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Coptic activists criticize Copts allied with Nour Party for elections
Egypt
February 15, 2015
Coptic activists criticize Copts allied with Nour Party for elections
Coptic activists attacked the group dubbed Copts of 1938 for running the upcoming parliamentary elections on Nour Party lists, accusing…
Families of Copts kidnapped in Libya protest outside UN office in Cairo
Egypt
January 20, 2015
Families of Copts kidnapped in Libya protest outside UN office in Cairo
Dozens of families of Copts kidnapped in Libya protested on Monday outside the United Nations office in Cairo demanding intervention…
Monitor: IS jihadists claim abduction of 21 Christians in Libya
Egypt
January 13, 2015
Monitor: IS jihadists claim abduction of 21 Christians in Libya
The Islamic State group's branch in Libya has claimed the abduction of 21 Christians, a monitor reported Monday, as Egypt…
President’s surprise Christmas mass walk-in unprecedented
Egypt
January 7, 2015
President’s surprise Christmas mass walk-in unprecedented
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday became the first Egyptian leader since 1968 to attend a Christmas mass as Egypt’s…
Bishop: January revolution was a “tsunami of death”
Egypt
January 6, 2015
Bishop: January revolution was a “tsunami of death”
The 2011 uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak had a negative impact on the Coptic Christian minority, a senior…
Seven Brotherhood ‘supporters’ referred to prosecution over planned Christmas attacks
Egypt
December 25, 2014
Seven Brotherhood ‘supporters’ referred to prosecution over planned Christmas attacks
Seven Muslim Brotherhood "supporters" were referred to the prosecution on Thursday in Upper Egypt's Minya governorate, on charges of planning…
Rights group slams discriminatory church building regulations
Egypt
December 25, 2014
Rights group slams discriminatory church building regulations
A human rights group has slammed the absence of a comprehensive law to regulate the building of places of worship,…
Panel reviewing church law to allow civil marriage
Egypt
November 15, 2014
Panel reviewing church law to allow civil marriage
A panel from the Ministry of Transitional Justice would sanction civil marriage in a draft law on Christians’ personal status,…
Copts out of the bottle
Opinion
October 21, 2014
Copts out of the bottle
The modern Egyptian state since the days of Mohamed Ali has declared on a regular basis that Copts have equal…
One killed as Muslims, Copts fight in Qalyubiya over traffic
Egypt
April 19, 2014
One killed as Muslims, Copts fight in Qalyubiya over traffic
One person was killed and four others injured on Saturday in clashes between Muslims and Christians in Qalyubiya, reportedly due…