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Egyptian Court Backs Hotel Policy Barring Women from Booking Alone

By Coptic Solidarity – An Egyptian court ruling allowing a hotel to deny accommodation to an unaccompanied woman has triggered widespread criticism, raising renewed concerns over gender [...]

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Raymond Ibrahim Receives the Danish Free Press Society’s ‘Sappho Prize’

Raymond Ibrahim—bestselling author, historian, and Visiting Fellow at the Danube Institute—has been awarded the prestigious Sappho Prize, the Freedom of Expression Award presented by [...]

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Attacks Rock Suqaylabiyah, a Christian Town in Hama, Syria

Scores of men from the Sunni town attackeda Christian town in central Syria leading to widespread damage to homes, shops and cars in a reminder of religious violence that followed the fall of [...]

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5th-century Coptic monastic guesthouse Uncovered in Beheira

By Ahram-online – Egypt has uncovered a fifth-century AD building believed to have served as a monastic guesthouse during the early days of Coptic monasticism in Beheira governorate.  [...]

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Damascus Restricts Alcohol to Sectarian Enclaves, Bans Public Service

The Damascus Governorate has ignited a fierce debate over civil liberties and religious pluralism following the issuance of a comprehensive decree that effectively bans the consumption and [...]

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Pakistan: Exponentiating Persecution of Religious Minorities

by Uzay Bulut – Gatestone Inst. –Pakistan, included by US President Donald J. Trump in his “Board of Peace” for the Gaza Strip, nevertheless continues to be one of the most [...]

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Protected as Long as They Submit: Egypt’s Treatment of Its Christian Minority, the Copts

By Neue Zürcher Zeitung – President Sisi builds cathedrals and imprisons Christians. Egypt’s Copts are publicly honored—yet remain second-class citizens. A look at a system that grants the [...]

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Copt assaulted for rejecting higab for his wife and daughter

By Watani – A Copt, Ra’fat Nader, was attacked by two men because he refused to force his wife and daughter to wear the higab during the Iftar hour of Ramadan. He sustained injuries in his [...]

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Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate Launches Major Quran Memorization Competition Under the Patronage of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar

The Social Care Committee of the Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate has officially launched a Quran memorization competition for members and their families. The event is held under the prestigious [...]

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U.S. House Committees Deliver Joint Report on Christian Persecution in Nigeria to the White House

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee have delivered a joint report to the White House examining the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. The report [...]