Selected Opinion

Statement by His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom The Egyptians and their friend from Ghana who were brutally murdered, were not [...]

By The Washinton Post – The self-declared “caliphate” that in June 2014 was localized in Iraq and Syria now has nearly 50 affiliates or supporting groups in 21 countries. It has declared [...]

By Lord David Alton of Liverpool – Catholic Herald – Just before Christmas 75 parliamentarians, from both Houses and all parties – including the former head of our Armed Forces, the [...]

By Farid Farid in Cairo – International Business Times – It is a cruel irony that Hegazy’s first arrest came in December 2013, some six months after general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi [...]

By Mona Eltahawy – The New York Times – The officer, who identified himself by rank and first name only, did correctly name other places I had visited, including some I had not [...]

By Saba E. Demian, M.D. Retired professor of Laboratory Medicine USC, LSU Schools of Medicine   A faithful believer in the Almighty, espousing and living His dicta, totally alien to [...]

By Nader Shukry – Watani – The kidnapped Copts come mostly from the southern provinces of Sohag, Assiut, and Minya, as well as from districts around Alexandria. Participating in the [...]

By Middle East Forum – I have no idea how many justice ministers in the democratically civilized world have to make speeches arguing that their country is not a dictatorship. But Turkish [...]

By Middle East Briefing – Two factors played a role in making the day a storm that never happened: The wave of threats by security authorities that force will be used against protestors and [...]

“Thousands [of Iraqi Christians] have been killed, hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee,” noted CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an interview with Col. Warren last week.  “There is legitimate fear [...]