Opinion

Copts were never enthusiastic about the revolution. Perhaps it was the wisdom of centuries of persecution that taught minorities the eternal lesson of survival:...

The letter described what the group saw as frightening repression and concluded that such instability would make it impossible for Egypt to be a...

But perhaps the most significant of all such developments is that of the Muslim Brotherhood. The organisation’s evolution is particularly consequential because its post-Arab...

In Egypt radicals have recently destroyed dozens of churches, and the once vibrant Christian population in Iraq has been decimated.Christians in the West should...

So it happened back in 1952, after the army coup that ousted King Farouk. Egypt’s new military rulers at first welcomed the Brotherhood as...

An observer in Washington noted that "it is ironic to realize that the main hub of support and outreach for the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's...

"The meadows in spring present a particularly delightful prospect," Moschos wrote in his book The Spiritual Meadow, which became a 7th-century best-seller. "One...

Sadat, in 1971, was attempting a new tack, and the hawk of Qureish, the tribe of the Prophet, replaced the stars.  Mubarak brought back...