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Egypt’s ‘Holy Family Trail’: When the Sacred Becomes a Battleground Over “Dividing the Cake”

By Nader Shoukry – Watani – For years, the Egyptian state, in cooperation with the Coptic Church, has sought to transform the Holy Family Trail project into one of the world’s most [...]

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Pope Tawadros Presides over a Historic Divine Liturgy at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice

By Ecumenical News – Pope Tawadros II presides over a historic Divine Liturgy at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, coinciding with Catholic celebrations marking the 1200th anniversary of the [...]

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Pakistan’s Native Christians: Neo-Dhimmitude in the Land of the Pure

By Dr. Craig Considine – MEF – Pakistan was founded in 1947 partly on the promise of religious equality and pluralism. Muhammad Ali Jinnah envisioned a state in which religion would remain [...]

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Freedom of Belief Between Text and Practice

By Hanan Fikry – Watani The issue is not about a particular religion, nor about the name of a specific group. The issue is a principle that raises a fundamental question: should freedom of belief [...]

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USCIRF Urges U.S. Admin. to Apply Targeted Sanctions to Promote Intl. Religious Freedom

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a report on targeted sanctions: Targeted Sanctions in Response to Violations of International Religious Freedom– [...]

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أهلية منقوصة: حول أول قانون لتنظيم الأحوال الشخصية للمسيحيين

المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية ـ في غياب تام للحوار المجتمعي، أعلن مجلس الوزراء إحالة مشروع قانون الأحوال الشخصية للمسيحيين -وهو الأول من نوعه في التاريخ التشريعي لمصر- إلى مجلس النواب لمناقشته [...]

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St Catherine’s Monastery: Legal Process and Political Leverage at Work

By Coptic Solidarity – The situation surrounding Saint Catherine’s Monastery has never been a conventional legal dispute. It has evolved into a structured process in which [...]

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Jihadists Are on the Brink of an African Caliphate

By  WSJ – Islamists in Mali have routed Kremlin-backed forces after confounding efforts by the West to uproot al Qaeda and its offshoots in the Sahel. Al-Qaeda-led militants bent on [...]