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Prime minister announces committee to tackle sectarian issues
Egypt
May 11, 2011
Prime minister announces committee to tackle sectarian issues
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has announced that he will form a National Justice Committee (NJC) within the cabinet to…
Copts’ new birth
Opinion
January 17, 2011
Copts’ new birth
Last month’s attack on a church in Alexandria may mark a new dawn for Coptic activism in Egypt. After suffering…
Egypt’s policy of denial
Opinion
January 8, 2011
Egypt’s policy of denial
In a statement issued by the Two Saints Church, following the New Year’s Eve blast which killed 23 people and…
Pope to hold peace summit with religious heads
World
January 1, 2011
Pope to hold peace summit with religious heads
Pope Benedict, worried over increasing inter-religious violence, will host a summit of world religious leaders in Assisi in October to…
Egypt Security forces refuse church request to release Coptic protesters
Egypt
November 28, 2010
Egypt Security forces refuse church request to release Coptic protesters
Security authorities refused on Saturday a request from the Egyptian Coptic Church to release protesters arrested during Wednesday's confrontations with…
Confronting extremism, overcoming security
Opinion
November 7, 2010
Confronting extremism, overcoming security
Last week, Al-Qaeda militants in Iraq threatened to attack Egypt’s Coptic minority in the wake of a massacre at a…
Al-Qaeda threats instill fear in Egyptian Christians
Egypt
November 4, 2010
Al-Qaeda threats instill fear in Egyptian Christians
Following the siege of a Catholic church in central Baghdad on Sunday, Al-Qaeda off-shoot militants issued a direct warning to…
An indivisible country
Opinion
September 30, 2010
An indivisible country
The recent upsurge in sectarian tensions, provoked by Father Bishoy’s remarks doubting the authenticity of certain Quranic verses and the…
Egypt’s Muslims are not ‘guests’
Opinion
September 22, 2010
Egypt’s Muslims are not ‘guests’
A visitor who stays at your home for an hour, a day or even an entire year is a guest.…
Mubarak to Pope Shenouda: New personal status law within 2 months
Egypt
June 17, 2010
Mubarak to Pope Shenouda: New personal status law within 2 months
Pope Shenouda III met privately with Legal Affairs Minister Mufid Shehab on Thursday at the papal residence in Abbasiya to…