Items related to Christianity

Egyptians accused of proselytizing in Libya return home
MENA 16 Apr 2013
Four Coptic Egyptians detained by Libyan authorities for several weeks over charges of spreading Christianity have...
Prosecutor general to summon Salafi preacher over 'contempt of religion'
Al-Masry Al-Youm 17 Feb 2013
The prosecutor general is summoning hardline Salafi preacher Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah, known as Abu Islam, who is charged...
Hundreds of protesters gathering in front of the U.S. embassy headquarters during a protest against what they said was a film being produced in the United States that was insulting to the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and mocking him, Cairo, 11 September 2012. Protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy and some pulled down the American flag, and burnt it, then replace it with black flag.
Trial of alleged Bible-burners adjourned to 14 October
Al-Masry Al-Youm 30 Sep 2012
The Nasr City Misdemeanors Court decided Sunday to postpone the case of a prominent Salafi figure accused of blasphemy...
A protester holds up black flag with statement reads
Court adjourns blogger's religious defamation trial to October
Al-Masry Al-Youm 26 Sep 2012
The Marg Misdemeanor Court on Wednesday adjourned the case of a blogger charged with defamation of religion until 17...
Former jihadis sue sheikh over bible burning
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 Sep 2012
The Egyptian Seminar Center for Rights and Freedoms filed a lawsuit against preacher Sheikh Abu Islam Ahmed Abdallah...
Pope Benedict XVI blesses as he leads the Angelus prayer from the window of his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, next to Rome, September 9, 2012.
Pope to visit Mideast in shadow of Syrian civil war
Reuters 13 Sep 2012
Pope Benedict makes a religiously delicate and potentially dangerous trip to Lebanon this weekend to appeal for peace...
The Saudi capital of Riyadh, photo by AFP/Getty images
Saudi court to try two people who 'converted woman to Christianity'
MENA 26 Jul 2012
A court in Khobar Governorate in eastern Saudi Arabia will hear the case against two people who allegedly helped a...
In St. Catherine, monastery seeks permanence through technology
James Purtill 29 May 2012
St. Catherine’s Monastery is going digital. The monastery that claims to be the oldest in the world ­—...
File photo of Coptic Orthodox Cathedral's Holy Synod, Cairo, February 21, 2007.
Artists to feature Holy Family’s Flight into Egypt
Egypt Independent 28 May 2012
More than 20 notable artists will feature the Holy Family’s Flight into Egypt and its three-year stay after...
An Iraqi excavation official walks across the archaeological site of a pre-Islamic Christian monastery in the central city of Najaf on 23 April 2012. Foreign exploration teams have largely avoided Iraq entirely over security fears, even though levels of violence in the country are significantly lower than their peak in 2006 and 2007.
Iraqi ancient Christian city of Hira lies neglected
AFP 28 May 2012
A stone's throw from Iraq's Shia holy city of Najaf's airport, the remains of the celebrated ancient...