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Morsi Pledges to Ease Up on Crackdown in Restive Sinai, Not Pursue Fugitives

Mohammed Morsi’s comments came during a visit to the northern Sinai city of el-Arish, where he prayed at its main mosque and met with...

Two Coptic Boys, 9 and 10, Accused of Defamation of Islam in Egypt

Not many newspapers covered this story which broke out on Monday, and those which did had several versions of the story.Al-Ahram, the semi-governmental daily,...

Egyptian Coptic Boys Arrested For Defiling Quran

There have been 17 cases of alleged contempt of religion filed since the January 2011 revolution, including at least five in recent weeks, according...

Copts Remember Maspero Victims at Cathedral

In his sermon, the senior spiritual leader touched upon both the matter of electing a new pope and the importance of remembering members of...

Egypt’s Army Outgunned by Extremists in Sinai

The army has yet to return.Egyptian troops are outmanned and outgunned by a formidable consortium of extremists, armed with heavy weapons and artillery from...

EGYPT’S COPTS HOSTAGE TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD THREATS

"The Muslim Brotherhood people are going there to the Sinai and declaring that it is an Islamic state," Yacoub said.Yacoub says reports of the...

Egypt’s Copts abandon Sinai homes after threats, attack

Death threats had been printed on flyers circulating in the desert area, he added.Two armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on a Coptic-owned...

Radical Islamists Unite Under Fresh Name: Ansar al-Sharia

But Ansar al-Sharia groups have emerged in Yemen and Tunisia over the past two years as a wave of revolutions spread through the region....

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