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Killer of Coptic woman in Beni Mazar confesses crime

By Watani – A tuk tuk driver who earlier this month murdered the Coptic woman Mariam Moussa and her young son in Beni Mazar, Minya, some 250km south of Cairo, has confessed his crime. The [...]

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Egypt drops decade-old charges against NGOs

By Al-Monitor – An Egyptian investigative judge recently dropped charges against 20 NGOs involved in the 2011 foreign funding case that has raised global condemnation, in a move seen as a [...]

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Update on Imprisoned Student, Patrick Zaki

By POMED – After the Third Circuit Court renewed Patrick George Zaki’s detention order on April 5, his defense said that the judge was unqualified to manage Zaki’s detention [...]

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Iraqi Cardinal Calls for a Secular State, Separating Religion and Government

By Thomas D. Williams Breitbart – via AINA – Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako issued a bold proposal Monday for the establishment of a secular state in Iraq, separating religion from [...]

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First women judges appointed to Egypt’s Sate Council

By Madeleine Nader – Watani On 14 March 2021, Egypt’s State Council approved the appointment of a number of women judges, a first in the history of the Council. The State Council is Egypt’s [...]

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Coptic Girl Harassed and Attacked

By I C C – On March 13 19-year-old Coptic Marian Rafat was attacked while leaving church in Al Fashn center, Beni Suef Province. A man named Gamal Nasser approached her and was harassing [...]

US Religion Census 2020: A Decade of Dramatic Changes in American Orthodox Churches

By Alexei Krindatch – National Coordinator for the Second Census of US Orthodox Christian Churches / 2020 US Religion Census The 2020 National Census of Orthodox Christian Churches was part [...]

Egypt’s discovery of archaeological monastic buildings in Bahariya Oasis

By Al-Monitor – Egypt announced a new archaeological discovery in the Bahariya Oasis with archaeological buildings dating back to the fifth and seventh centuries, where monks settled down. [...]

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Nawal El Saadawi: Feminist firebrand who dared to write dangerously

By Jasmine Taylor-Coleman – BBC News – “They said, ‘You are a savage and dangerous woman.’ “I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and [...]

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Egypt sentences activist Sanaa Seif to 18 months in prison

By Al-Monitor – Seif, who had been in pretrial detention since June, was convicted Wednesday of spreading false news and misusing social media. Egypt has sentenced prominent activist Sanaa [...]