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Coptic Christians Deprived of Home Worship Hall in Egypt
By Morning Star News - Nearly a year after declaring that attacks on Christians had hit a level not seen in decades, a Coptic Orthodox...
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EIPR condemns the pressure exerted on ‘Dimshaw’ Copts to accept customary reconciliation And demands the trial of the attackers, compensating the victims and...
By Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights -The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the pressure exerted by state authorities on the affected Copts...
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Church closures in Egypt: ‘We were silent when it was one, now it’s four’
By Sonia Farid - Al Arabiya - English“We said nothing when one church was closed, so it got worse and a second, then a...
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Christians in Egypt Pelted With Rocks in Attack on Town – Four Churches Forced to Shut
By Joey Millar - The Express UK (via AINA) -The coordinated attacks took place in the Egyptian region of Minya, south of Cairo, where...
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Anba Macarius of Minya: Is Prayer a Crime?
By Nader Shukry - WataniAnba Macarius, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Minya, has issued a statement that tackled the recent closure of churches in Minya...
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A statement by the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Minya, Egypt, on Worship Rights
By Minya Diocese -Security refuses to open a church shut down in Kedwan in deference to sentiments of extremists!This is to comment on what...
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Potentially Deadly Church Attack Thwarted in Egypt
By Raymond Ibrahim: Special for Coptic SolidarityA man hurled an improvised bomb at the entrance of a packed church in Egypt in what observers...
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In post-Arab Spring Egypt, Muslim attacks on Christians are rising
By Sudarsan Raghavan - The IndependentA ‘disturbing wave of radicalism’ has deepened sectarian tensions, pitting neighbour against neighbourThe Christian and Muslim villagers grew up together,...
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