to detail two important events which have occurred recently in Egypt http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/purported_al-awlaki_message_calls_for_jihad_against_u_s.html News Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:50:00 -0600 American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is calling for jihad against America, claiming "America is evil" in a new audio message obtained by CNN. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sudan_signs_deal_with_second_darfur_rebel_group.html News Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:43:00 -0600 Sudan's government and a Darfur rebel group, the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), signed Thursday a framework peace accord, as talks with a larger Justice and Equality Movement appeared to falter. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/thai_worker_killed_by_gaza-fired_rocket.html News Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:27:00 -0600 Hamas terrorists in Gaza have fired five Kassam rockets into Israel over the past two days, and the last one killed a worker from Thailand. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/president_of_pakistan_christian_congress_at_press_conference.html News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:11:00 -0600 On behalf of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC and 20 million Pakistani Christians, I strongly condemn killing of Christians in Egypt and demand justice for 8 Coptic Christians gunned down on January 6, 2010, by Muslims during New Year prayers in town of Nag Hammadi. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_and_the_undiscovered_country.html News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:53:00 -0600 As the Voice of the Copts' Ashraf Ramellah and others have pointed out, "Christians of Egypt, also known as Copts, have been living under discrimination, oppression and persecution for almost 1430 years." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/remarks_written_by_ashraf_edward_for_press_conference.html News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:27:00 -0600 On March 12, 2010 Mr. Ashraf Edward was not able to be present at our press conference. Voice of the Copts is to thank Mr. Edward for his cooperation and courage. No one will stop us from doing our job in serving Copts of Egypt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/amenhotep_iii_ruled_from_1387-1348_bc.html News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:06:00 -0600 Amenhotep III and Thoth statues unearthed in Luxor http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/tehran_says_ready_for_fuel_exchange_on_own_soil.html News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:54:00 -0600 Iran offered on Wednesday a one-shot nuclear fuel exchange on its own soil, edging closer to the conditions of a plan drawn up by the U.N. atomic watchdog last year as major powers mulled a new round of sanctions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gaza_terrorists_fire_rocket_on_negev_civilians.html News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:20:00 -0600 Gaza terrorists fired a short-range rocket at the western Negev Wednesday evening. No one was wounded. The rocket exploded in an open, uninhabited area between the town of Sderot and a nearby kibbutz, in the territory of the Shaar HaNegev local authority. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/partition_nigeria_to_end_violence.html News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:34:00 -0600 Partition Nigeria to end violence http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_keeps_gaza_crossings_open_egyptian_border_closed.html News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:14:00 -0600 The various Israeli crossings into Gaza were busy again last week, as 550 trucks delivered 13,144 tons of humanitarian aid to Palestinian Authority Arabs living under the rule of the Hamas terrorist organization. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_forbids_jews_to_dedicate_restored_synagogue.html News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:08:00 -0600 Egypt has retaliated for Israeli security limits at the Temple Mount by banning the dedication of the restored 19th century Maimonides (Rav Moshe) Synagogue. Eighteen months of work and $2 million were poured into the project. However, Egypt has allowed Jews to open the doors and use the house of worship, although without a public ceremony. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_hamas_launch_facebook_intifada.html News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:01:00 -0600 Iran has called for the launching of a “media intifada” against Israel, and the first results are apparently visible online, in the form of a Hamas Facebook group. Other groups and sites formed as part of the 'intifada' may have been removed or hacked. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/press_conference_on_religious_persecution_of_christian_minoritie.html News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:28:00 -0600 On Friday, March 12, representatives of human rights organizations and advocates for religious freedom came together for a press conference at The National Press Club in Washington, DC. Sponsored by Voice of the Copts, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israeli_journalist_questioned_by_egypt_s_military.html News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:12:00 -0600 Egyptian military prosecutors were interrogating an Israeli journalist on Tuesday after arresting him at the border as he tried to cross illegally with an African migrant, a security source said, adding the journalist might face a military trial. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_charged_after_swedish_cartoonist_plot_probe.html News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:06:00 -0600 Two Muslim men were charged in Ireland Monday after a probe into an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who drew indecent cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, a report said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fatah_honors_mass_terrorist_after_biden_leaves.html News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:55:00 -0600 Leaders of the Fatah party, headed by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, waited for U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to leave the region four days ago and then honored the terrorist who carried out the massacre on the Coast Road in 1978. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/plo_leader_threatens_new_intifada.html News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:49:00 -0600 Jerusalem Arabs clashed with police in at least two locations in the eastern parts of the city early Tuesday morning as Arab leaders warned of a renewal of the Intifada and Muslim clerics incited worshippers. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jerusalem_building_to_continue.html News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:41:00 -0600 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday switched from apologies to the Obama administration for building for Jews in Jerusalem and went on the offense. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/carjackings_spread_to_galilee.html News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:35:00 -0600 Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria have reported attempted carjackings by Palestinian Authority residents in recent months. Now, several Israeli drivers from the Galilee have reported similar incidents. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/yemen_air_force_strikes_qaeda_training_camp.html News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:51:00 -0600 Yemen's air force carried out a strike on a suspected al-Qaeda training camp in south Yemen on Monday, killing a suspected local al-qaeda leader as well as another top militant, the defense ministry said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_s_j_lem_actions_absurd.html News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:33:00 -0600 Egyptian FM says Netanyahu only has a desire to waste time, not make peace. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hurva_synagogue_reopens_in_old_city.html News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:25:00 -0600 An “invitation only" joyous ceremony in the Old City in Jerusalem Monday celebrated the restoration of the Hurva synagogue, which came back to life after having been destroyed by the Jordanians in the War for Independence in 1948. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/united_states_commission_on_international_religious_freedom.html News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:26:00 -0600 To interview a USCIRF Commissioner, contact Tom Carter, Communications Director at \n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it "tcarter@uscirf.govThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or (202) 523-3257 http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_hardliners_protest_outside_karroubi_s_house.html News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:47:00 -0600 A group of hardliners besieged the Tehran home of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, shouting death slogans and calling for him to be put on trial, reports said on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/yemen_detains_iranian_ship_over_suspicious_cargo.html News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:40:00 -0600 Yemen's security forces have detained an Iranian ship in Yemeni coastal waters off the island of Socotra over suspicions about its cargo, and the crew members are under investigation, state media said on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/somali_govt_inefficient_corrupt.html News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:24:00 -0600 Despite international assistance the Somali government's military forces are ineffective and corrupt, and it remains dependent on foreign troops for survival, a U.N. group concluded in a report. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_used_kids_as_human_shields.html News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:14:00 -0600 Hamas gunmen used Palestinian children as human shields, and established command centers and Kassam launch pads in and near more than 100 mosques and hospitals during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip last year, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israeli_journalist_in_egyptian_custody.html News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:05:00 -0600 Israel journalist Yotam Feldman was arrested by Egyptian troops as he attempted to infiltrate southern Israel, apparently as on the spot research for a story. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lawfare_twists_the_law.html News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:58:00 -0600 The recently-formed “Lawfare Project” has launched a new type of strategy to fight Muslim-led manipulation of law in its war against democracy. The project was revealed at the first-ever "lawfare" conference, held in New York late last week. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_cancels_official_opening_of_synagogue.html News Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:06:00 -0600 Egypt cancelled the formal opening on Sunday of a renovated 19th-century synagogue in Cairo in protest at what antiquities chief Zahi Hawass called "provocative" Jewish and Israeli actions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_spurs_on_riots_3_roadway_attacks.html News Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:57:00 -0600 The Palestinian Authority called Sunday for PA Muslims to flock to the Al Aksa mosque on the Temple Mount. Senior Fatah member Hatem Khader, head of the PA's Jerusalem portfolio http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_firebomb_wounds_father_and_baby_son.html News Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:50:00 -0600 Arab terrorists lightly wounded a father and his nine-month-old baby boy on Saturday night with a firebomb (Molotov cocktail) on “terror highway 443," which connects Jerusalem with the city of Modi’in. The terrorists escaped. Medics treated the father and baby at the scene. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_planned_cyber_war_against_iran_spies_arrested.html News Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:01:00 -0600 Iran has accused the United States of trying to conduct a cyber war against the Islamic Republic and has arrested a group of 30 alleged spies http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/terrorist_mastermind_to_receive_phd_with_help_from_israel.html News Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:54:00 -0600 Mass-murderer Marwan Barghouti has submitted his doctoral thesis in political science to Cairo University, thanks to the Israel Prison Service. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/temple_mount_closed_due_to_arab_riots.html News Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:03:00 -0600 Jerusalem District Police have closed the Temple Mount to visitors for the next three days due to fears of rioting by Arab worshipers. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/criticising_islam_is_not_racist.html News Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:21:00 -0700 Ian McEwan has insisted that criticising Islam is not racist and blamed left-leaning thinkers for "closing down the debate". http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/southern_afghanistan_blasts_kill_27_wound_50.html News Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:14:00 -0700 Twenty-seven people were killed and more than 50 wounded when a series of explosions hit the center of Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar after nightfall on Saturday, a hospital official said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_to_add_55_million_for_palestinian_un_aid.html News Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:06:00 -0700 The United States announced Friday it was providing an additional $55 million to a U.N. program aiding Palestinian refugees. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/second_us_woman_arrested_in_plot_to_kill_swede.html News Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:54:00 -0700 A second American Muslim woman has been arrested in Ireland on charges in a suspected international plot to kill a Swedish for mocking the Prophet Mohammad, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/concentration_camp_vandalized_in_poland.html News Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:39:00 -0700 The Plaszow concentration camp near Krakow, Poland, has been vandalized with graffiti, according to the Associated Press. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/kassam_attack_on_negev.html News Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:29:00 -0700 Palestinian Authority terrorists in northern Gaza launched a rocket attack on the western Negev Thursday afternoon, after a relatively long period of quiet. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_woman_accused_of_terror_plot_in_sweden.html News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:00 -0700 A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslims_outraged_at_uk_screening_of_fitna_film.html News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:03:00 -0700 The screening of Geert Wilders’ controversial anti-Islam film in the U.K. Sunday outraged Muslims and rights organizations earning the far-right Dutch MP the labels "fascist" and "racist." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_apologizes_to_libya_for_gaddafi_jihad_jibe.html News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:56:00 -0700 The U.S. State Department apologized on Tuesday for dismissive comments its spokesman made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for "jihad," often translated as "armed struggle," against Switzerland. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/un_agency_punished_somalia_whistleblower.html News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:49:00 -0700 The United Nations Ethics Committee has upheld complaints by a former employee of the U.N. Development Program who said he suffered retaliation from the UNDP for alleging that its Somalia program was corrupt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/copts_demonstration_press_conference_in_washington_dc.html News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:40:00 -0700 Contact: Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah @ info@voiceofthecopts.org http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/car_bomb_kills_11_in_pakistan_s_lahore.html News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:49:00 -0700 A car bomb slammed into Pakistani offices used to interrogate suspected militants on Monday, destroying the building and killing 11 people in the latest attack to strike Lahore. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ahmadinejad_the_hitler_of_the_middle_east.html News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:12:00 -0700 Pastor reaffirms unwavering support for the Jewish state and Jewish people during his group’s annual Night to Honor Israel in J'lem. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/un_s_weak_response_to_muslim_slaughter_of_christians.html News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:04:00 -0700 Hundreds of Christians were brutally slaughtered with axes and knives by a Muslim Nigerian mob on Sunday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_s_options_attack_iran_or_accept_nuclear_power.html News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:55:00 -0700 Former United States ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton warned Sunday that Israel has just two choices: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/allegations_of_corruption_in_hamas_leadership.html News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:48:00 -0700 A Palestinian Authority news agency has reported that senior Hamas terrorists are using their power in the organization for personal gain. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us-born_al-qaeda_terrorist_nabbed_after_call_for_attacks.html News Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:18:00 -0700 American-born terrorist Adam Gadahn was recently arrested in Pakistan, according to senior officials in Islamabad. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_arabs_invade_yitzhar_destroy_property.html News Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:05:00 -0700 Palestinian Authority Arabs entered the Jewish village of Yitzhar in Samaria undetected on Sunday and managed to cause serious damage to property. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkish_police_accost_sabbath_worshipers_in_synagogue.html News Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:57:00 -0700 A Turkish newspaper reports that police burst into an Istanbul synagogue during recent Sabbath services and demanded worshipers’ ID’s. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arabs_foreign_anarchists_riot_at_beit_jala_over_barrier.html News Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:51:00 -0700 Dozens of Arabs and foreign anarchists rioted at the Beit Jala checkpoint near the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo on Sunday afternoon, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/come_defend_jews_in_historic_jerusalem.html News Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:43:00 -0700 The National Union party called Friday for the public to come to historic Jerusalem on Saturday night to protect Jewish residents from Arab provocations. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_destroys_20_tons_of_plastic_made_in_jewish_settlements.html News Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:45:00 -0700 The Palestinian Authority (PA) is continuing to enforce a boycott of goods made in the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/religion_not_a_factor_in_wife_beheading_judge_rules.html News Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:45:00 -0700 BUFFALO, N.Y. — The founder of an Islam-oriented television station who is accused of beheading his wife is due in a Buffalo courtroom for proceedings in advance of his murder trial. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_accuses_sudan_of_embargo_violation_in_darfur.html News Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:35:00 -0700 United States Ambassador Susan Rice warned Thursday that recent fighting and "the blatant disregard" of a U.N. arms embargo in Darfur are undermining peace efforts in the region. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/global_jihad_creeping_into_russia_s_insurgency.html News Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:23:00 -0700 The Islamist insurgency in Russia's North Caucasus region appears to be mutating from a grassroots separatist movement towards global jihad or holy war, whose goals, propaganda and patronage point abroad. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/west_drafts_weakened_iran_sanctions.html News Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:19:00 -0700 Russia, China oppose full banking embargo; Russia also opposes weapons embargo. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_losing_control_over_strip.html News Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:09:00 -0700 Hamas losing control over Strip http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_retrieves_prehistoric_artifacts_from_britain.html News Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:46:00 -0700 Britain has sent back to Egypt some 25,000 ancient artifacts from Britain, some dating as far back as the stone age, Egypt's culture minister said on Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/stop_the_israeli_escapade.html News Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:37:00 -0700 In wake of east J'lem clashes, PA president again warns of religious war in ME. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_completes_restoration_of_maimonides_shul.html News Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:09:00 -0700 Dignitaries from Israel and abroad fly in for Sunday’s rededication. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_israeli_missile_ships_pass_through_suez_canal.html News Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:44:00 -0700 Two missile ships belonging to the Israeli Navy passed through the Suez Canal sometime during the last few weeks, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egyptian_sheikh_muslims_have_fewer_rights_than_christians.html News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:05:00 -0700 This is from Egyptian online magazine al-Youm al-Sabi'u (The Seventh Day), written on 9 February. In the article, high-ranking Egyptian Islamic Sheikh Khalid al-Jundi blasts Shi'ites and Baha'is, and rejects all relations with Israel--the usual stuff you'd expect from a Muslim Sheikh speaking freely in Arabic to his own. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/german_court_jails_islamists_for_foiled_u_s_attacks.html News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:58:00 -0700 Four Islamist militants who admitted planning "a monstrous bloodbath" with foiled car bomb attacks on U.S. targets in Germany were convicted on Thursday of conspiracy to murder. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_court_orders_retrial_of_tycoon_over_murder.html News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:47:00 -0700 An Egyptian court accepted an appeal by property tycoon and politician Hesham Talaat Moustafa and ordered a retrial after he was sentenced to death for murdering a Lebanese singer. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_s_khamenei_slams_israel_seeks_muslim_unity.html News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:39:00 -0700 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday Western powers were trying to widen differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims to divert attention from the Israel-Palestinian conflict. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pakistan_kills_30_taliban_near_afghan_border.html News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:34:00 -0700 Pakistani security forces killed 30 Taliban fighters on Thursday in a counter-offensive after coming under attack in a volatile tribal area on the Afghan border, military officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/libya_imposes_economic_embargo_on_switzerland.html News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:27:00 -0700 Libya has decided to impose a "total" economic embargo on Switzerland, government spokesman Mohammed Baayou said on Wednesday, after Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi declared holy war on Bern. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/baghdad_bomb_kills_6_as_early_voting_gets_underway.html News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:55:00 -0700 Explosives hidden in garbage heap at entrance to market in predominantly Shi'ite neighborhood. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arabs_may_have_targeted_mabhouh.html News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:52:00 -0700 Hamas man: Jordanian, Egyptian agents tracked terror chief before murder. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/yemen_dynamite_blast_kills_19_people.html News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:51:00 -0700 Initial probe indicates blast was an accident http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/un_slams_egypt_for_killing_african_migrants.html News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:40:00 -0700 Rights chief Navi Pillay says pattern of deaths suggests a "shoot-to-kill policy." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_resistance_key_to_demise_of_world_powers.html News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:31:00 -0700 Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalil, says that Palestinian Authority resistance is the key to freedom for Muslims and the demise of western dominance. Jalil also is the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC). http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/attempted_army_coup_throws_turkey_into_crisis.html News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:12:00 -0700 Turkey faces a deep crisis following the arrests by the Erdogan administration of top army commanders who allegedly plotted to bomb mosques and overthrow the increasingly Islamic-oriented government. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iraqi_christians_protest_over_killings.html News Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:51:00 -0700 Hundreds of Iraqi Christians have taken part in protests calling for government action after a spate of killings. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/yemen_clashes_kill_3_policemen_qaeda_suspect.html News Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:39:00 -0700 Yemeni security forces clashed on Monday with suspected rebels in the southerly Abyan province, where separatists are campaigning against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hundreds_feared_dead_in_new_darfur_clashes.html News Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:32:00 -0700 Hundreds of civilians are feared to have died in a surge of fighting between the Sudanese army and rebels in the turbulent Darfur region, a U.N. source said on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_threatens_to_freeze_europe_for_backing_sanctions.html News Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:12:00 -0700 Brigadier-General Hossein Salami of Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned Sunday that Iran has the power to cut Europe's energy supply. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_protesters_leave_temple_mount_muslims_call_for_war.html News Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:06:00 -0700 Twenty Arabs, who had barricaded themselves on a Temple Mount mosque since Saturday, left the holy site on Sunday after police took the unusual action of entering the controversial area. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/islamic_radicals_infiltrate_the_labour_party.html News Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:35:00 -0700 A Labour minister says his party has been infiltrated by a fundamentalist Muslim group that wants to create an “Islamic social and political order” in Britain. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_leader_drugged_suffocated.html News Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:27:00 -0700 A Hamas leader who was killed in his Dubai hotel room, allegedly by Mossad agents, was drugged and then suffocated to death, police said on Sunday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_to_distribute_gas_masks_today.html News Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:16:00 -0700 Amid growing tensions, Home Front Command begins pilot program in Or Yehuda. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ahmadinejad_maneuvering_hizbullah_and_israel_into_war.html News Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:04:00 -0700 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reportedly angling to start another war between Israel and the lebanese Hizbullah terrorist group in order to deflect attention away from his own lack of popularity at home. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_riots_reach_temple_mount.html News Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:57:00 -0700 The riots that began in Hevron last week reached the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on the morning of the Purim holiday (Sunday). Four police officers were lightly hurt, as were at least 15 Arab rioters. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/abu_sayyaf_militants_raid_philippine_village.html News Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:02:00 -0700 Islamist militants have attacked a village in the southern Philippines, killing at least 11 people, military officials have said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/opposition_leader_a_cult_ruling_iran.html News Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:36:00 -0700 Iran's opposition leader says a dictatorial cult is ruling Iran in the name of Islam. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_court_overturns_freeze_on_israel_gas_sales.html News Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:22:00 -0700 An Egyptian court overturned on Saturday a ruling banning gas sales to Israel, the official news agency MENA reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fatah_leaders_praise_mass_murderer.html News Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:05:00 -0700 A Fatah conference held this week in Ramallah included a speech in praise of terrorists. A member of Fatah's central committee, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/eu_court_opens_door_to_customs_on_judea_and_samaria_products.html News Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:56:00 -0700 The European Union High Court ruled Thursday that Judea and Samaria are not a part of Israel, and Israeli goods made there are therefore subject to EU import duties. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/liberia_town_hit_by_sectarian_unrest.html News Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:19:00 -0700 The United Nations has deployed peacekeepers to a northern Liberian town where sectarian violence has left at least three people dead and forced hundreds to flee. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/unnamed_christians_accused_after_muslim_attack_in_pakistan.html News Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:06:00 -0700 Armed Islamic assault following fruit stand scuffle leads to police round-up of Christians. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_moves_uranium_above_ground.html News Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:55:00 -0700 Official: Teheran's strange move is akin to painting bull's-eye on stockpile. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_s_soccer_coach_only_wants_muslim_players.html News Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:14:00 -0700 The coach of Egypt's national soccer team says he only wants players who observe Islam and the selection of his squad is based equally on religious piety and skill. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/switzerland_unruffled_by_qaddafi_s_call_for_jihad.html News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:57:00 -0700 The Swiss government reacted blandly on Friday to the latest rhetorical sally from the eccentric Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, who called on Thursday for a “jihad” against Switzerland. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sixteen_killed_in_taliban_attacks_in_central_kabul.html News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:40:00 -0700 A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people, including four Indian nationals, and wounded 32 others near an upmarket shopping and hotel complex in the heart of Kabul on Friday, and police shot dead two other would-be attackers, officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_scholars_demand_saudi_cleric_retract_fatwa.html News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:21:00 -0700 Cleric said mixing of the sexes is punishable by death http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/we_have_dna_fingerprints.html News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:37:00 -0700 Local police chief wants int'l team to investigate death of Hamas man Mabhouh. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/rally_for_religious_freedom_in_egypt_set_for_friday.html News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:55:00 -0700 A demonstration in support of Egypt's Christians and in opposition to religious discrimination is set for Friday, February 26, 2010 at 1pm, outside of the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, DC. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/terror_trio_meets_to_talk_shop.html News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:37:00 -0700 Syrian President Bashar Assad hosted Hizbullah head Hassan Nasrallah as well as Iranian leader Ahmadinajad for dinner in Damascus on Thursday night. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fourth_day_of_rioting_in_hevron.html News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:19:00 -0700 Dozens of Muslim youths rioted and hurled rocks at security forces in the city of Hevron Thursday, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/stop_arab_provocations_in_jerusalem.html News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:11:00 -0700 MK Aryeh Eldad called on Minister of Internal Security Yitzchak Aharonovich Thursday to put an end to Arab and leftist riots in Jerusalem. If the police do not act to restrain rioters, local Jews will be forced to take action, he warned. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ahmadinajad_envisions_middle_east_free_of_zionists.html News Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:43:00 -0700 At a press conference in Damascus on Wednesday, Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinajad and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad took turns threatening and taunting Israel. The former received more headlines, with his remark about a “New Middle East free of Zionists." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_refuses_to_recognize_muslim_born_christian_converts.html News Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:34:00 -0700 Gregor Puppnick European Center for Law and Justice “He’s in hiding, and his family is in danger he’s not allowed to leave his country.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/events_postponement.html News Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:58:00 -0700 Due to sever weather predicted for the North East of United States, Voice of the Copts regret to cancel the Press Conference of 02/25/10 as well as the protesting next to Egyptian embassy in Washington Dc scheduled on 02/26/10. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/somalia_s_shabaab_terrorizes_fashionable_youth.html News Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:56:00 -0700 Armed with assault rifles and scissors, the Shabaab's religious police are imposing a reign of terror, as well as crew cuts and bushy beards, on Somalia's youth. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_pays_price_of_world_s_double_moral_standard.html News Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:32:00 -0700 Meeting with foreign ambassadors in the Knesset on Tuesday, Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin (Likud) said, "If the trend doesn't change, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/wrong_words_or_wrong_choice.html News Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:22:00 -0700 The Obama administration's special envoy to the Islamic world has been caught red-faced in a statement he previously denied having made, slamming the indictment of a Palestinian Authority terrorist as a “travesty of justice.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_exporting_radical_islam_to_latin_america.html News Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:09:00 -0700 Latin American Jewish leaders are meeting with Minister of Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein Tuesday night in the wake of growing Iranian influence and anti-Semitism in the region. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hungary_passes_holocaust_denial_bill.html News Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:08:00 -0700 Current law may be unconstitutional, earlier attempts rejected by courts. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fifth_christian_killed_in_a_week_in_north_iraq.html News Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:26:00 -0700 Iraqi police said they found a Christian shopkeeper shot to death in the restive northern city of Mosul on Saturday, the fifth Christian killing in a week thought to be related to March elections. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/another_copt_killed_in_egypt.html News Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:16:00 -0700 Three men accused of killing six Coptic worshipers and a security guard pleaded not guilty on Saturday (Feb. 13) as the Coptic community mourned the loss of yet another victim of apparent anti-Christian violence. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/three_sikhs_beheaded_by_taliban_in_pakistan.html News Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:09:00 -0700 In what threatens to cast a shadow on the upcoming Indo-Pakistan talks scheduled for February 25, three Sikh youths were beheaded by the Taliban in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) region after they allegedly refused to convert to Islam. Their severed heads were dumped at a gurudwara in Peshawar. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lockerbie_bomber_megrahi_living_in_luxury_villa.html News Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:57:00 -0700 Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, who is suffering from terminal prostate cancer, no longer receives hospital treatment after ending the course of chemotherapy that he had been given after returning to his homeland last August. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/white_house_affirms_confidence_in_islam_envoy.html News Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:46:00 -0700 The White House is expressing its confidence in a White House counsel’s office attorney President Barack Obama recently named as U.S. envoy to the Islamic Conference, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/french_reconsider_recognizing_palestine.html News Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:33:00 -0700 Sarkozy, Kouchner stress state must be established in negotiations. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pakistani_christian_beaten_for_refusing_to_convert_to_islam.html News Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:59:00 -0700 Brothers converted by Muslim cleric who raised them leave him for dead. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/dubai_clears_5_000_embryos_on_religious_grounds.html News Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:50:00 -0700 A fertility clinic in Dubai orders disposing of about 5,000 human embryos on religious grounds, an Emirati newspaper reported on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_working_feverishly_to_achieve_state_-_without_negotiations.html News Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:39:00 -0700 Palestinian Authority officials are working on several fronts to achieve a Palestinian state without negotiations over conditions for a peace agreement with Israel. These efforts include: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_mother_calls_to_sacrifice_children_as_martyrs.html News Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:30:00 -0700 The Palestinian Authority continues to broadcast incitement against Israel and Jews, according to the watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_demands_give_us_land_for_highway.html News Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:22:00 -0700 “We’re building a highway, and we need some of the Israeli-controlled land.” This is the latest demand made upon Israel by the Palestinian Authority, following the start of construction on a new PA city in the heart of southern Shomron (Samaria). http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_rioting_expands_to_hevron.html News Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:51:00 -0700 Some 100 Arabs threw rocks and rolled burning tires near the Jewish Community in Hevron on Monday. One soldier was wounded lightly in his hand. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arabs_begin_to_blame_their_own_leaders.html News Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:42:00 -0700 Arabs who left Israel in the 1948 are are beginning to blame Arab countries for leaving them stateless after promising a quick return to “Palestine.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/new_details_on_hamas-iran_ties_revealed.html News Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:27:00 -0700 The Revolutionary Guards in Iran are training Hamas terrorists in ground-to-ground missiles in Sudan. The Lebanon-based Al-Qanat website reports, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/taliban_on_the_defense_in_pakistan_afghanistan.html News Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:19:00 -0700 Pakistani forces announced Sunday that counterterror operations had killed 30 Taliban fighters near the Afghanistan border. Many terrorists have sought cover near the border from an operation lead by by coalition troops in Afghanistan. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egyptian_energy_ministry_no_deals_with_israel.html News Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:09:00 -0700 A spokesman for the Egyptian energy ministry has officially denied reports that Israel will be included in an Egyptian project to create a regional electricity grid. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bomb_thrown_at_cairo_synagogue.html News Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:50:00 -0700 None wounded as man hurls makeshift device from window of hotel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/20_ships_to_head_for_clash_in_gaza.html News Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:31:00 -0700 The Turkish IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation announced that a fleet of 20 ships would be sent to break Israel’s embargo on Hamas-run Gaza two months from now. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/sudan_govt_darfur_rebels_reach_peace_deal.html News Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:25:00 -0700 The government of the African nation of Sudan has reached a peace deal with the mostly-Muslim Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels in Darfur after secret talks conducted late last week in Ndjamena, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_agents_destroy_20_000_shekels_worth_of_jewish_products.html News Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:18:00 -0700 A report in the Palestinian Authority press says that a multi-branch team of PA agents found an Arab-driven car carrying 20,000 shekels’ worth of cleaning products several days ago. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/syria_warns_next_war_will_be_ruinous.html News Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:52:00 -0700 Syrian PM says if future conflict erupts it will affect "the region and beyond." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_opens_fire_on_gaza_border_cell.html News Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:43:00 -0700 Palestinians say 6 wounded as army foils possible al-Qaida linked attack. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/west_will_lose_by_helping_israel.html News Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:36:00 -0700 Hamas official warns nations to stay out of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/suicide_bomber_kills_13_in_iraq_s_anbar_province.html News Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:58:00 -0700 A suicide bomber killed at least 13 people and wounded 21 others on Thursday in Iraq's increasingly turbulent western Anbar province, a senior Iraqi army official and police said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hizbullah_tries_to_break_out_of_resistance_mold.html News Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:47:00 -0700 Movement urges its followers: Heed traffic signs and pay your electric bills. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/assailant_in_street_attack_in_turkey_ordered_released.html News Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:09:00 -0700 Court ignores ‘religious hostility’ of Turk who held knife to Christian’s throat. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/russia_says_s300_missile_delivery_to_iran_delayed.html News Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:38:00 -0700 The delivery of advanced Russian-made S-300 air defense missiles to Iran has been delayed for technical reasons, a senior Russian official told the Interfax news agency on Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/120_lashes_for_saudi_policeman_with_six_wives.html News Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:28:00 -0700 A Saudi court has sentenced an employee of the kingdom's religious police to 120 lashes for marrying six women. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_general_accuses_iraqi_politicians_of_iran_links.html News Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:15:00 -0700 Pre-election controversy in Iraq over moves to ban candidates suspected of links to Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party will fade as an issue, the U.S. military commander in Iraq said late Tuesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_warns_powers_will_regret_new_sanctions.html News Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:48:00 -0700 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that any country which tried to impose new sanctions on Iran would regret its actions, and talks were still going on over a proposed nuclear fuel swap. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/facing_death_freed_iraq_detainees_fight_again.html News Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:28:00 -0700 Many Iraqis released by U.S. forces after being detained for suspected links to Sunni insurgents have been killed by tribes seeking revenge or are being driven back into the arms of al-Qaeda. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fatah_officer_killed_in_inter-group_fighting_in_lebanon.html News Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:55:00 -0700 A Fatah officer and a woman were killed Monday by members of an Islamist group at the main entrance of the Ain al-Helweh camp near Sidon, in southern Lebanon. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_says_it_captured_taliban_s_military_commander.html News Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:50:00 -0700 The United States confirmed to The New York Times that its forces have captured the number one commander of the Taliban terrorist forces, and the number two leader in the terrorist organization. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/dubai_police_11_agents_killed_hamas_terrorist.html News Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:42:00 -0700 The Dubai Police held a news conference Monday in which they showed photographs of 11 people whom they suspect of assassinating Hamas agent Mahmoud al-Mabhouh http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gaza_terrorists_arrest_british_journalist.html News Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:10:00 -0700 Hamas terrorists are holding a British journalist suspected of supporting a collaborator with Israel, nearly four years after terrorists in the Hamas-controlled region kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston and held him captive for nearly four months. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lebanon_fires_on_israeli_surveillance_planes.html News Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:01:00 -0700 Lebanon, which has openly embraced Hizbullah both politically and militarily, fired on four Israeli surveillance planes Sunday, its military stated. No direct hits were reported. The Lebanese army rarely fires on Israel unless the planes come within range of their artillery guns. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/speakers_criticise_valentine_s_day.html News Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:30:00 -0700 Speakers at a seminar titled “Increasing Western influence on our Civilisation” have criticised the Valentine’s Day that has been introduced by the west through their agents in Pakistan to destroy the cultural and religious fibre of Pakistan. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/basant_valentine_s_day_aliens_festivals.html News Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:24:00 -0700 LAHORE - It is very strange we are showing enthusiasm to the festivals of the aliens at a time when the nation is besieged with manifold crises. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/scholars_oppose_valentine_s_day.html News Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:10:00 -0700 RELIGIOUS leaders in Bahrain have attacked the annual Valentine's Day celebration, saying it has diluted Islamic principles and values. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/saudi_religious_police_see_red_on_valentine_s_day.html News Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:02:00 -0700 THE RELIGIOUS police in Saudi Arabia are seeing red in the run-up to Valentine’s Day and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been warned not to celebrate the day of lovers openly. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/indonesian_muslims_told_don_t_mark_valentine_s_day.html News Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:52:00 -0700 A senior religious cleric has told Indonesia's Muslims not to observe Valentine's Day because the romantic holiday stems from another faith. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/immigrants_riot_in_milan_after_egyptian_killed.html News Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:43:00 -0700 Dozens of immigrants from North Africa rioted during the night in a multi-ethnic neighborhood in Milan, smashing shop windows, overturning cars to protest the knifing death of an Egyptian, Italian police said on Sunday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/eight_people_killed_in_indian_bomb_attack.html News Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:35:00 -0700 At least eight people were killed after a bomb blast ripped through a restaurant popular with foreign tourists in the western Indian city of Pune on Saturday, police and Home Ministry officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fence_along_the_egyptian-israeli_border.html News Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:58:00 -0700 The government is expected to pass today (Sunday) a proposal to build a border fence between Israel and Egypt, at a cost of 1.5 billion shekels (roughly $400 million). http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jihadist_attacks_rise_in_russia_s_caucasus.html News Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:05:00 -0700 An Islamist insurgency is now spreading beyond Chechyna to the entire patchwork of republics known as the north Caucasus. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/push_for_islamic_courts_in_kenya_alarms_christians.html News Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:51:00 -0700 Emergence of Somali-related Islamic extremists puts authorities on high alert. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/terror_talk_growing_louder_on_the_web.html News Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:41:00 -0700 Exclusive: U.S. Intel Officials Seeing Spike in al Qaeda-Linked Internet Chatter Focused on Ways to Thwart Airport Security http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/al-qaeda_in_iraq_leader_threatens_polls_violence.html News Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:32:00 -0700 The leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, threatened in an audio recording late on Friday to stop Iraqi parliamentary elections by "military means," the SITE monitoring service said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/thousands_demonstrate_in_oslo_prophet_cartoon.html News Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:20:00 -0700 About 3,000 people protested in Oslo on Friday over the printing of a caricature of the Prophet Mohammad as a pig by a Norwegian newspaper. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_attacks_taliban-held_afghan_town.html News Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:09:00 -0700 Combat operation is largest since Obama ordered 30,000 US reinforcements. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_foils_stabbing_attempt.html News Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:57:00 -0700 Palestinian armed with knife dies after soldiers open fire; no troops hurt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/airport_body_scanners_violate_the_teachings_of_islam_says_muslim.html News Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:35:00 -0700 A group of Muslim scholars says it supports airline safety, but it is "deeply concerned" about the use of airport scanners that show nude images of the human body. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/more_women_recruited_for_qaeda_terrorist_attacks.html News Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:17:00 -0700 As al-Qaeda recruits more women for suicide bombings, the wife of a prominent operative in the terrorist organization says regrets joining the group as she lives alone in Yemen, according to press reports Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/kenya_wants_israel_s_help_against_jihadists.html News Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:04:00 -0700 The Minister for Public Security, Yitzchak Aharonovich, met his Kenyan counterpart Prof. George Saitoti in Jerusalem Thursday, and the two discussed their countries' security and criminal problems. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_kills_global_jihad_terrorist_in_air_strike.html News Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:51:00 -0700 A Global Jihad terrorist is dead and another was wounded in an air strike on a squad of terror operatives who were preparing to carry out a terror attack near the Karni humanitarian aid crossing in northern Gaza Thursday morning, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arabs_say_museum_erected_on_graveyard_demand_un_halt_building.html News Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:39:00 -0700 A group of Arabs joined by European human rights activists have joined forces to demand that the United Nations halt the building of a Jewish "Museum of Tolerance" on a plot of land they say is an ancient Muslim cemetery. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/terrorists_set_off_bomb_near_idf_patrol_no_soldiers_hurt.html News Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:27:00 -0700 On a patrol of the Gaza border fence Friday morning, a Golani unit came across a group of four Gaza Arab terrorists who were placing an explosive device along the fence, apparently intending to detonate it when patrols passed by. The troops opened fire at the terrorists, who began running away – http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/police_attack_iran_reformists_on_revolution_day.html News Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:25:00 -0700 Iran’s security forces attacked a number of reformist leaders, including Mehdi Karroubi and ex-president Mohammed Khatami on Thursday as Iranians mark the 31 anniversary of the Islamic revolution, opposition websites reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/we_can_enrich_uranium_to_80_percent_but_we_choose_not_to.html News Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:14:00 -0700 At Teheran rally marking Islamic revolution anniversary, Ahmadinejad tells hundreds of thousands that Iran does not produce weapons-grade nuclear material because "we don't need it." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/goldstone_analyst_hamas_only_fired_2_rockets_at_israel.html News Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:03:00 -0700 Dore Gold: He can't be an analyst on any military issue and should not be employed by the United Nations. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_kills_gaza_terrorist_in_karni_firefight.html News Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:52:00 -0700 One Gaza terrorist is dead and several others were wounded following an air strike near the Karni crossing Thursday morning, according to Gaza sources. The Karni Crossing houses the terminal through which a giant conveyor delivers tons of grain and animal feed to Gaza each week. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/palestinian_authority_police_officer_murderer_of_idf_soldier.html News Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:44:00 -0700 It has been released that the murderer of the IDF soldier on Wednesday was a a Palestinian Authority police officer and not a regular policeman as first announced. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/lebanese_gov_t_officially_backs_hizbullah_terrorist_group.html News Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:36:00 -0700 Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri warned that the Lebanese government would officially back the Hizbullah terrorists in the event of another war with Israel and claimed that the Jewish State was threatening both Lebanon and Syria. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/significant_sanctions_against_iran_in_weeks.html News Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:25:00 -0700 US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the US and its allies are developing a "significant regime of sanctions" against Iran, and that the international community was "unified around Iran's misbehavior in this area". http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arabs_attack_christian_evangelists_in_samaria.html News Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:19:00 -0700 Five Christian volunteers were lightly wounded by Arab rock-throwers in the fields of the Jewish town of Har Brachah in the Shomron; the town’s security officer was detained after he shot in the air. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_strikes_again_as_hamas_continues_rocket_attacks.html News Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:11:00 -0700 The Israeli Air Force struck again in Gaza around midnight Tuesday in retaliation for continuing Gaza terrorists' rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli civilians. Military spokesman did not state what locations were targeted, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iranian_rioters_chant_death_to_berlusconi_at_italian_embassy.html News Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:48:00 -0700 Chanting "Death to Italy, Death to Berlusconi", about 100 Iranians hurled stones, eggs, and tomatoes at the Italian embassy in protest of Italy's decision to reduce dealings with an increasingly nuclear-capable Iran. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jihad_culture_of_death_promises_72_dark-eyed_virgins.html News Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:34:00 -0700 Hamas television continues to exhort Arab youth to look forward to the day they can commit suicide for the purpose of murdering Jewish citizens of Israel. In a recent Friday Islamic sermon broadcast on Hamas TV, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/traditional_european_freedom_at_stake_wilders_to_inn.html News Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:25:00 -0700 Geert Wilders, of the PVV (Party for Freedom) in the Netherlands, is on trial in his native Holland, charged with five counts of discrimination against Muslims and similar offenses. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_heads_for_stunning_punch_against_west.html News Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:08:00 -0700 Iran has announced it will more than quintuple its enrichment level of uranium for atomic weapons – and Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran will deliver a “stunning blow” to the West this week. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_bus_driver_locks_passengers_aboard_as_he_stops_to_pray.html News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:28:00 -0700 A Muslim bus driver knelt in the aisle to pray for five minutes leaving bemused and anxious passengers trapped in ther seats. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_leader_says_israel_s_destruction_imminent.html News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:03:00 -0700 Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday the destruction of Israel was "imminent," and called for continued resistance against the Jewish state, state media reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_organ_transplant_bill_welcomed_by_who.html News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:58:00 -0700 A controversial organ transplant bill expected to become law in the next few weeks could regularize organ transplants and curb Egypt's booming illicit trade in human organs, experts say. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_begins_to_build_unmanned_planes.html News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:49:00 -0700 New missile air defense system also planned after Russian S-300 system not delivered. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/terrorist_rocket_hits_kibbutz.html News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:40:00 -0700 Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired a short-range improvised rocket ('Kassam') at Israel Sunday morning. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/assassination_in_dubai_may_launch_hizbullah-hamas_revenge_effort.html News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:34:00 -0700 Last month’s daring assassination of a Hamas senior terrorist in Dubai may spark a combined Hizbullah-Hamas revenge attack against Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_blames_jews_us_for_protests.html News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:26:00 -0700 Iranian authorities have arrested seven people who are associated with the U.S.-funded Farsi language radio station that broadcasts from Washington and Prague. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jordanian_pressure_preventing_western_wall_walkway_construction.html News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:18:00 -0700 Jordanian pressure is preventing the completion of a walkway to the Temple Mount next to the Western Wall (Kotel), according to Nadav Shragai, senior researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/indonesian_constitutional_court_amendments_to_the_blasphemy_law.html News Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:40:00 -0700 Jakarta, the Constitutional Court will consider amendments to the blasphemy http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_lawyers_will_burn_alive_anyone_who_defends_murdered_12_ye.html News Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:29:00 -0700 No lawyer comes forward to defend Shazia Bashir, the servant girl murdered by her employer. The powerful association of lawyers in Lahore, arrayed in defence of the murderer, launches death threats and prevents access to the Court. Christian Association condemns this new form of terrorism. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/western_powers_reject_iran_nuke_proposal.html News Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:13:00 -0700 Germany: Teheran is playing for time; US is losing patience, Gates says. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/syria_we_re_ready_for_peace_or_war.html News Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:01:00 -0700 Lieberman: A red line was crossed. A direct threat to attack population centers. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/twin_suicide_bombs_kill_25_in_pakistan_s_karachi.html News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:49:00 -0700 Two suicide bombers on motorcycles struck a bus and hospital in Karachi on Friday, killing 25 people and targeting Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's financial capital for the second time in six weeks. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/uk_troops_lead_major_nato_afghan_assault.html News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:13:00 -0700 British troops have launched helicopter advances in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province to prepare the battlefield for a major NATO operation, the British military said on Friday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/at_least_27_killed_in_iraq_holy_city_bombings.html News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:56:00 -0700 At least 27 people were killed and 75 wounded on Friday when two car bombs blew up in Iraq's holy city of Karbala as hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims observed a major religious rite, hospital sources said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/imprisoned_terrorists_studying_at_hebrew_university.html News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:48:00 -0700 The State of Israel continues to pay for the higher education of Arab terrorist prisoners, an advertisment by the “Prisoners' Club” in Ramallah shows. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/funding_terrorist_families.html News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:38:00 -0700 Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has authorized a slew of benefits to keep the home fires burning for families of terrorists killed or injured during the "struggle against Israel" -- the euphemism for terror attacks against Israeli citizens, be they civilians or soldiers, men, women or children. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/rules_of_war_must_be_changed.html News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:24:00 -0700 The Dean of the Netanya Law College says that the international rules of law must be adapted to the current war against terrorism. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_chaplain_smuggled_box-cutter_blades_into_jail.html News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:28:00 -0700 A city Department of Correction Muslim chaplain who served 14 years in prison for murder and robbery was arrested today for carrying three utility blades and a pair of scissors into a lower Manhattan jail, authorities said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/teen_girl_buried_alive_in_honor_killing_in_turkey.html News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:59:00 -0700 A 16-year-old girl was buried alive by relatives in southeast Turkey in a gruesome honor killing just because she reportedly befriended boys, the Anatolia news agency reported Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/if_syria_provokes_israel_assad_will_be_out_of_power.html News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:27:00 -0700 Lieberman blasts Syrian president for claiming Israel leading Middle East towards war, says Assad made a "direct threat on Israel," calls on Damascus to give up demand for Golan Heights. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/free_speech_on_trial.html News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:17:00 -0700 The free-speech trial of anti-Islamization Fitna movie-producer Geert Wilders has taken a break – after the court rejected 15 of Wilders’ requested witnesses. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/terror_groups_we_planted_the_explosives_barrels.html News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:13:00 -0700 A third barrel packed with explosives has been found - the latest one near the beach at Palmachim, some 15 km south of Tel Aviv. The barrel was discovered by security personnel who have been combing Israel's beaches since two explosive barrels washed up Monday to the beaches north of Gaza. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/more_al-qaeda_attacks_in_store_for_u_s.html News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:05:00 -0700 The international al-Qaeda terrorist organization may seem dormant but isn't dead by a long shot, says a former senior CIA official, who claims the group is waiting to carry out another massive attack on the United States. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/barrels_contained_15-20_kg_explosives_each.html News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:57:00 -0700 The barrels containing explosives that were discovered near the beaches of Ashkelon and Ashdod Monday contained 15 to 25 kilograms of explosives each, military sources said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/muslim_leader_blasts_gay_lifestyle.html News Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:45:00 -0700 PRESIDENT of the Islamic Council of Jamaica, Mustafa Muhammad, says he agrees with the Sharia law which prescribes death for people who openly flaunt homosexual behaviour. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/icc_reconsiders_sudan_s_bashir_genocide_charges.html News Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:36:00 -0700 Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday reversed a decision that prosecutors had not provided sufficient evidence to charge Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir with genocide. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/20_killed_117_injured_in_iraq_suicide_attack.html News Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:20:00 -0700 A suicide attacker driving a minibus on Wednesday killed 20 Shiite pilgrims, including women and children, travelling on foot to a shrine city in central Iraq, health and security officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkish_id_breaches_religious_freedom.html News Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:56:00 -0700 Europe's top rights court ruled Tuesday that references to faith on Turkey's national identity cards breached freedom of religion laws. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/response_to_hamas_rockets_idf_strikes_in_southern_gaza.html News Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:05:00 -0700 In a joint operation of the IDF and the Shabak (Israel Security Agency), Israel Air Force craft attacked two Hamas terrorist targets in Gaza before dawn on Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_successfully_fires_satellite_rocket.html News Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:03:00 -0700 Iran successfully fired on Wednesday a home-built satellite rocket, Kavoshgar 3, carrying an "experimental capsule," state-owned al-Alam television reported, giving no further details. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/un_s_double_standard_for_arab_refugees.html News Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:56:00 -0700 An artist and poetess from the Negev has embarked on a personal campaign to prove that the story on which she was raised – that the Jews stole the land from Palestinians – is untrue. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/gr_gor_puppinck_s_speech_at_cairo_press_conference.html News Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:42:00 -0700 "It is a great honour and responsibility to work for such an historical case. This case will have a remarkable impact and affect every Egyptian who leaves Islam and converts to Christianity. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/voice_of_the_copts_president_speech_at_cairo_press_conference.html News Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:56:00 -0700 Mr. Ashraf Edward held a press conference in Cairo concerning the filing of an application into United Nations for converted Muslim, herewith Ramelah’s speech http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/we_share_values_with_west_but_must_fight.html News Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:13:00 -0700 "Israel must make it clear that while we share a number of values with the West, there is a basic difference,” Deputy IDF Chief of staff Maj. Gen. Benny Gantz said Sunday at the Herzliya Conference. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/icc_to_extend_time_for_darfur_rebels_appearance.html News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:33:00 -0700 The prosecutor’s office at the International Criminal Court (ICC) would ask the court to extend the deadline set for two Darfur rebel leaders to appear voluntarily at The Hague for questioning over their alleged role in a 2007 massacre, well-placed sources told Al Arabiya on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/huge_plo_flag_in_lod_disturbance.html News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:06:00 -0700 Hundreds of Arab residents of Lod marched through the mixed Arab-Israeli city Friday, chanting subversive slogans against the state of Israel and its institutions http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_jerusalem_arabs_nabbed_for_terror_plot.html News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:56:00 -0700 Released for publication: Two Jerusalem Arabs were caught in Be’er Sheva preparing for terrorist attacks in Tel Aviv and elsewhere. They are being charged with espionage, aiding an enemy, and other crimes. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/no_peace_with_syria_could_mean_war.html News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:31:00 -0700 Barak calls for talks with Damascus as http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/public_warned_to_stay_away_from_israeli_beaches.html News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:20:00 -0700 Police warned the public to stay away from Israel's southern beaches Monday after barrels containing explosives washed up at two locations. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/police_warn_of_jihad_training_for_children.html News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:41:00 -0700 Some young children in Britain are being indoctrinated to hate non-Muslims and champion a holy war, according to a new documentary. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/man_who_says_he_spied_on_mosques_for_fbi_files_lawsuit.html News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:30:00 -0700 Craig Monteilh says he lives in danger. He's been targeted for death by Islamic extremist groups, the Romanian and Mexican mafias and white supremacist groups. One fugitive now wants his head, he claims. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/n_africa_qaeda_offers_to_help_nigerian_muslims.html News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:18:00 -0700 An al-Qaeda group in North Africa has offered to give Nigerian Muslims training and weapons to fight Christians in the West African country, where more than 460 people were killed in sectarian clashes last month. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/suicide_bomber_kills_41_injures_106_in_baghdad.html News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:08:00 -0700 Female suicide bomber blows herself up among Iraq pilgrims http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/berlusconi_dreams_of_israeli_joining_eu.html News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:56:00 -0700 Netanyahu: Glorious past of two cultures obligates cooperation today between the Israeli and Italian governments. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_foiled_attacks_on_jewish_tourists_us_ships.html News Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:00:00 -0700 Egyptian sources revealed on Sunday that two months ago its intelligence forces arrested approximately two dozen terrorists who planned to attack Jews visiting the tomb of the revered 19th century Rabbi Yaakov Abhatzeira. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iranian_threat_tightens_israeli-us_ties_says_security_advisor.html News Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:35:00 -0700 The threat of a nuclear Iran has pushed Israel and the United States closer together, national security advisor Prof. Uzi Arad told the opening session of the 10th annual Herzliya Conference Sunday night. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/berlusconi_doubts_wisdom_of_gaza_pullout.html News Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:15:00 -0700 Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi hinted in an interview published Sunday that the Gaza pullout ("Disengagement") was a mistake, noting that it ended in "burned synagogues" and missiles being fired into Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_threatens_revenge_on_jews_outside_israel.html News Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:00:00 -0700 Hamas threatened to attack Jews outside of Israel in retaliation for Israel’s “changing the rules” and allegedly assassinating a Hamas co-founder and senior terrorist who was eliminated more than a week ago in Dubai. It also suggested that Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau used his recent visit to Dubai as a camouflage for the counterterrorist operation. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fighting_kills_at_least_12_in_somali_capital.html News Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:08:00 -0700 Fighting between Islamist insurgents and African Union peacekeepers continued on Friday killing at least 12 people in Somalia's capital, health services and witnesses said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_may_lash_out_at_israel.html News Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:57:00 -0700 Obama's national security adviser: Teheran may use Hamas, Hizbullah as proxies. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/global_swine_flu_death_toll_rises_to_14_711.html News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:58:00 -0700 The death toll from the swine flu pandemic has risen to at least 14,711, up 569 from a week ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/somalia_islamist_group_bans_video_games.html News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:52:00 -0700 Somalia's Islamist insurgents on Thursday banned video games, one of the last forms of entertainment left for local youth, arguing they were destroying the country's social fabric. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egyptian_christian_framed_in_sexual_assault_case.html News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:16:00 -0700 The drive-by shooting of Coptic Christians by extremist Muslims after celebrating the Orthodox Christmas Eve midnight Mass in the southern town of Nagaa Hammadi on January 6, causing the killing of 6 and wounding of 9, (AINA 1-7-2010) was  condemned by public opinion worldwide. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jews_flee_malm_as_anti-semitism_grows.html News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:12:00 -0700 Threats and harassment are becoming increasingly commonplace for Jewish residents in Malmö in southern Sweden, leading many Jews to leave the city out of fear for their safety. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israeli_threats_against_hezbollah_target_lebanon.html News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:13:00 -0700 Hariri urges Arab solidarity with Beirut against "Israeli threats" http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_israel_assassinated_izzadin_kassam_member_in_dubai.html News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:54:00 -0700 Group claims Mahmoud Mabhouh, who was suspected in murder of 2 IDF soldiers in 1988, was killed on Jan. 20 in UAE capital; abducted soldier's mother: I'm happy his death was avenged. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jewish_cemetery_vandalized_in_strasbourg_france.html News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:45:00 -0700 Anti-Semitic Vandalism at a Strasbourg Jewish cemetery was discovered on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/french_mosque_raided_by_islamic_radicals.html News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:34:00 -0700 The head of a mosque in Drancy, a northeastern suburb of Paris, was targeted Monday by a gang of Islamic radicals who interrupted the services and threatened to “liquidate him, this imam of the Jews.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/italy_foreign_minister_rejects_face_veil.html News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:58:00 -0700 Italy's foreign minister Franco Frattini on Wednesday voiced his opposition to the face veil. Women wearing the garment pose security issues and symbolise "a refusal to integrate" by Muslim immigrants in a host country, he said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/islamic_militants_in_somalia_murder_christian_leader.html News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:50:00 -0700 Al Shabaab extremists threaten widow of slain pastor of underground church. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/christian_filipino_migrants_forced_to_convert_to_islam.html News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:28:00 -0700 A Filipino nurse with ten years in Saudi Arabia talks about the dramatic situation of Christian workers, forced to embrace Islam just to keep their job. Despite abuses and violence, migrants still choose the Middle East because of the availability of work. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bashir_backs_ex-rebel_for_south_sudan_president.html News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:13:00 -0700 Sudan's ruling National Congress Party said late on Wednesday it would support former foe Salva Kiir for president of the semi-autonomous south in April elections in an attempt to revive a faltering partnership. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_s_nile_delta_falls_prey_to_climate_change.html News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:35:00 -0700 The Nile Delta, Egypt's bread basket since antiquity, is being turned into a salty wasteland by rising seawaters, forcing some farmers off their lands and others to import sand in a desperate bid to turn back the tide. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_readies_new_iran_sanctions_at_un.html News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:23:00 -0700 Measures against Revolutionary Guards, financial firms to be debated. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/zionist_regime_to_be_annihilated.html News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:54:00 -0700 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised Wednesday at a meeting with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz that Israel would be annihilated soon. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/j_lem_will_be_palestinian_capital.html News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:10:00 -0700 Abbas: Peace talks can’t start until Israel stops Jerusalem construction. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/canada_to_offer_shariah-compliant_mortgages.html News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:57:00 -0700 Shariah-compliant mortgage banking, in accordance with Islamic religious law, may soon become a reality in Canada, according to a report published Wednesday by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/saudi_says_achieved_victory_over_yemen_rebels.html News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:16:00 -0700 Saudi Arabia declared victory over Yemeni Shiite rebels on Wednesday following a truce offer from the insurgents, who said they had withdrawn from all Saudi territory. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jewish_cemetery_desecrated_in_france.html News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:06:00 -0700 At least 18 tombstones at Cronenbourg cemetery found marked with swastikas. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egyptian_law_enforcement_attack_monastery_and_monks.html News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:11:00 -0700 On January 24,2010, Egyptian law enforcement along with special units attacked a Coptic monastery known as St. Makarious located in “Wadi el rayan “el- Fayoum near Cairo. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_s_next_hizbullah_war_may_escalate_into_fight_with_lebanon.html News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:22:00 -0700 If Israel and Hizbullah ever go to battle again, it may lead to a full-out war between the Jewish State and Lebanon. According to the Washington Post, Hizbullah's rearmament deep in northern Lebanon would force Israel to fight the terrorist army far past the border. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/yemen_s_troubles_make_it_an_attractive_terrorism_center.html News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:14:00 -0700 Middle East security expert Yoel Guzansky says the West has not yet woken up to Yemen’s increasing role in nourishing Islamic terrorism. Without Western pressure, he says, the dangers will only grow. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/one_american_two_britons_arrested_in_crete_synagogue_arsons.html News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:09:00 -0700 Greek police have arrested one American, two Britons and a local citizen for twice torching a 600-year-old synagogue that was recently restored. A second American is at-large, possibly in Italy. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/open_letter_to_egyptian_parliament_president_and_members.html News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:44:00 -0700 President and members of the Egyptian Parliament; I am certain this letter will have no impact on you because you are hypocrites with no respect for the opinions of others. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/french_parliament_report_calls_for_burka_ban.html News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:40:00 -0700 France was set to move one step closer to barring Muslim women from wearing the full Islamic veil with the release Tuesday of a report calling for a ban on the burka, also known as niqab, in public institutions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/let_s_see_if_world_deals_with_evil.html News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:25:00 -0700 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu threw a direct challenge on Monday at the world's handling of the growing Iranian threat to obtain nuclear weapons. “We shall see in the following weeks whether the international community deals with this evil before it spreads,” he said at the opening of an exhibition of the blueprints for the Auschwitz death camp. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/islamic_terrorists_made_in_britain.html News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:17:00 -0700 A Hamas website proudly reports on two young British citizens who have moved to Gaza to join the jihad against Israel. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/eclj_welcomes_european_parliament_resolution.html News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:01:00 -0700 In a letter transmitted to Voice of the Copts, ECLJ Welcomes European Parliament Resolution in Defense of Religious Freedom for Minority Christian Communities in Egypt and Malaysia http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/capital_murder_charge_filed_in_bellville_massacre.html News Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:43:00 -0700 A family dispute pushed Maron Thomas to go on a rampage marked by a fury so intense that he decapitated his 2-year-old niece with a machete after killing her and four other family members, Austin County investigators said Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/u_n_seeks_to_drop_some_taliban_from_terror_list.html News Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:31:00 -0700 The leader of the United Nations mission here called on Afghan officials to seek the removal of at least some senior Taliban leaders from the United Nations’ list of terrorists, as a first step toward opening direct negotiations with the insurgent group. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/at_least_36_killed_in_baghdad_hotel_bombings.html News Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:14:00 -0700 At least 36 people were killed in a series of car bombings in central Baghdad on Monday, police said, ending a 6-week lull in coordinated assaults on the Iraqi capital as the country heads for national elections in March. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_will_have_nuclear_bomb_this_year.html News Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:01:00 -0700 A secret intelligence dossier currently being reviewed by US, Israeli, German, and Austrian governments reveals secret Iranian tests and hierarchies of power dedicated to the successful development of a nuclear bomb, and predicts that Iran will have a primitive nuclear bomb by year's end. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hate_preacher_anjem_choudary_vows_to_establish_sharia_law_across.html News Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:44:00 -0700 Following a recent ban by Home Secretary Alan Johnson, Choudary says his followers are already starting to move to the continent in a bid to spread their hardline Islamist message. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_s_mubarak_defends_gaza_border_barrier.html News Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:30:00 -0700 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday defended the construction of an underground barrier on the border with the Gaza Strip as a matter of national security and sovereignty. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/syria_calling_up_reserves.html News Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:18:00 -0700 Tensions have escalated along the Israeli-Lebanese border and Syria has begun calling up troops from its Fourth Reserve, sources told the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hezbollah_s_relocation_of_rocket_sites_to_lebanon_s_interior_pos.html News Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:42:00 -0700 With Iran backing and supplying Hezbollah and the United States backing and supplying Israel, "the battlefield is Lebanon," said Marwan Hamadeh, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/uk_students_recruited_for_somali_jihad.html News Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:33:00 -0700 Young British Muslims are joining a terror group linked to Al-Qaeda that is blamed for hundreds of deaths in the African country http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/three_yemeni_soldiers_killed_in_checkpoint_attack.html News Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:26:00 -0700 Three Yemeni soldiers were killed in an attack at a Yemeni checkpoint by suspected southern separatists, a government official said on Sunday, in a province where the state is also hunting a resurgent al-Qaeda. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bin-laden_claims_responsibility_for_failed_xmas_day_bombing.html News Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:20:00 -0700 Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden issued a new audio message claiming responsibility for the Christmas day airline bombing attempt in Detroit and vowed further attacks. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_warns_eu_against_legitimizing_hamas.html News Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:12:00 -0700 The Palestinian Authority over the weekend expressed concern over Hamas's growing attempts to gain recognition from the international community and warned EU representatives against engaging in dialogue with the extreme Islamist movement. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/israel_may_act_against_iran.html News Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:28:00 -0700 French President Nicolas Sarkozy assessed that Israel "would not stand by while Iran develops nuclear weapons," Al Hayat quoted sources close to the French leader on Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/recent_attacks_on_christian_communities_-_european_parliament.html News Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:18:00 -0700 European Parliament resolution of 21 January 2010 on recent attacks on Christian communities http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/trespasser_carried_knife_into_tappan_zee_elementary.html News Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:17:00 -0700 PIERMONT — A Connecticut man found trespassing Wednesday at a South Orangetown elementary school was arrested at a nearby store while carrying a knife, police said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/britain_raises_terror_threat_level_to_severe.html News Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:59:00 -0700 Britain raised its terrorism threat level to 'severe', the second highest level, on Friday, days before London hosts major international meetings on how to deal with militancy in Afghanistan and Yemen. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/mohamed_hegazy_v_s_egyptian_government.html News Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:38:00 -0700 UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF Urgent Appeal Submitted by the European Centre for Law and Justice, an international non-profit law firm with Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC, on behalf of Mr. Mohammed Bishoy HEGAZY v. The Arab Republic of Egypt http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/the_arab_cocoon_by_tarek_heggy.html News Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:16:00 -0700 King's College (KCL) of London university hosted the launch of Tarek Heggy's 26th book http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/al-qaida_may_use_sudanese_refugee_influx_to_infiltrate_israel.html News Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:33:00 -0700 If the border with Egypt is not closed, then al-Qaida may use Sudanese refugees making their way into the country as cover to infiltrate and set up terrorist cells in Israel, senior IDF officials told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during a tour on Thursday of two observation posts along the Sinai border. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/india_issues_airplane_hijacking_alert.html News Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:27:00 -0700 Indian airports were on high alert Friday after intelligence services received information that al-Qaida-linked militants were plotting to hijack a plane. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/obama_i_misjudged_the_will_for_peace.html News Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:10:00 -0700 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met US Mideast envoy George Mitchell Thursday night, a few hours after Time magazine published an interview with US President Barack Obama in which he admitted that he erred during his first year in office by raising too high expectations of a Middle East breakthrough. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/arab_rock_attack_on_hershkowitz.html News Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:48:00 -0700 Arabs in Kfar HaShiloach (Silwan or Siloam) threw rocks Thursday at the entourage of the Head of the Jewish Home party, Minister of Science and Technology Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz. No one was hurt and no damage reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/fighting_terrorism_britain_ends_flights_from_yemen.html News Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:41:00 -0700 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Wednesday the immediate suspension of direct flights from Yemen to London – because of terrorism fears. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/iran_vows_to_hit_western_warships_if_attacked.html News Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:13:00 -0700 Iran's defense minister warned on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic could strike back at Western warships in the Gulf if it were attacked over its nuclear program, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/vatican_to_study_christian_exodus_from_middle_east.html News Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:45:00 -0700 The Christian exodus from PA-controlled territories continues, religious freedom under Moslem control is not expected – yet the Vatican issues a document blaming the “occupation.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/renewed_violence_against_egypt_s_coptic_christians.html News Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:46:00 -0700 On January 6 -- Christmas Eve according to the Eastern Orthodox calendar -- six Coptic Christians and a policeman were killed in a drive-by shooting while exiting church in Naga Hammadi, Upper Egypt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/kabul_on_high_alert_after_brazen_taliban_attack.html News Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:20:00 -0700 Kabul on high alert after brazen Taliban attack http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/mauritania_begins_dialogue_with_qaeda_prisoners.html News Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:14:00 -0700 The Mauritanian government on Monday began a "spiritual dialogue" with Salafist prisoners, a first in a country that has been the victim of several attacks attributed to al-Qaeda. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/jordanian_sources_say_iran_ordered_attack_on_israeli_convoy.html News Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:06:00 -0700 Last week's failed attempt on the lives of Israeli diplomats in Jordan was apparently carried out on instructions from Teheran, sources close to Jordan's General Intelligence Department (GID) revealed on Monday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_foils_major_terrorist_attack_fatah_suspected.html News Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:57:00 -0700 Soldiers from elite IDF units Sunday night arrested three Arabs who were planning a “significant” terrorist attack against Israelis. The soldiers confiscated three large pipe bombs, which sappers safely detonated without injury. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/computer_network_terrorism_new_world_threat.html News Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:50:00 -0700 “A fleet of fighter planes is not necessary to attack a power station; a keyboard is sufficient, according to University of Haifa Dr. Yaniv Levyatan, an expert on information warfare. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hezbollah_trains_on_missiles.html News Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:48:00 -0700 Syria has allowed Lebanese Hezbollah militants to train with advanced anti-aircraft missiles in its territory, a U.S. source says. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/two_christians_critically_wounded_at_wedding_in_pakistan.html News Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:40:00 -0700 Still in intensive care, they were shot for refusing order to convert to Islam. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/deadly_clashes_rock_nigerian_city.html News Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:35:00 -0700 Authorities in the northern Nigerian city of Jos have imposed a dusk to dawn curfew after sectarian clashes that left at least 10 people dead. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/kabul_under_control_after_taliban_attack.html News Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:28:00 -0700 Taliban gunmen launched a brazen assault on the center of Kabul on Monday, with suicide bombers blowing themselves up at several locations and militants battling security forces from inside a shopping centre engulfed in flames. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/saudi_activists_outraged_as_man_marries_11_yr_old.html News Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0700 News of a Saudi octogenarian marrying an eleven-year-old girl has outraged human rights activists amid calls on the government to regulate the marriage of underage girls, local media reported Saturday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/us_drone_attack_kills_20_militants_in_pakistan.html News Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:49:00 -0700 A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles in Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, killing at least 15 militants on Sunday, Pakistani security officials said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_defends_right_to_publicly_honor_terrorists.html News Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:24:00 -0700 The Palestinian Authority government is defending its practice of honoring terrorists who murder Israelis by naming public places and events in their honor. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/roadside_bomb_against_israel_embassy_staff.html News Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:18:00 -0700 Unknown terrorists set off a roadside bomb Thursday against a convoy of cars carrying Israeli diplomats in Jordan. No one was hurt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/hamas_city_bombs_anger_gazans.html News Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:10:00 -0700 Hamas is preparing for war with Israel by placing large bomb-traps in densely-populated areas – angering local residents. So reports a Fatah website named Al-Ahad. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/malaysia_mosque_vandalized_amid_allah_row.html News Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:31:00 -0700 A Malaysian mosque was vandalized following attacks on 11 churches, threatening to deepen a row over the use of the word "Allah" to refer to the Christian God in this mainly Muslim but multiracial country. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/six_powers_to_discuss_iran_s_lack_of_cooperation_on_nuclear_issu.html News Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:22:00 -0700 Top diplomats from six key powers are scheduled to meet in New York on Saturday to discuss Iran's reaction to their proposal to defuse global fears over its nuclear program, with the United States pushing for new sanctions. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/yemen_air_strike_kills_al-qaeda_military_leader.html News Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:10:00 -0700 A Yemeni air strike on two cars killed at least six suspected al-Qaeda leaders in northern Yemen on Friday, including the leader of the armed wing, a Yemeni security official said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/blast_near_israeli_diplomats_in_jordan_none_hurt.html News Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:29:00 -0700 A bomb exploded near a car carrying three Israeli diplomats in Jordan on Thursday but none was hurt, Israeli media said. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/pa_arabs_try_to_knock_israeli_car_off_highway_443.html News Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:20:00 -0700 The decision to allow PA Arabs onto Route 443 to Jerusalem has not yet been implemented, and Arabs tried this morning to murder Jews there. They tried to run an Israeli car off the highway, but were unsuccessful - and soon arrested. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/yemen_says_tribesmen_kill_10_houthi_rebels.html News Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:01:00 -0700 Pro-government Yemen tribesmen have killed 10 Houthi rebels in the Arab Gulf country after they tried to take up positions in homes in a northern town, the interior ministry said on Thursday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/ayalon_apologizes_to_turkish_ambassador.html News Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:52:00 -0700 After a diplomatic standoff sparked by stage directions given by Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister at a pre-meeting photo opportunity with Turkey's Ambassador to Israel, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkish_ultimatum_apologize_by_midnight.html News Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:48:00 -0700 Turkey’s president Abdullah Gul gave Israel until midnight to apologize for Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon’s behavior towards its ambassador or face the consequences of the envoy "taking the first flight tomorrow to go back home.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/upper_egypt_hundreds_of_copts_arrested.html News Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:06:00 -0700 Egyptian State Security has intensified its intimidation of the Coptic Church and Christians in Nag Hammadi, and neighboring Bahgoura, by carrying out random arrests of Christian youth. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/islamists_loot_and_burn_protestant_church_in_algeria.html News Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:45:00 -0700 Islamists looted and burned a Protestant church in Algeria, the congregation's leader said Monday, suggesting they were inspired by a recent wave of religious intolerance in the Arab and Muslim world. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/leader_of_yemeni_qaeda_cell_killed_by_military.html News Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:36:00 -0700 The leader of a Yemeni al-Qaeda cell has been killed in clashes with security forces, Yemen's state news agency reported on Wednesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/turkey_keeps_ayalon_crisis_on_front_burner.html News Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:01:00 -0700 Turkey continues to distance itself from Israel while warming up to Iran, Syria and Lebanon. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon implied he was wrong in trying to use the media to snub Ankara, but Turkey is demanding a full public apology. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/copts_protest_in_milan_italy.html News Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:46:00 -0700 Hundreds of Copts resident in Milan, north of Italy protested against Egyptian regime. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/britain_bans_islamist_group_after_march_row.html News Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:36:00 -0700 Britain will outlaw an Islamist group that provoked anger with a plan to march through a town where British troops killed in Afghanistan are honored, the interior minister announced on Tuesday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/taliban_of_jewish_descent_experts_are_checking.html News Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:23:00 -0700 Experts at the National Institute of Immunohaematology in Mumbai, India believe a large group of Taliban Muslims might be descended of the lost Ten Tribes of Israel – and an Israeli rabbinical expert agrees. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/tehran_bomb_blast_kills_top_nuclear_scientist.html News Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:15:00 -0700 A mysterious remote-control bomb killed a nuclear scientist in Iran Tuesday, and Iran said Israel may be responsible. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_rejects_proposed_alternative_to_two-state_solution.html News Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:28:00 -0700 Maj. Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland presented two alternatives to the two-state solution Monday, at a conference hosted by Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies. Eiland's presentation was based on his new study "Regional Alternatives to the Two-State Solution.” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/no-fly_to_us_to_protest_anti-terrorist_checks.html News Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:23:00 -0700 A noted Saudi preacher has called on Arabs to stop flying to the United States, in protest of “enhanced screening” procedures aimed at catching terrorists, the Dubai business website Zawya.com reported. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/dozens_of_qaeda_fighters_in_yemen.html News Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:36:00 -0700 Dozens of al-Qaeda militants are hiding out in a remote mountainous area of Yemen, a senior official said in comments published Sunday, as President Ali Abdullah Saleh urged them to lay down their arms. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/idf_may_take_over_philadelphi_in_future_conflict.html News Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:26:00 -0700 The IDF is prepared for the possibility that in a future conflict with Hamas it will be ordered by the government to take over the Philadelphi Corridor in the southern Gaza Strip, which is lined with hundreds of weapons smuggling tunnels, defense officials said on Sunday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/the_egyptian_intellectual_tarek_heggy.html News Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:54:00 -0700 Vallentine-Mitchell Publishers in association with King's College (of London University) shall host the launch of a new book by "Tarek Heggy' : "The Arab Cocoon - Progress & Modernity in Arab Societies". http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/is_the_met_afraid_of_mohammed.html News Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:47:00 -0700 Jihad jitters at Met. Mohammed art gone http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/egypt_arrests_christians_after_arsons.html News Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:35:00 -0700 Egyptian authorities have arrested 42 Christian and Muslim "troublemakers" after arsonists set fire to Christian-owned property in southern Egypt, police said on Sunday. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/news/bombing_message_from_israel_to_hamas.html News Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:21:00 -0700 Gaza-based terrorists continued to test Israel’s determination to stop rocket and mortar shelling attacks and were met with another aerial strafing on Sunday following more strikes on the Western Negev. Voice Of The Copts