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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...

- October 30, 2017 0

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Egypt: Copts face arrest after Facebook post leads Muslims to riot

By WorldWatch MonitorTwo Coptic Christians in a village in Minya, Upper Egypt are facing charges of inciting sectarian strife and insulting Islamic leaders, after...

- September 25, 2017 0

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Copts in Egypt: Situation and Policy Recommendations

By Coptic SolidarityEgypt’s indigenous Christians, the Copts, are under attack in a myriad of ways—from institutional and daily systematic discrimination to sporadic terrorization. While...

- September 18, 2017 2

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Chronology of Ongoing Persecution of Copts in Egypt

By Coptic Solidarity - Updated on September 18, 2017Due to increasing attacks on Copts in Egypt, Coptic Solidarity has compiled this list which represents...

- September 18, 2017 0

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A letter to his Excellency, President el-Sisi, voicing disappointment

By Sameh Sabri - Ahram Canada-We are disappointed because you appointed an extremist man of dark ideas, Dr. Mohammad Othman el-Khosht, a president of...

- August 31, 2017 0

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رسالة عتاب لسيادة الرئيس السيسي

سامح صبرى ـ الأهرام الكندي ـنعاتبك لأنك عينت رجلا متعصبا صاحب أفكار ظلامية وهو الدكتور محمد عثمان الخوشت رئيسا لجامعة القاهرة !! كما قمت...

- August 23, 2017 0

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Egypt: Copts worship in streets after clashes over church permit

By WorldWatch Monitor -Tensions between Muslims and Coptic Christians in a village in Upper Egypt have reportedly softened following clashes at the weekend.Copts in...

- August 23, 2017 0

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Coptic Solidarity Analysis and Recommendations on Egypt Chapter of State Department Report

By PRNeswire -Washington, DC, August 21, 2017/Coptic Solidarity applauds the U.S. government for its continued attention to international religious freedom (IRF) through the publication...

- August 21, 2017 0

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Egypt: Copt and son killed in IS attack September 7, 2022
Embed from Getty ImagesPrayers in Deir El-Garnouse Coptic church, near Al-Minya in Upper Egypt, after Islamic State opened fire on a convoy carrying Copts, killing at least 28 people in May 2017. A Christian father and son were killed by suspected Islamic State militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on 30 August. The two Copts, Salama […]
Egypt: Father and son stabbed in latest attack on Copts August 12, 2022
Embed from Getty ImagesCopts in Egypt have been targeted in a string of attacks this year. An elderly Coptic Christian and his son who run an off-license shop in Giza, central Egypt, were hospitalized after they were severely injured in an attack. Joseph Israel, 70, was sitting outside his shop in the Omrania district in […]
Egypt: Copt stabbed seven times by neighbour who’d lured in his son March 24, 2022
An Egyptian Christian was stabbed multiple times when he tried to rescue his son who was held against his will by a Muslim neighbour in Alexandria. On the night of 15 February, Magdy Fathy Shehata Awad Allah, deacon at the Coptic Orthodox Church in the northeast of Alexandria and a human rights activist, was rushed […]
Egypt: Coptic Christian imprisoned for 5 years for ‘blasphemy’ February 9, 2022
Embed from Getty ImagesA police man enters a prison on the outskirts of Egypt’s capital Cairo. A Coptic Christian has been sentenced to five years in prison for blasphemy, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, or EIPR, which represented him during his trial. On 29 January the Cairo Economic Court found Marco Gerges […]

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