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The Brotherhood’s politics of fear and division
Opinion
December 23, 2012
The Brotherhood’s politics of fear and division
All Egyptians have heard variations of the tale throughout their lives. As far back as the time of Muhammad Ali…
Copts and the power over personal status
Opinion
December 6, 2012
Copts and the power over personal status
When former President Hosni Mubarak introduced amendments to the 1971 Constitution in 2007, the always contested issue of the status…
Churches: Individual Copts should decide how to vote in referendum
Egypt
December 3, 2012
Churches: Individual Copts should decide how to vote in referendum
The country’s three major churches have agreed not to direct Coptic voters how to vote in the upcoming constitutional referendum,…
Stop calling us Copts
Opinion
December 2, 2012
Stop calling us Copts
In early October, after the forced migration of several Christian families from Rafah, Al-Masry al-Youm published a cartoon, the first…
Copts make up less than 1 percent of incoming Military Academy class
Egypt
November 20, 2012
Copts make up less than 1 percent of incoming Military Academy class
Copts made up a very small percentage of the incoming class at the Military Academy, which also saw a small…
Insult laws: Elusive and longstanding
Egypt
November 19, 2012
Insult laws: Elusive and longstanding
With human rights organizations reporting a spike in defamation charges, concerns are piling up over the effect of such charges…
Pope approves constitutional article on Sharia
Egypt
November 12, 2012
Pope approves constitutional article on Sharia
The Coptic Church’s newly elected pope, Bishop Tawadros II, has approved Article 2 of the draft constitution on the role…
Copts, liberals, writers condemn pro-Sharia protests
Egypt
November 9, 2012
Copts, liberals, writers condemn pro-Sharia protests
Several groups have harshly condemned today’s pro-Sharia protests in Tahrir, including liberal political parties, Coptic activists, writers and intellectual…
Blaze in Coptic pilgrimage site burns 220 tents
Egypt
November 9, 2012
Blaze in Coptic pilgrimage site burns 220 tents
A huge fire broke out in a Coptic pilgrimage site south of Luxor late on Thursday, destroying 220 tents…
Public prosecutor returns church land plot seized by Salafis
Egypt
November 8, 2012
Public prosecutor returns church land plot seized by Salafis
Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud returned a plot of land owned by the Shubra El-Kheima Church after the church’s bishop…