Selected Opinion

By Youssef Sidhom – Watani –  Problems on hold The story of the Coptic Catholic Church of Mar-Girgis (St George) in the village of Higaza Qibli In Quos, Qena, some 570km south of [...]

By Ishak Ibrahim – TIMEP – In recent years, the Egyptian regime has promoted a new “vision” of Islam, both locally and internationally, to combat terrorism and religious extremism. [...]

By Samuel Tadros – With Holy Week starting in nine days, Copts across Egypt were preparing for the most important week in their faith. Unlike in the West, Easter—and, more precisely, the [...]

By Al-Monitor – About 80 members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad were released from an Egyptian jail on Oct. 17. Some had been detained without trial, and others had been sentenced by a Cairo [...]

By Con Coughlin – Gatestone Institute – It is, therefore, the epitome of hypocrisy for Mr Erdogan to offer to take responsibility for the ISIS fighters being held in Kurdish-run [...]

By John J. Metzler – World Tribune –  United Nations — Sustained and increasing attacks on Christian minorities from the Middle East to West Africa are often tragically overlooked by [...]

By Youssef Sidhom – Watani – Problems on hold In last week’s Editorial, I listed the unlicensed churches which were granted legality throughout the last two years by the Cabinet [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim – Gatestone Institute – “It’s tough to tell Nigerian Christians this isn’t a religious conflict since what they see are Fulani fighters clad [...]

Book review by Terry Scambray – the New Oxford Review and first appeared in the Sept. 2019 issue) We judge individuals by what they say and what they do.  We judge cults, religions and [...]

By Youssef Sidhom – Watani – The date 28 September 2019 marks two years since a specially-tasked Cabinet committee began looking into the legal status of unlicensed churches and [...]