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The Brotherhood’s Conflicting Statements

He hopes that Brotherhood can pull the Salafis towards them, rather than the Brotherhood themselves sliding towards greater fanaticism, and if the next government...

Copts Celebrate Christmas Amid Efforts to Calm Fears of Rising Power of Islamists

Members of the ruling military council that took power after Mubarak’s Feb. 11 ouster also attended, including chief of staff Lt. Gen. Sami Anan,...

Strength of Egyptian Islamists a Test for Obama’s Middle East Policy

“We have . . . had some good reassurances from different interlocutors, and we will continue to seek those kinds of reassurances going forward,”...

Overtures to Egypt’s Islamists Reverse Longtime U.S. Policy

The reversal also reflects the administration’s growing acceptance of the Brotherhood’s repeated assurances that its lawmakers want to build a modern democracy that will...

View from Pakistan: Copts and the Arab Spring

 In truth, Christians have been leaving the Middle East for decades. Not long ago in Israel, Bethlehem was nearly 100 per cent Christian. Today,...

Canada and the Persecution of Christians in Middle East

However, how non-Muslims themselves are being treated far removed from Canada is becoming a growing concern.According to reports, Christians are being increasingly harassed, intimidated...

In Memory of Alexandria One Year On

Rather conveniently, the Egyptian security forces guarding the church on this evening, retreated prior to the attack, fuelling speculation that the Mubarak regime itself...

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