Selected Opinion

By Mukhtar Awad – The Atlantic – The group has been exporting Iraq-style sectarian tactics to the Arab world’s most populous country. Four months after an Islamic State suicide bomber [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim – Frontpage Magazine –  Egypt’s Christians began Holy Week celebrations by being blown up today. Two Coptic Christian Orthodox churches packed with worshippers for [...]

By Timothy Kaldas – CNN – After the bombing of two churches on Palm Sunday in Tanta and Alexandria, the Egyptian people have entered a state of mourning. Once again their Christian [...]

By Wall Street Journal Editorial – This is Easter season for Christians around the world, and so the Coptic Christians of Egypt gathered their families to attend Palm Sunday services that [...]

By Clifford Smith – National Review – The group uses violent means when necessary to advance its Islamist agenda. Hopes that the Trump administration will designate the Muslim [...]

By Peter Baker, Declan Walsh – The New York Times – Ever since he seized power in a military takeover nearly four years ago, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt has been barred from the White [...]

By Dr. Henry Srebrnik, Professor of Political Science – University of Prince Edward Island –  As turbulent a country as ever, Egypt, in the last six years, has seen an uprising topple [...]

By Bel Trew – The Times (UK) Two Isis fighters wielding guns approached their target. Bahgat Zakhar, 58, was an Egyptian Copt on a “kill list” and the terrorists had been tracking him for [...]

By Neil Hicks, Human Rights First –  Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will visit President Trump at the White House next week. The visit comes at a time when governments around the [...]

By Youssef Sidhom – Watani – Since 1971..the Church has repeatedly applied for licence to build a new church but was never granted one; no reason was ever given by the authorities. [...]