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Saudi religious police cover ‘Christian’ UK flag on school uniforms

Saudi religious police cover 'Christian' UK flag on school uniformsBy Alex McDonald, Middle East EyeAugust 24, 2016Saudi religious police have ordered a Marks & Spencers...

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How far does road to equality stretch for Egypt’s Christians?

How far does road to equality stretch for Egypt’s Christians?By Dina Ezzat, Ahram OnlineAugust 24, 2016“I was praying for health and comfort; for my...

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Egypt’s Coptic Church rejects amendments to long-awaited church-building law

Egypt’s Coptic Church rejects amendments to long-awaited church-building lawBy World Watch MonitorAug. 23, 2016The Coptic Orthodox Church has voiced its dismay at amendments to a...

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Coptic Solidarity Files Complaints with the IOC and FIFA Regarding Egypt’s Religious Discrimination Against Copts in Athletics

Coptic Solidarity Files Complaints with the IOC and FIFA Regarding Egypt’s Religious Discrimination Against Copts in AthleticsFor Immediate Release(Washington, DC) August 24, 2016Coptic Solidarity...

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‘Church Building’ Bill Sparks Dispute Between Coptic Church and Egypt’s Government

‘Church Building’ Bill Sparks Dispute Between Coptic Church and Egypt’s GovernmentBy Egyptian StreetsAugust 20, 2016 Egypt’s Orthodox Church released a statement objecting to the...

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Who Is Really Tarnishing Egypt’s Reputation?

Who Is Really Tarnishing Egypt’s Reputation?Position Statement by Coptic SolidarityAug 17, 2016Coptic Solidarity is gravely concerned about the increasing incidences of attacks on the...

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Egypt Christians Stage Rare Cairo Protest, Demanding Rights

Egypt Christians Stage Rare Cairo Protest, Demanding RightsBy Brian Rohan, Associated Press CairoAug 13, 2016Egyptian Christians staged a rare protest in downtown Cairo on...

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Copt priests in Gulf meet to discuss challenges

Copt priests in Gulf meet to discuss challengesBy World Watch MonitorAugust 13, 2016Egyptian priests serving in the Arab Gulf region have held their first...

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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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