Tag:church; building; Coptic Churches; permits

Egyptian Government’s Claims of Improved Situation for Copts Refuted by Ongoing Discrimination

By PRNeswire -Washington, DC, August 19, 2017-Both the Egyptian government and some church leaders are claiming that the Copts’ situation has improved under President...

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...

Coptic Solidarity Urges Egypt’s New Law Regulating Construction of Churches to Break Away from the Historical Conditions of Dhimmitude

Coptic Solidarity Urges Egypt’s New Law Regulating Construction of Churches to Break Away from the Historical Conditions of Dhimmitude(Washington, DC) August 4, 2016The 2014...

Egypt Must Pass Church Building Law That Breaks Conditions of Servitude

Egypt Must Pass Church Building Law That Breaks Conditions of ServitudeA Coptic Solidarity StatementJuly 22, 2016The 2014 Egyptian Constitution includes various aspirational guarantees of...

EIPR warns of increasing sectarian attacks in Minya governorate and urges state institutions to enforce the law and initiate social dialogue on the church...

EIPR warns of increasing sectarian attacks in Minya governorate and urges state institutions to enforce the law and initiate social dialogue on the church...

Egypt Parliament to discuss easing restrictions on church building

Egypt Parliament to discuss easing restrictions on church buildingBy World Watch MonitorMay 18, 2016 Once again the Egyptian Parliament is considering a proposal on...