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Al-Sisi Meets with Coptic Pope

Al-Sisi Meets with Coptic PopeBy POMEDPresident Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with Pope Tawadros II, head of the Coptic Church, amid a spike of...

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The “Coptic issue” and the cycle of suffering

The "Coptic issue" and the cycle of sufferingBy Mina Fayek , openDemocracyJuly 26, 2016Last week, an Egyptian court ordered the release of all defendants...

- July 27, 2016 0

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Egypt: Before strife becomes sectarianism

Egypt: Before strife becomes sectarianismBy Ziad Bahaa-Eldin, Ahram OnlineJuly 26, 2016Numerous, respected voices have been raised demanding enforcement of the law and justice in...

- July 26, 2016 0

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Coptic Pope prays in ancient church symbolic of past persecutions

Coptic Pope prays in ancient church symbolic of past persecutionsBy WorldWatch MonitorJuly 22, 2016Egypt’s Pope Tawadros II made a heartfelt plea on Wednesday (20 July)...

- July 23, 2016 0

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Coptic Bishop: Egypt’s Christians Attacked ‘Every 2-3 Days’

Coptic Bishop: Egypt’s Christians Attacked ‘Every 2-3 Days’By Coptic SolidarityJuly 22, 2016After the latest round of attacks on Egypt’s Christian minority—which saw at least...

- July 22, 2016 0

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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...

- July 22, 2016 0

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Live Footage: Muslim Mob Attacks Coptic Homes in Beni Sueif after Friday Prayers

Live Footage: Muslim Mob Attacks Coptic Homes in Beni Sueif after Friday PrayersAttacks on Copts are spreading to other provinces:Below are two clips showing...

- July 22, 2016 0

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دعوة لمسيرة سلمية أمام البيت الأبيض

دعوة لمسيرة سلمية أمام البيت الأبيضتدعوكم منظمة التضامن القبطى، بالتعاون مع النشطاء المهتمين بأوضاع مصر والأقباط، لمسيرة سلمية أمام البيت الأبيض يوم الثلاثاء 2...

- July 22, 2016 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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