Selected Opinion

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 [...]

By Samuel Tadros – Sunday’s attack is neither the first nor the last that the Coptic Church will endure in Egypt. St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, the site of this past Sunday’s bombing [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim – Special to Coptic Solidarity – For an idea of why Egypt’s Coptic Christians and their churches are constantly under attack—most recently last Sunday, when a [...]

By Mokhtar Awad – The Atlantic Council – On December 11 at approximately 10 AM, Cairo time, a bomb ripped through the St. Paul and St. Peter Church in the Cairo district of Abassiya, [...]

By Human Rights Watch – Authorities Should Better Protect Christian Community- The horrific bombing that killed worshippers at Cairo’s main Coptic Orthodox cathedral compound on December [...]

By Declan Walsh – New York Times – President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday made dramatic efforts to reassure Egypt’s Coptic Christians — a pillar of his government’s support — as [...]

By Dr. Jim Denison – Denison Forum “There were children. What have they done to deserve this? I wish I had died with them instead of seeing these scenes.” This is how a witness described [...]

By Jonathan Jones – The Guardian – The Coptic church is Egypt’s oldest living religion. Its unique artistic tradition stretches right back into antiquity and stands as a rebuke to the [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim –   The worst attack on Egypt’s Christian minority in recent years occurred yesterday, Sunday, December 11, 2016. St. Peter Cathedral in Cairo, packed with worshippers [...]

By Johannes Makar – Foreign Policy – Once seen by the country’s Christians as a savior, Egypt’s new strongman has proven little better than his predecessors. When the Muslim [...]