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Egyptian mob celebrates blocking application for new church

By WorldWatch MonitorMob rule has stopped hundreds of Christians in a village in Upper Egypt building their first church, World Watch Monitor has learned...

MORE CHURCHES HARASSED

By Youssef Sidhom - Watani -Either there is a deliberate intention to drag Egypt into a series of problems that concern churches and the...

Why Egypt’s New Church Law Has Some Activists Worried

Why Egypt's New CHurch Law Has Some Activists WorriedBy Abdelrahman Eyad -  Al-MonitorEgyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a law on the construction and...

Reproducing the Status Quo: New Church Construction Law Consolidates Discriminatory State Policies and Confiscates Citizenship Rights of Future Generations

Reproducing the Status Quo: New Church Construction Law Consolidates Discriminatory State Policies and Confiscates Citizenship Rights of Future GenerationsEIPRAugust 31, 2016The Egyptian Initiative for Personal...

En Egypte, une loi sur la construction des églises crée le malaise chez les chrétiens

En Egypte, une loi sur la construction des églises crée le malaise chez les chrétiensLe Monde02.09.2016L’Egypte a voté pour la première fois, mardi 30...

Egypt’s Christians, Facing Hostility, Reach a ‘Breaking Point’

Egypt’s Christians, Facing Hostility, Reach a ‘Breaking Point’The New York TimesSeptember 2, 2016The Egyptian government has appointed Imam Mahmoud Gomaa, a Muslim cleric, to...

Locals Break into and Rob Church in Yemen

Locals Break into and Rob Church in YemenBy Raymond Ibrahim – Special for Coptic SolidaritySeptember 2, 2016On Friday August 26, unidentified and armed militants...

New Law on Church Construction Prompts Criticism

New Law on Church Construction Prompts CriticismBy POMEDOn Tuesday, Egypt's parliament approved a long-awaited change to the law governing the construction and renovation of...