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Turkey Confiscating Christian Property, Prohibiting Christians From Worshiping

By LibertyNews (via AINA) -The government of Turkey is now confiscating Christian property and prohibiting Christians worshipping in their churches, which have also been...

- December 4, 2017 0

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Coptic Activist Mina Thabet: Speech at 10th UN Forum on Minority Issues

UN 10th session of the Forum on Minority IssuesResearcher and rights activist, Mina Thabet, is the director for minorities and marginalized groups at the Egyptian...

- December 4, 2017 0

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Pakistan’s anti-blasphemy protests showcase minorities’ plight

By WorldWatch MonitorAnti-blasphemy protests in Pakistan have once again highlighted the fragile position of the country’s religious minorities.Life in various parts of Pakistan virtually...

- November 28, 2017 0

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Doubly Targeted – In the Middle East and in the West

By: Alberto M. Fernandez - MEMERIWe live in a deeply politicized and polarized world. This is a place where saying that "all lives matter"...

- December 7, 2016 0

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The Myth of “Muslim Grievance” Must Stop. it’s the Innocent Religious Minorities in Muslim Countries Who Have Real Grievances

By Dr. Tawfik HamidAfter so many Islamic terror attacks against innocents it is common to see Islamic apologists jumping to offer some justification for...

- December 2, 2016 0

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Working to Protect Christian Communities in the Middle East

By Congressman Brad ShermanDear Friend,As a member of the Congressional Caucus on Religious Minorities in the Middle East, and the International Religious Freedom Caucus,...

- November 1, 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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