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When the Police Colludes to Convert by Force a Lonely Coptic Girl

The following is an urgent call for help, circulated in a number of sites and posted by the prominent secularist writer Khaled Montaser in his Facebook page. Far from being unique, it highlights [...]

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Egyptian Government Allows Salafis to Preach Again

In a move that has many forward-looking Egyptians concerned, the government recently allowed the Salafis to return to preaching in mosques and on television.   Soon after the June 2013 [...]

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Islamic State Poses Threat to Egypt, Says Official

According to Dr. Muhammad ‘Afifi, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Culture in Egypt, the Islamic State does not acknowledge the sovereignty of any state or their boundaries and seeks [...]

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Growing ISIS Influence Deadly for Egypt’s Copts

Earlier this week, Reuters confirmed what many suspected…ISIS has been coaching the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. The growth of ISIS influence in a country already struggling to contain terrorist [...]

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NGO Briefing and Press Conference in the Congress on Tuesday Sept. 9

 NGO Briefing and Press Conference will be held in House Cannon Building 402 (CHOB)on Tuesday September 9th at 5:30 PM Theme:  For an internationally protected zone for Yazidis, Christians and [...]

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Christians and Yazidis Seek Safe Zone in Iraq at the UN Security Council

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In an historic visit to the United Nations Security Council and Secretariat General, the widest coalition of Iraqi Christian, Yazidi, and [...]

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Egypt: Muslim Mob Prevents Coptic Church Building

A Coptic Christian priest in Egypt is appealing to President Sisi to intervene on behalf of a Coptic church being threatened by “religious extremists.”   Four years ago the Coptic Church of [...]

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Blasphemy in Egypt

In recent weeks, we have focused on the brutal persecution of religious minorities in Iraq and Syria by ISIS. In the meantime, violent attacks against Copts and other minorities in Egypt have [...]

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IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST MINORITIES AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL

Our message is: “No exodus from Iraq: self-defense and international protection” New York, In a historic visit to the United Nations Security Council and Secretariat General, the widest coalition [...]

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Islamic State Targets Egypt

During the Egyptian language program, 90 Minutes, which airs on Al-Mihwar satellite station, a video containing confessions from affiliates of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria—popularly known [...]