Opinion

The official stance seems to be that Americans seem to believe that they are generally safe from terror attacks but that once and a...

This weekend's anti-Christian violence in Egypt, which left six people dead, has amplified calls within the country for the Egyptian military to reclaim power....

THE POLITICAL CRISISSince the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) came to power, governance in Egypt has exhibited several classic characteristics of failed states:Inconsistent and selective application...

Foreign currency reserves are running dangerously low at $13.4 billion – 60 percent below their December 2010 level. Egypt is currently seeking a loan...

When the Arab Spring first emerged, the easy analogy was the fall of the Berlin Wall. It appears that the right analogy is a...

 Tawadros’s appeal was prompted by an unprecedented attack on Cairo’s St. Mark Cathedral two days earlier. Last Sunday, Copts filing out of an evening...

It began as such dreary events often do: a local dispute—over money, land, a woman or something more petty—happens to pit Coptic Christians against...

The first is a new book, The Myth of Persecution, by Candida Moss, professor of New Testament and early Christianity at Notre Dame, and...