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Al Azhar and ISIS: Cause and Effect

By Coptic Solidarity – Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Nasr, who graduated with a degree in Islamic law from Egypt’s Al Azhar University—regularly touted as the world’s most prestigious Islamic [...]

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Islamic State Bombs Christian Convent in Iraq

By Coptic Solidarity – The Islamic State reportedly detonated the convent belonging to the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena on the morning of November 5. According to the [...]

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Islamic State Bombs Christian Convent in Iraq

By Coptic Solidarity – The Islamic State reportedly detonated the convent belonging to the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena on the morning of November 5. According to the [...]

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“Middle East Christian Committee” Advocate at the UN for Yezidis and Christians Facing Genocide

By Coptic Solidarity & MECHRIC – WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Ten leaders representing member organizations of the Middle East Christian Committee (MEHCRIC), [...]

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Copt Tortured for Refusing Islam

By Coptic Solidarity – A Christian man was abducted, and tortured in an effort to convert him to Islam last week in Egypt. Fayiz Fouad, a Coptic Christian man, was kidnapped as he was [...]

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Three Copts out of 218 Elected to Individual Seats in Egypt’s Parliament

By Coptic Solidarity – In Egypt’s first phase of elections that covered 14 governorates, 3 Copts out of 218 were elected to individual seats. Twenty-two Copts were competing in the rerun [...]

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Arabic Teacher Savagely Whips Coptic Boy 40 Times

By Coptic Solidarity – An Egyptian teacher of Arabic language whipped a 10-year-old Coptic Christian boy with 40 lashes using an electric wire last week in a Cairo school.  The doctors who [...]

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Arabic Teacher Savagely Whips Coptic Boy 40 Times

By Coptic Solidarity – An Egyptian teacher of Arabic language whipped a 10-year-old Coptic Christian boy with 40 lashes using an electric wire last week in a Cairo school. The doctors who [...]

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Coptic Blasphemy Case Sheds Light on Muslim Views of ISIS

By Coptic Solidarity – On October 22, a court postponed to December 3 the case concerning four Coptic Christian students who are accused of blasphemy.  They did this after the Copts’ [...]

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State Department’s 2015 Annual IRF Report Claims Improved Status of Copts as Key Positive Development in State of Religious Freedom Worldwide

By Coptic Solidarity – Last week the State Department released its annual report on International Religious Freedom which documents the state of religious freedom in nearly every country [...]