Tag:Copts

Egypt: Christians Still Denied Churches While Government Opens 10 Mosques Every Week

By Raymond Ibrahim - Special to Coptic SolidarityEgyptian authorities and politicians recently held a meeting sponsored by Al Azhar, the nation’s topmost authority on...

Before the Law for Building Churches: The Copts’ constitutional right to pray

By Youssef Sidhom – WataniI have repeatedly broached the topic of the Law for Building and Restoring Churches in my editorials. The most recent...

“Build a church? Out of question!”

By Nader Shukry – WataniFor Copts, the Law for Building and Restoring Churches they had so long aspired for was passed last August. So...

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...

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,...

Egypt’s law on building churches dashes Christian hopes for equality

By Heba Fahmy – Middle East EyeThe new law regulating the construction of churches is being called farcical and discriminatory by its criticsAfter 160...

Christian Children Kicked Out of School in Egypt for Refusing to Wear Hijab or Recite Koran

By Alix Culbertson – The Express (UK) -Christian children are being deprived of their education and being ousted from some schools for refusing to...

Christian children ‘singled out for bullying’ in Egyptian classrooms

By WorldWatch MonitorWhen 12-year-old Rahma Salem refused to wear a hijab to school in the Delta in northern Egypt, teachers ordered her to leave...