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First Christmas for Egypt Copts under Islamist rule
Egypt
January 6, 2013
First Christmas for Egypt Copts under Islamist rule
Coptic Christians in Egypt celebrate on Monday their first Christmas under Islamist rule and amid a climate of fear and…
Despite edict, Brotherhood leader offers holiday greetings to Copts
Egypt
January 6, 2013
Despite edict, Brotherhood leader offers holiday greetings to Copts
Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie offered holiday greetings to Egyptian church leaders and Copts for Christmas, Badie’s media adviser,…
Grand mufti encourages ‘brotherly warmth’ on Christmas
Egypt
December 27, 2012
Grand mufti encourages ‘brotherly warmth’ on Christmas
Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa issued a fatwa Wednesday encouraging Muslims to spread brotherly warmth by offering greetings to Christians on…
Syria’s Christians face a black Christmas
World
December 23, 2012
Syria’s Christians face a black Christmas
Festive spirit is a distant memory for Syria's Christian minority as it faces a second Christmas in the grip of…
Weekend Christmas events: Get in the holiday spirit
Life & Style
December 13, 2012
Weekend Christmas events: Get in the holiday spirit
One way to fight the cold and work through the city’s current tensions is to take time to celebrate the…
Court upholds rulings in 2010 Christmas shootings
Egypt
February 20, 2012
Court upholds rulings in 2010 Christmas shootings
A criminal court on Monday upheld rulings issued by a state security court last February in the case of the…
Greeting Christians on religious occasions ‘forbidden,’ says Salafi leader
Egypt
January 12, 2012
Greeting Christians on religious occasions ‘forbidden,’ says Salafi leader
Abdel Moneim al-Shahat, a senior figure in the Salafi-oriented Nour Party and the official spokesperson for the Salafi movement in…
For Christmas, a message of faith, comfort and resistance
Opinion
January 9, 2012
For Christmas, a message of faith, comfort and resistance
On Saturday, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated the birth of Jesus. More than a memory, the nativity sends powerful messages…
Copts vacillate between fear and hope at Christmas
Life & Style
January 7, 2012
Copts vacillate between fear and hope at Christmas
As Egypt undergoes unprecedented political changes under the influence of 25 January revolution, Coptic Christians spent Christmas eve alternating between…
Pope greets army during Christmas mass, church-goers chant “Down with military rule”
Egypt
January 7, 2012
Pope greets army during Christmas mass, church-goers chant “Down with military rule”
Military leaders and Muslim Brotherhood members attended a Coptic Christmas celebration on Friday for the first time. Pope Shenouda III, who appeared extremely…