Egypt Asks Itself: Now What?
He parked his car outside his family’s old house, now a weathered brick meeting hall along a dusty road lined with vegetable and fruit stalls. Donkey carts bumped along among the cars, and date [...]
Egyptian Military Court Prosecutes Only Christians in Muslim Church Attacks
Defense lawyer Abraham Edward said “This is a very unjust, severe and cruel verdict.” He said that as lawyers they are unable to fathom what is going on. “Today’s case is [...]
Muslims Surround Church in Egypt, Prevent Its Reopening
Unable to secure the church, the army and police closed it and arranged for a “reconciliation” meeting between the Coptic priest and the Salafi sheikhs. They also arrested eight [...]
Muslims Surround Church in Egypt, Prevent Its Reopening
Unable to secure the church, the army and police closed it and arranged for a “reconciliation” meeting between the Coptic priest and the Salafi sheikhs. They also arrested eight [...]
Egyptian Copts Demand End to Post-Revolution Sectarianism
“I am feeling threatened as does my community. I don’t feel safe as a Christian at home,” says Michael, a 25-year-old pharmacist who is Hani’s brother. “But I also [...]
The Arab Spring’s Report Card
Budding democracies in troubled societies don’t always fare much better – Germany’s Weimar Republic brought Adolf Hitler to power in 1933. When Palestinians in Gaza elected [...]
Egypt’s Other Extremists
The groups can overlap, but the Brotherhood tends to stress an Islamic state and political organization, and its members have no prescribed mode of dress, apart from modesty: In this sense they [...]
