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Islamist Militants Abduct Seven Copts in Libya

Like many others, those abducted, who are all from the province of Minya (Upper Egypt), went to Libya seeking work to support their families back in Egypt.   Fr. Stephanous Shehata, of the [...]

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Pope Tawadros: Maspero Clashes ‘horror’ Can Not Be Denied

"The Maspero clashes of 2011 are a horrifying and undeniable incident that are equally shocking as the Two Saints Church bombings in 2011 on new year’s eve" the Pope said after a [...]

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Video: Al-Qaradawi Blasts Qatar and Saudi Arabia for Celebrating Christmas

The President of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, blasted Arab countries and, in particular, Qatar and Saudi Arabia for celebrating Christmas. He accused them of [...]

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Egypt Court Bans Jewish Festival for ‘Moral Offences’

Jews, mostly from Israel and Morocco, have made pilgr/images there since Egypt's 1979 peace deal with Israel.   However, they were prevented by court orders in 2001 and 2004.   And [...]

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Islamic State Executed Nearly 2,000 People in 6 Months

Rami Abdulrahman, the head of the Syrian monitoring group, told Reuters that Islamic State killed 1,175 civilians, including eight women and four children.   He said 930 of the civilians [...]

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Appeals Court Sentences Hegazy to One-Year Jail, Instead of Five

Karam Ghabriel, Hegazy’s lawyer, expressed his dismay at the verdict.   “It is the same case and the charges are an integral part,” Ghabriel told MCN. “The [...]

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A Year of Departures?

“In my mind, Egypt is becoming more and more this place where one is at the mercy of a rabid cyborg state and the citizens that cheer it,” says Motaz Atalla, writer, comedian and [...]

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Dwindling Support for Egypt’s Political Prisoners

One of the regime’s most potent tools in suppressing dissenting voices has been the 2013 protest law, which allows authorities to impose multi-year sentences on protesters found to be in [...]

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It’s a Black Christmas for the Christians of the Middle East

The churchyard was jammed with plastic tents in United Nations sky blue and white, tents that were now the only homes of people who have been chased from the towns and cities their families [...]

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Coptic Couple Killed, Daughter Abducted and Killed in Libya

He added that the killers abducted the couple's 18-year-old daughter, leaving her two younger sisters behind. (The abducted girl was found slaughtered the next day)   Tebeiqa said the [...]