CS Releases & Articles

The Islamic State has just released another video where it executes more Christians, this time for not paying jizya — the tribute demanded of Christians according to Koran 9:29 in [...]

In light of several alarming attacks against Coptic and Assyrian Christians during the first few months of the year, Senator Blunt agreed to lead a bipartisan, bicameral letter (enclosed) to [...]

Due to the difficulties Egypt’s Coptic Christians experience in trying to build—or even repair—churches in their homeland, some end up meeting in Coptic homes to worship (and [...]

On April 12, Easter Sunday according to the Orthodox calendar, the churches of Egypt’s Christian minorities—Coptic Orthodox to Protestants—were, as usual, under attack.  [...]

It is not enough that Muslims in Egypt prevent Christians from building or even renovating churches, but, as in other Muslim majority nations, when Christians merely meet in one of their homes, [...]

Earlier this week, security agents arrested Gad Yusif Yunan, a 22-year-old Coptic Christian man who works as an English teacher in Nasriya village, Upper Egypt, on the charge of “contempt [...]

In the context of the recent Muslim uprisings against Coptic Christian minorities in the Egyptian village of al-Gala’, Samalout region, unknown persons destroyed the agricultural crops of [...]

Although Coptic Christians in the village of Gala’, Samalout district, Upper Egypt, had received all the proper permits and legal paperwork to renovate the building they have been using as [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]