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Country of the month - Egypt

For Christians in Egypt the rise of Islamist political groups and a spate of violence targeting churches suggest that the cataclysmic events of the past 12 months have turned Arab Spring to Winter. - Read more

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How you can help

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) supports several projects in Egypt. You can support these projects by donating via their national offices.

Below you can find one or more finished projects ACN supported in the past.

• Giving persecuted Christians a voice – the Sat-7 Christian TV Station in the Middle East
  

  Faith comes from hearing. Radio and TV are becoming ever more important, not just for entertainment but also as purveyors of knowledge and information. The role of Christian programming in the context of the New Evangelisation is an aspect that should not be underestimated, given that it can reach such a vast audience, including among others the sick who could not otherwise participate in parish life but who can for example join in the great prayer of the Holy Mass while watching it on their TV screens. Read more >>

• Help for attacked Coptic Christians in Abou Qurqas
  

  One might well imagine the town of Abou Qurqas, around 2 hours drive from Cairo, to be a peaceful place to live, were it not for the events of 18 April 2011, That day the people of the town, Muslims and Coptic Christians alike, set out as usual to go to work or open up their shops, while the little children hurried off on foot to school. But this peaceful image was soon shattered by the events that followed. As if from nowhere, islamists appeared in front of the Coptic church and announced their intention of shutting it down. Read more >>

Christians in Egypt between hope and fear


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A Christian minority where Islam is the state religion (2007)