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Egypt’s Sisi Turns Islam on the Islamists

Striking a pious tone that sets him apart from former president Hosni Mubarak, Sisi also appears to be taking on the mantle of a...

After ‘Solidarity Pledge,’ Egyptian Churches Not So Sure

The solidarity pledge—signed by National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) president Leith Anderson, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president...

American Christians Pledge Solidarity With Persecuted Christians in Mideast

Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), but it does not have any particular institutional sponsor nor a political leader spearheading it.Over 100 Catholic,...

Church Not for Any Candidate in Egypt’s Presidential Polls: Coptic Pope

"I ask each citizen, Christian or Muslim, to read each candidate's electoral program and choose who he wants to be president," Tawadros said during...

Christian Teacher in Exile Awaiting Appeal of Her ‘Blasphemy’ Case in Egypt

Human rights groups also condemned the charges because they came at a time of widespread hostility toward Christians, with blasphemy accusations increasingly used to...

What Sharia Law May Bring for Non-Muslims in Brunei

Brunei, a tiny country of just over 420,000 people nestled in Southeast Asia, has already been practicing Islamic laws to regulate civil affairs such...

Coptic Catholic Priest, Named Pope Francis’ New Personal Secretary in Historic Move

Gaid currently serves in the Vatican Secretariat of State, and translates the pope's comments at his weekly general audience into Arabic. The current second...

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