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Middle Eastern Christians Flee Violence for Ancient Homeland

In a darkened classroom, empty except for a few desks, a teacher gives private lessons in Syriac, derived from Aramaic, the language of Christ.   And...

13 Coptic Egyptians Kidnapped in Libya

The kidnappings are rumored to be sectarian in nature. A witness to the crime, Hanna Aziz, told the Associated Press that masked gunmen went...

Egypt’s Al-Sisi: Islamic “Thinking” Is “Antagonizing the Entire World”

Sisi during his New Year’s Day speech before Al Azhar   Among other things, Sisi said that the “corpus of texts and ideas that we...

Islamist Militants Abduct Seven Copts in Libya

Like many others, those abducted, who are all from the province of Minya (Upper Egypt), went to Libya seeking work to support their families...

Pope Tawadros: Maspero Clashes ‘horror’ Can Not Be Denied

"The Maspero clashes of 2011 are a horrifying and undeniable incident that are equally shocking as the Two Saints Church bombings in 2011 on...

Egypt Court Bans Jewish Festival for ‘Moral Offences’

Jews, mostly from Israel and Morocco, have made pilgr/images there since Egypt's 1979 peace deal with Israel.   However, they were prevented by court orders in...

Islamic State Executed Nearly 2,000 People in 6 Months

Rami Abdulrahman, the head of the Syrian monitoring group, told Reuters that Islamic State killed 1,175 civilians, including eight women and four children.   He said...

Appeals Court Sentences Hegazy to One-Year Jail, Instead of Five

Karam Ghabriel, Hegazy’s lawyer, expressed his dismay at the verdict.   “It is the same case and the charges are an integral part,” Ghabriel told MCN....

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