Coptic Christians

Egypt’s top cleric: anti-Christian attacks ‘assault on God’
Egypt

Egypt’s top cleric: anti-Christian attacks ‘assault on God’

Egypt's Minister of Religious Endowments says anti-Christian attacks are an assault on God, as part of the government's attempts to…
Egypt church bombing raises calls to uproot bigotry
Egypt

Egypt church bombing raises calls to uproot bigotry

Growing up in Egypt, Mina and other Copts remember all too well the anti-Christian slurs they used to hear at…
Mother of Botroseya Church bomber: he fled to Sudan
Egypt

Mother of Botroseya Church bomber: he fled to Sudan

The mother of the suicide bomber in the Botroseya Church blast that killed 25 people and injured 53 on Sunday,…
Saudi sends Egypt condolences over church bomb despite Syria strain
Egypt

Saudi sends Egypt condolences over church bomb despite Syria strain

Saudi Arabia's King Salman sent condolences to Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday after a church bombing in Cairo,…
News analysis: Botroseya Church reveals security flaw
Egypt

News analysis: Botroseya Church reveals security flaw

The pace of violence has returned to escalate again following a decline for a while, with three terrorist attacks, blown…
Botroseya Church, first church named after political family
Egypt

Botroseya Church, first church named after political family

The "Botroseya" is the name of the church targeted by the Sunday bombing that killed 25 Coptic Christians, in one…
Sisi participates in funeral for victims of church bombing, Interior Minister vows revenge
Egypt

Sisi participates in funeral for victims of church bombing, Interior Minister vows revenge

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church said Sunday that president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would lead an official funeral for victims of Saint…
Pope Tawadros II calls on Copts abroad not to interfere in Egypt’s strife
Egypt

Pope Tawadros II calls on Copts abroad not to interfere in Egypt’s strife

Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, sent out a message to expatriate Coptic Egyptians on Monday…
Sisi meets Coptic pope, stresses national unity in face of sectarian attacks
Egypt

Sisi meets Coptic pope, stresses national unity in face of sectarian attacks

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Pope Tawadros and several senior figures in the Coptic Orthodox Church on Thursday for discussions…
Civil society absent amid sectarian tensions in Minya
Egypt

Civil society absent amid sectarian tensions in Minya

Civil society institutions stood with their hands tied, unable to calm down a broiling situation of sectarian strife that has…
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