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Father '''Zakaria Botros''' is a Coptic [[priest]] from Egypt. He is a controversial figure in that country for his [[Holy Scripture|Scriptural]] studies upon the combined books of [[Islam]]. He currently resides in the United States.
Fr. Botros became an ordained Coptic priest in Cairo in the 1950s. Twice authorities jailed him for preaching the gospel to Muslims, once in 1981 for one year, and again in 1989. A judge sentenced him to life in prison but ordered him released on the condition of forced exile: He had to leave Egypt and never return. By that time he had ministered in Cairo for over 30 years but moved to England with his wife, where he ministered in a Coptic church for 11 years before he said he "retired" to begin the television and internet ministry in 2003.<ref>World Magazine. [http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14763 Broadcast news: COVER STORY: "2008 Daniel of the Year"]. December 13, 2008.</ref>
In December 2008 he received the ''"2008 Daniel of the Year Award"'' from the conservative evangelical Protestant [[w:World (magazine)|World (magazine)]].
[[Image:Fr Zakaria Botros.JPG|right|thumb|Coptic Priest Fr. Zakaria Botros]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakaria_Botros Zakaria Botros] at Wikipedia.
* Orthodox News. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrthodoxNews/message/9940 Jihad Watch: Al Qaeda declares Coptic priest Zakaria Botros "one of the most wanted infidels in the world"]. September 10, 2008.
* Ibrahim, Raymond. [http://islamdom.blogspot.com/2008/03/zaakaria-botros-fight-fire-with-fire.html Zakaria Botros: Fight Fire with Fire]. Islam and Christianity. March 27, 2008.* World Magazine. [http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14763 Broadcast news: COVER STORY: "2008 Daniel of the Year"]. December 13, 2008.
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