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Islamists Warn Christians From Demonstrating to Topple Egyptian President

This week Assem Abdel Maged, a leader of the Egyptian extremist group Gamaa Islamiya, said that those calling for the demonstrations are "extremists Copts"...

Gamaat Islamiyya Leader: Those Who Oppose Sharia Should Leave Egypt

Mukhtar continued, “We will live on dates and water. We will not care if the people of the earth antagonize us. Those people who...

U.S., Germany, and Norway Release Joint Statement on NGO Verdict

Reading the statement before the council, German representative Hans Schumacher expressed concerns with “the state of civil society in Egypt.” He opened the statement...

Egypt Court Fines Coptic Teacher for Insulting Islam

Romani Mourad, a Coptic Christian lawyer, was sentenced on June 1 to one year in prison in absentia and fined 10,000 pounds, also for...

Egyptian Emigration to Georgia: Promised Land or Fool’s Paradise?

Back in April, Egyptian state news agency MENA reported that a staggering 90,000 Egyptian Coptic-Christians had moved to Georgia against the backdrop of mounting...

Canada’s Amb. Andrew Bennett: Freedom of Religion is a “Fundamental Freedom”

I think that’s another reason for why the office is here: to demonstrate that here’s Canada’s experience of pluralism. Here’s Canada’s belief in what...

Egypt’s President Approves 17 Year-old Church Building Permit

The Church's spokesman thanked the President for his decree, while Copts had a different reaction raising suspicion as to its timing.Dr. Naguib Gabrielil, head...

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