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/press_release/islamists_in_pakistan_kill_two_christians_at_court_house.html Press Releases Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:40:00 -0600 Washington, D.C. (July 19, 2010)– International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Islamists killed two Christians accused of blasphemy as they left court in Faisalabad, Pakistan today at 2 PM local time. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/somali_islamists_execute_christian_convert.html Press Releases Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:02:00 -0600 Washington, D.C. (July 7, 2010)– International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that members of the Al-Qaeda linked Somali Islamist group, Al-Shabaab, publicly executed a Christian convert from Islam in the in Hudur district, Somalia on July 1st. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/religious_freedom_in_egypt_human_rights_precedent.html Press Releases Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:53:00 -0600 Hearing with the pronouncement of a judgement on the request of Egypt’s most well known convert, Mohamed Hegazy, to change his ID from “Muslim” to “Christian” http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/coptic_persecution_s_press_release_-_united_copts_of_great_brita.html Press Releases Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:16:00 -0700 On 6th January 2010, as they left the church after the Christmas Midnight Mass, six Copts were gunned down and killed in a drive-by shooting in Naga Hammadi, a town in southern Egypt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/press_conference_regarding_muslim_converted_in_cairo.html Press Releases Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:36:00 -0700 - Regarding the case filed for Mohamed Bishoy Hegazy, an Egyptian Muslim converted to Christianity: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/egyptian_foreign_office_indicates_some_emp_are_extremist_right-w.html Press Releases Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:44:00 -0700 The European Parliament member, Cristiana Muscardini, presented the following interrogation of the Egyptian government: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/application_into_un_special_rapporteur_on_human_rights.html Press Releases Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:07:00 -0700 On behalf of Voice of the Copts, President Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah announces the following information regarding the Egyptian citizen, Mr. MOHAMMED BISHOY HEGAZY and FAMILY MEMBERS. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/request_for_an_international_investigation.html Press Releases Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:48:00 -0700 Regarding the bodies of the eight Copts who were recently massacred on the Coptic Christmas Eve and in view of the confidential information including published photographs just received, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/christmas_eve_massacre_in_egypt.html Press Releases Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:38:00 -0700 In regard to the massacre of eight Copts in Upper Egypt after the conclusion of the Coptic Christmas Mass and the ten others seriously injured in the shoot-out which was previously planned by the regime’s operatives, http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/happy_2010.html Press Releases Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:10:00 -0700 Voice of the Copts wishes all of you a Happy New Year http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/responsible_for_equality_and_liberty_love_is_more_powerful.html Press Releases Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:55:00 -0700 Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) - Jeffrey Imm, 301-613-8789, usa@realcourage.org Human Rights Day News Conference http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/islamists_attack_pakistani_christian_family_for_refusing_to_conv.html Press Releases Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:14:00 -0600 International Christian Concern has learned that on September 28, Islamists attacked the home of a Christian family for refusing to convert to Islam in Murree, a town near the Pakistan capital of Islamabad. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/iranian_judge_charges_converts_with_apostasy.html Press Releases Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:01:00 -0600 Propagation of Christian Faith http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/pakistani_police_arrest_two_christians_for_eating_during_ramadan.html Press Releases Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:14:00 -0600 Washington, D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 25, police in Pakistan arrested two Christians for eating during the Islamic fasting season of Ramadan in the city of Silanwali. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/pakistan_another_christian_accused_of_blasphemy.html Press Releases Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:39:00 -0600 Young Man Faces Death Penalty http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/hindu_extremists_attack_christian_school_beat_staff.html Press Releases Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:44:00 -0600 Police Ignore Attack and Tell Christians to Stop Causing Trouble http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/lao_soldiers_decapitate_two-month-old_girl.html Press Releases Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:39:00 -0600 Infant used as target practice during military attacks that leave 26 civilians dead http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/copts_will_speak_up_at_washington.html Press Releases Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:59:00 -0600 News Release: Contact: John Edward Hurley 703-855-1266 or Hurley30@hotmail.com or Ashraf Ramelah 516-852-7956 of VoiceOfTheCopts http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/young_christian_shopkeeper_beaten_and_arrested_for_blasphemy.html Press Releases Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:09:00 -0600 Muslim Mob Gathers in Faisalabad and Demands His Death http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/iran_continues_the_illega_detention_of_christian_converts.html Press Releases Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:12:00 -0600 Washington, D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Iranian authorities told Maryam Rustampoor and Marzieh Amirizadeh, converts from Islam to Christianity, to recant their Christian faith during a hearing before a revolutionary court in Tehran on August 9. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/up_date_rally_in_support_of_egyptian_coptic_christians_in_egypt.html Press Releases Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:54:00 -0600 Direction to gathering locationCourtesy of R.E.A.L. Organization http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/christians_oppose_muslim_push_for_sharia_in_kenya.html Press Releases Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:13:00 -0600 Washington, D.C.- International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Muslim leaders are calling for Sharia to be enshrined in Kenya's constitution. The move is opposed by Christian leaders who fear that it will lead to greater persecution, as it has in Sudan and Nigeria. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/pakistani_s_government_begins_investigation_death_toll_rises_to_.html Press Releases Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:25:00 -0600 Christians Blame Violence on Blasphemy Laws, Government Blames Swat Valley Terrorists http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/nigeria_islamic_kill_three_pastors_raze_twenty_churches.html Press Releases Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:39:00 -0600 Washington, D.C. - International Christian Concern (ICC) has received additional details on attacks by Islamic extremists against Christians and churches in Maiduguri, Nigeria. ICC first reported this story on July 29 ("Islamic Extremists Kill Pastor, Raze Churches in Nigeria"). We have now learned that the Islamists killed 12 Christians, including three pastors, and razed twenty churches. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/muslim_mob_ravages_two_towns_in_pakistan.html Press Releases Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:54:00 -0600 International Christian Concern (ICC) is calling on Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari to defend religious freedom by taking swift measures to prosecute the Muslim mobs that attacked Christian neighborhoods near Faisalabad, Pakistan, burning over 100 homes and killing at least eight Christians in two related attacks occurring on July 31 and August 1. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/rally_in_support_of_egyptian_coptic_christians_in_egypt.html Press Releases Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:18:00 -0600 VOICE OF THE COPTS along with National American Coptic Assembly and American Coptic Union are to organize a peaceful demonstration, on the occasion of President Mubarak's visit to Washington DC, in front of the White House. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/islamic_extremists_kill_pastor_raze_churches_in_nigeria.html Press Releases Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:32:00 -0600 Washington, D.C. (July 29, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Islamic extremists killed a pastor and razed five churches in the city of Maiduguri, Nigeria, on July 27. The extremists also attacked two churches in the Nigerian city of Potiskum. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/iraqi_security_forces_are_building_trenches_to_protect_christian.html Press Releases Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:05:00 -0600 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Iraqi Security forces are building trenches to protect Christians from further attacks following recent church bombings that killed four people and wounded several others. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/christian_shot_8_times_for_refusing_to_pay_protection_money.html Press Releases Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:38:00 -0600 Washington - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian businessman was shot eight times in the legs while driving through Lahore, Pakistan on July 7 after refusing to pay protection money to a Muslim. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/praise_report_thai_government_agrees_to_protect_children.html Press Releases Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:28:00 -0600 Dear Asharf Ramelah, We are so pleased to report that the Father has answered our prayers! We received word that the Thai government has assured our representatives that the children from our orphanage will not be forced to return to Burma and that the Thai army will stand to protect them against any attack from the Burmese army across the border. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/pakistanis_beat_co-worker_after_discovering_he_is_a_christian.html Press Releases Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:58:00 -0600 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a young man from Pakistan was beaten by his co-workers after they learned that he was a Christian. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/muslims_accuse_mentally_challenged_girl_of_blasphemy.html Press Releases Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:56:00 -0600 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the General Secretary of a fundamentalist Muslim party in Pakistan accused a Christian girl of blasphemy, taking her to the police who interrogated her for 16 hours. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/muslims_halt_construction_of_church_wall_for_livestock.html Press Releases Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:20:00 -0600 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that four radical Muslims are trying to stop Christians in Pakistan from building a boundary wall around the only church in their village because the Muslims use the church's land to stable their livestock. To make matters worse, the police are refusing to defend the rights of Christians to build on their own property. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/christian_murdered_for_drinking_tea_from_a_muslim_cup.html Press Releases Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:48:00 -0600 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that radical Muslims running a tea stall beat a Christian man to death for using a cup designated for Muslims on May 9. The young man, Ishtiaq Masih, had ordered tea at a roadside stall in Machharkay village, Punjab, Pakistan, after his bus stopped to allow passengers to relieve themselves. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/praise_report_for_icc_supported_orphans_in_burma.html Press Releases Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:54:00 -0600 Dear Asharf Ramelah, Thank you for praying for the children who were attacked last week in our new orphanage in Burma. We are pleased to report that all 90 of our children have been safely accounted for! We're so grateful to the Father for his provision and protection and to you for praying for their safety. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/church_shut_for_ringing_its_bells.html Press Releases Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:39:00 -0600 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that authorities for Pakistan Railway have confiscated a church building in Lahore after Muslim leaders complained about the church ringing its bells and using loudspeakers to call Christians to prayer. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/christian_man_raped_and_murdered_for_refusing_islam.html Press Releases Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:51:00 -0600 Pakistani Caught in Compromising Situation Still Kept His Faith. International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a young Christian man from Pakistan was caught in a compromising situation with the daughter of a radical Muslim family but refused to convert to Islam despite her insistence and the threats of her three brothers. On May 15, the young man's father found his dead body near a canal in a rural Punjab village, after he had been missing for three days. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/icc_orphanage_in_burma_attacked_by_burmese_government_forces.html Press Releases Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:36:00 -0600 Two IDP camps, 200 Children Affected http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/three_christians_beaten_in_two_days_in_hyderabad_india.html Press Releases Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:40:00 -0600 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a pastor and two Christians were attacked by Hindu radicals in two separate incidents near Hyderabad, one of India's most developed cities. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/pray_for_icc_supported_orphans_in_burma.html Press Releases Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:30:00 -0600 Dear Asharf Ramelah, I just wanted to let you know that one of our worst fears has been realized. Our orphanage in Burma was attacked by the Burmese army last night. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/beaten_by_his_own_family_for_his_faith_in_christ.html Press Releases Thu, 28 May 2009 09:09:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 27, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Pakistani man preparing to become a pastor was imprisoned for three months by his own family and continues to receive death threats on a regular basis for his decision to convert to Christianity. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/iranian_security_officers_arrest_five_christian_converts_from_is.html Press Releases Thu, 28 May 2009 08:59:00 -0600 Two Women Converts Still In Prison http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/a_message_to_president_obama.html Press Releases Wed, 27 May 2009 09:30:00 -0600 Reconciliation with the Islamic World is a Two-Way Street http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/historic_church_ransacked_in_northwest_pakistan.html Press Releases Tue, 26 May 2009 13:52:00 -0600 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a historic church in a secure area of northwest Pakistan was ransacked and vandalized the night of May 11. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/villagers_find_severed_head_of_kidnapped_christian_farmer_in_phi.html Press Releases Wed, 20 May 2009 07:51:00 -0600 Al-Qaeda-linked radical group beheads elderly hostage in series of kidnappings http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/a_warm_welcome_to_us_president_s_visit_to_egypt.html Press Releases Mon, 11 May 2009 15:15:00 -0600 A Car Bomb Explodes in Front of the Virgin Mary Church in Cairo. Egypt’s Health Minister Determined to Call the Army to Kill Pigs and the Livelihood of Christian Copts Inciting Hatred and Violence on the Rise against Egypt’s Christian as False Fear of H1N1 Intensifies If this is Not Islamic Terrorism what would it be called? http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/witnesses_for_nun_s_rape_case_threatened_refuse_to_testify.html Press Releases Sat, 09 May 2009 14:24:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 9, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that five prosecution witnesses gave compromised testimony in the case of the nun who was raped during the August pogrom against Christians in Orissa's Kandhamal district because they had been threatened with "dire consequences." The witnesses testified on April 22 in a special court. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/us_military_yields_to_al_jazeera_destroys_afghan_bibles.html Press Releases Thu, 07 May 2009 15:39:00 -0600 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the U.S. military leadership in Afghanistan has confiscated and destroyed several Bibles in Afghan languages which had been sent to an American soldier serving in Afghanistan. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/us_panel_says_nigeria_among_worst_violators_of_religious_freedom.html Press Releases Mon, 04 May 2009 17:02:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 4, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the annual report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom designated Nigeria as a country of particular concern for "tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of freedom of religion." http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/christian_copts_of_california_free_father_mattaos.html Press Releases Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:22:00 -0600 Coptic (Egyptian Christian) priest is unjustly tried and imprisoned in Egypt. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/christian_brothers_spend_two_months_in_prison_for_blasphemy.html Press Releases Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:48:00 -0600 Released After Intervention by Police and Christian Lawyers http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/pakistan_court_orders_police_to_arrest_rapist.html Press Releases Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:34:00 -0600 Police Ignored Christian Father's Cries for Justice against His Daughter's Rapist http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/muslim_employer_brings_justice_to_christian_employee_s_raped_dau.html Press Releases Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:56:00 -0600 Police Pressure Father to Drop Case http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/call_to_prayer_for_sri_lanka_crisis.html Press Releases Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:39:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 8, 2009) - Key organizations that work on religious liberty issues around the world made strong statements on the civil war in Sri Lanka and launched a global campaign calling for prayer for that nation. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/ask_your_congressman_to_defend_the_church_in_urkey.html Press Releases Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:34:00 -0600 Dear Asharf Ramelah The Turkish government claims to be a secular government where people are free to practice their faith legally. However, for years Turkey has refused to grant churches legal status. Churches that do operate in Turkey must register as "foundations," which come under strict supervision by the government. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/four_christians_killed_in_two_days_in_iraq.html Press Releases Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:41:00 -0600 Violence Against Iraqi Christians Rising Again http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/egyptian_initiative_for_personal_rights.html Press Releases Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:36:00 -0600 Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Hisham Mubarak Law Center El-Nadim Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence Arabic Network for Human Rights Information Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression Rights Groups Urge Prosecutions for Assault on Baha'i Egyptians http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/iran_arrests_two_christian_women_for_practicing_christianity.html Press Releases Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:20:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 2, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on March 5, 2009 Iranian security forces detained two Christian women for practicing Christianity. Iranian officials allege that Marzieh Amairizadeh Esmaeilabad and Maryam Rustampoor are 'anti-government activists. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/muslim_mob_drags_christian_women_through_streets.html Press Releases Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:20:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 2, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Noor Husain, the father of a Muslim woman who eloped with a Christian man, led a mob of his neighbors and friends in an attack on his village's only church in Pakistan's Punjab province. After desecrating the church, the men forced their way into Christian homes, dragged out the women, and paraded them forcefully on the streets. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/petition_to_free_uzbekistan_pastor.html Press Releases Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:27:00 -0600 Dear Asharf Ramelah, ICC recently received a letter from a young girl in Uzbekistan. She wrote: http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/film_how_and_until_when.html Press Releases Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:08:00 -0600 We are not advocating violence, but we are opening our wounds in search for dressings. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/the_copts_is_the_egyptian_regime_conscious_of_their_existence.html Press Releases Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:12:00 -0600 Perhaps the one following the policy of the Egyptian government in its dealings with the Copts, may have several mental reservations, the most important one is that the Copts have demands, they form a considerable segment of the Egyptian society, they are real Egyptian citizens and not intruders or strangers, and that they are not just one of the communities. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/libya_tortures_four_christian_converts_from_islam.html Press Releases Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:33:00 -0600 Other Christian converts on the run fearing for their lives. WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 9, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Libyan intelligence officials have detained and tortured four Christians for converting from Islam. The Christians have been imprisoned for the past seven weeks in Tripoli, Libya's capital. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/thieves_stone_christians_killing_woman_for_going_to_police.html Press Releases Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:48:00 -0700 Group Wanted to "Teach a Lesson" to Christians after Robbed Man Reported Them http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/13-year-old_girl_raped_for_two_days_then_released.html Press Releases Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:39:00 -0700 Growing Trend of Muslim Men Imposing Islam on Christian Girls by Rape, Forced Marriage. WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 5, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Muslim man in Pakistan kidnapped, raped, and forced a 13-year-old Christian girl to convert to Islam after deciding he wanted to marry her. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/icc_calls_for_investigation_of_violence_against_christians_in_ba.html Press Releases Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:10:00 -0700 WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 5, 2009) - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria gunned down Christians and set fire to their homes and churches during a three-day rampage in which 11 people were killed and 3500 were displaced. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/184.html Press Releases Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0700 Voice of the Copts, on behalf of all honest Copts, is asking you both to please reconsider your decision. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/this_is_an_insult_to_all_of_us.html Press Releases Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:16:00 -0700 U S is planning to give $900 M. aid to Hamas to supposedly build Gaza Strip.   Get mad and write President Obama, your Senators and Dept. of State, I just did. Read the attached letter which I sent to Dept. of State today.  You could use the same letter, but change names, or take info. from it and use your own language.   Please circulate this e-mail; we want to give the message to our politicians that charity starts at home. We can't afford to help the whole world particularly those fanatics who caused the misery to themselves. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/return_of_14-year-old_copt_kidnapped_to_convert_to_islam_by_two_.html Press Releases Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:32:00 -0700 Kirollos Refat Ibrahim, 14-year-old Coptic boy, was returned after being kidnapped for nine months. He was forcible detained by two Imams (Muslim spiritual leaders) on the roof top of a mosque, in Manshiet Nasr, Cairo. http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/serious_development_in_the_case_of_the_two_children_andrew_and_m.html Press Releases Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:26:00 -0700 The Education Directorate in Alexandria, is forcing young Mario and Andrew to write their religion as Muslim in their secondary school exam application forms 2008/2009 Voice Of The Copts