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Coptic Priest: Islamic Law Trumps Egyptian Law in Case of Martyr’s Church

According to the local priest and Coptic spokesman, last Friday’s assault on a proposed Coptic Christian church proposed to be built, with President Sisi’s permission, to honor the 21 [...]

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Advocacy in Action

Coptic Solidarity is continuously engaged in advocacy on behalf of Copts and other religious minorities in the region, although some of our efforts are conducted behind the scenes.   We [...]

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Rights Groups Condemn Shutting Down Radio Free Iraq

Mideast Christians, Yezidis and moderate Muslim groups accuse the pro-Iran lobbyof “shutting down the only U.S. broadcast reporting fairly to the region” Washington, D.C., A joint [...]

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Islam’s Improbable Reformer: Sisi Interviewed by WSJ

Egypt’s president Al-Sisi was interviewed by Bret Stephens, the ‘Global View’ columnist of The Wall Street Journal. Excerpts: “We are keen on a strategic relationship with [...]

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Senator Dianne Feinstein: We Must Confront ISIL

Coptic Solidarity issued an action alert on Feb. 22, asking its members and supporters to ensure Congress speaks out for the 21 Coptic Martyrs and leads efforts to condemn Islamic Terrorism. [...]

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Muslim Strength Decides if Christian Churches Stand or Fall

A video recording made on December 14, 2013 of Dr. Yusuf al-Burhami, a leading cleric in Egypt’s Salafi movement, was recently publicized on Arabic media due to its controversial nature. [...]

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Middle East Minorities Call on UN to Establish “Interim Protected Areas” in Iraq & Syria

Representatives of Middle East minorities met on March 13 with missions of permanent members of UNSC as well as the Secretary General’s Political Department  (see [...]

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Mid-East Minorities Call on UN Security Council to Establish “Interim Protected Areas”

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –Afederation of Western- and Middle East- based NGOs representing Yazidi and Christian communities in the region met with the [...]

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Islamic State Relied on Egyptian/Salafi Book to Slaughter 21 Copts

Dr. Ahmed Karima, professor of Sharia at Al Azhar University, Egypt,  recently exposed the fact that the Islamic State received its justification to slaughter 21 Coptic Christians in Libya [...]

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In Memory of Dr. Helmy Guirguis

Remarks by Lord Alton of Liverpool at a Memorial Service for Dr. Helmy Guirguis at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, 6.30 pm, March 3rd 2015.   In 1997, when I was raised to the Peerage [...]