Bishop Thomas speaks on Coptic Christians in Egypt

His Grace, Bishop Thomas of the El-Qussia and Mair Diocese in Upper Egypt became a monk in 1983 and was ordained a priest in 1987. Bishop Thomas works tirelessly to strengthen religious freedom and human rights in the face of personal risks. He was the first recipient of the St. Stephen Prize, a human rights award given by The Norwegian Mission to the East, for his efforts to speak out against the oppression of religious communities. Bishop Thomas is active in building schools and developing educational programs in Egypt's Coptic Church. In 1999 he built the Anaphora Farm and Retreat Center in Wadi el-Natrun, where many of the monastic communities of the desert fathers lived 1500 years ago.

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[zarthoshti]

God bless the persecuted Copts!

[Bishkes]

or do you just accuse him to be one, because he is christian, and because he is, you hate him, so you accuse him of something that is not true, to make him a bad man, only because you hate him, because he is christian? ;)

[academygirls111]

@mounirdaking right

Muslim Egyptians are the same race and genetics as the Christians ones .

difference between modern Egyptians is mostly religion

@xoxomerder4ever yes we all spoke coptic language until most Egyptians became Muslims and therefore lost the language..but genetically we are the same people

so to differentiate between Muslim and Christians.Arabs called Christians copts

but most Muslim egyptian and copts are the same people..

converting is not mixing with arabs

[hetismij21]

I feel this bisshop is sincere.

[QuranTafseer]

InshAllah the copts will no longer be persecuted in Egypt seeing Mr Mubarak has been kicked out

[ManxCrusader]

شراء جميع ممتلكات الشاطئ يمكنك في مصر قضية مثيرة من انتاج شركة ديزني ليلة وليلة عشاء الجذب يتحرك هناك، والضيوف دخول عالم سحري من شهرزاد، فتاة صغيرة مع حلم أكبر من الحياة لتصبح أميرة جميلة. اثنين من الجن السحرية اتخاذ شهرزاد وضيوفها على مغامرة مثيرة ورومانسية مليئة الموسيقى والأضواء وأعمال جريئة حيث كل شيء يمكن أن يحدث، من الرقص مربع على ظهور الخيل لقفز الغجر، التقليب والرقص على نقل الخيول ظهورهم!

[MrVoiceofmoderation]

Hands off Iraqi Christians you Islamist lunatics!

[mounirdaking]

@xoxoMerDer4ever well i think what happend is just happin bcuz ppl like that stupid bishop talkin .. its a words of hate .. and thats the results of his speach .... im so sorry 4 what happend but dont forget there are muslims got hurt of what happend in that church in alex .. and now we all know that islam is not bhind that bomb bcuz its not in the name of islam .. what abut that now ?? have u even see what christian in egypt said ?? i dont think so 

[xoxoMerDer4ever]

@mounirdaking Well you are not doing a good job solving those problems, considering what just happened to a church in Alexandria.