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Christians Warn Against al-Azhar Influence in Egypt’s Curriculum

By Claire Evans - International Christian ConcernDuring the last year, Egypt’s Christians experienced persecution in ever increasing waves. Though ISIS accounted for the vast majority...

- February 28, 2018 1

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Copts in Egyptian history textbooks (Part 2): Issues today and hidden gems from earlier textbooks

By Ehaab Abdou - MadaMasr -(Part 1) -Before delving into a wider analysis of Egypt’s high school history textbooks, it is important to acknowledge...

- October 12, 2017 0

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Copts in Egyptian history textbooks since 1890 (Part 1): Are we asking the right questions?

By Ehaab Abdou - Mada MasrOver the past few years, we’ve been hearing recurring demands for the inclusion of Coptic history in textbooks, echoed...

- September 28, 2017 0

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Egypt: Facing sectarianism in the short and long term

By Ziad Bahaa-Eldin - Ahram OnlineIt’s no wonder the terrorist attacks on Christian families in Sinai last week sparked such anger and so much...

- March 7, 2017 0

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Egyptian Journalist: Discrimination Of Egyptian Copts The Result Of Fanaticism In Education System

By - MEMRIFollowing the expulsion by ISIS of Coptic families from their homes in north Sinai, Egyptian journalist Fathia Al-Dakhakhni wrote an article in...

- March 7, 2017 0

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Egypt’s New Sexual Assault Law Faces Major Obstacle In Police Who Still Blame The Victims

Egypt's New Sexual Assault Law Faces Major Obstacle In Police Who Still Blame The VictimsBy Sophia Jones - The World PostCAIRO -- In Egypt,...

- March 10, 2016 0

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Christianity Erased from Jordanian Textbooks

Christianity Erased from Jordanian TextbooksBy Raymond IbrahimMarch 9, 2016During a recent conference in Amman, Jordan, titled “Toward a Complete Strategy to Combat Extremism,” hosted...

- March 9, 2016 1

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Egypt’s Unstable Regime

The secretary's words suggested that the administration remains dangerously behind the pace of events in the Middle East. It failed to anticipate Tunisia's revolution;...

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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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