Selected Opinion

By Gabriel Said Reynolds- First Things – On Monday, December 12, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi walked alongside the Coptic Pope Tawadros (Theodore) II at the funeral procession for [...]

By Philippe Nassif – The Hill – The ISIS bombing of St. Mark’s cathedral in Cairo on Dec. 11 2016, the largest church in the Middle East, momentarily brought the suffering of Middle [...]

By Frederick Deknatel – World Politics Review – A bomb ripped through a church in central Cairo last week, killing at least 26 people in the most brutal and brazen attack on Egypt’s [...]

By Tom Strode – brnow (via AINA) – Congress has approved legislation promoted by religious freedom advocates that should strengthen the United States’ effort to combat persecution of [...]

Samuel Tadros – The Atlantic – Egypt’s Copts Are Under Attack. Little could dampen the enthusiasm of 13-year-old Tony Atef as he wore his soccer outfit and headed to Egypt’s most successful [...]

By Maged Atiya – This is a historic site, and excellent restoration can be done, but likely at a painstaking pace. It deserves no less. *** Several days after the terrorist explosion at the [...]

By Paul Sedra – The state-run funeral for the victims of the Butrusiyya Church massacre was a carefully organized, managed and controlled affair. Mourners without officially printed [...]

By Ishaq Ibrahim – Mada Masr – It’s delusional to believe announcing the names of the perpetrators of the St. Peter and St. Paul Church attack, or their sentencing, will prevent a repeat of [...]

By Michael Wahid Hanna – The December 11th bombing of the St. Paul and St. Peter Church in Cairo, which abuts the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Church, St. Mark’s Cathedral, resulted in 25 [...]

By Erasmus – The Economist – NO GROUP immediately claimed responsibility for a bomb that ripped through a chapel in Egypt’s capital on December 11th, killing 25 worshippers and [...]