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Islamists Use Rumors to Attack Christians in Egypt

The 14-year-old girl’s father, an ethnic Copt who converted to Islam, had stirred them up on the mistaken notions that his daughter had converted...

Activist Sentenced; Outspoken Figures Referred to Military Prosecution

The official Middle East News Agency (MENA) said Wednesday that general prosecution referred a complaint filed against 12 public figures to its military counterpart...

Egyptian Court Sentences Priest to Six Months for Excess Church Height

The church had received a license from the Governor of Aswan and was still under construction, but it was torched by a Muslim mob...

Egyptian Christian Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for ‘Insulting the Prophet’

Diab's Muslim defense lawyer, Ahmad Sayed Gabali, said that during his 18 years as lawyer, he has never experienced what he went through in...

Egypt NGO Crisis: Don’t Pop the Champagne Corks Just Yet

The Egyptian government removed the travel ban on foreign employees of several Cairo-based NGOs that were raided last December, allowing 8 Americans, 3 Serbs,...

Al-Azhar, Overtaken by a Hunger for Hard-Line Religious Dogma?

Co-opted for decades by irreligious and autocratic Egyptian governments, al-Azhar was retaking its rightful place as the world’s leading voice of Sunni Islam, worshipers...

Travel Ban Lifted on Americans on Trial in Egypt

The Americans were allowed to go after nearly $5 million in bail was posted and they agreed to return for their trial. American officials...

Empty Talk on Tahrir Square

“We’ve agreed on a plan,” says a young man, as if carrying tablets down from the mountain. He shows us photos of his once-beaten...

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