مدى مصر ـ طبقًا لنصوص الدستور والقانون فإن المجلس الأعلى للإعلام هو السلطة المختصة في مصر بحماية حرية الرأي والفكر والتعبير وضمان استقلال وسائل الإعلام وحيادها وتنوعها. رغم ذلك، ومنذ تأسيس المجلس [...]
By Burak Bekdil – The Gatestone Institute Trust for Islamist politics in both the Middle East and North Africa has plummeted since the beginning of the Arab Spring. A survey for BBC Arabic [...]
وطني ـ احالت نيابة المرج يالقاهرة المتهم محمد عوض 32 عاما الى محكمة جنح المرج في القضية رقم جنح المرج رقم 824 لسنه 2020 وتحدد اولى جلساته يوم السبت المقبل بعد محاولته ذبح قبطيا بمنطقة المرج [...]
By Mada Masr – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed outrage over the death of Egyptian American dual national Mustafa Kassem while imprisoned in Egypt, calling the death “pointless [...]
By Watani – The Coptic school teacher Mervat Seifein from Beni Mazar, Minya, has for the second time during the last two weeks been rejected by Minya students for the explicit reason that [...]
By MEMRI – Erdoğan’s Chief Advisor And Former General Tanrıverdi Presents Vision – Reflected In Turkey’s Policy – Of A United Islamic Superpower Based On Shari’a [...]
By Mina Ibn Bakira – Washington Examiner – At midnight on Nov. 23, 2019, Egyptian state security broke into a young Coptic activist’s home and arrested him without a warrant, [...]
By Jared Malsin – Wall Street Journal – CAIRO—More than 300 prisoners are staging a hunger strike in a Cairo prison to protest punishment beatings and other harsh treatment in [...]
مصر الآن ـ قررت محكمة جنايات القاهرة المنعقدة بعابدين، برئاسة المستشار جمال حسن، يوم السبت، التنحي عن نظر محاكمة ضابط بقسم الأميرية و9 شرطيين متهمين بقضية قتل مجدي مكين، لاستشعارها الحرج. ومن [...]
By EIPR – The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said that three years after its adoption, the church construction law has failed to end violations of Christians’ right to worship and [...]
وطني ـ قررت محكمة جنايات المنيا الحكم 10 سنوات غيابيا على المتهمين بتعرية السيدة سعاد ثابت ” سيدة الكرم ” بتهمة تعرية وهتك عرض السيدة المسنة فى الاحداث التى وقعت فى مايو 2016 . وجاء الحكم على [...]
By Giulio Meotti – Gatestone Institute – How much bigger and more extended must this war on Christians become before the West considers it a “genocide” and acts to prevent [...]
By Dr. William Weessa – Special for Coptic Solidarity – This is the twentieth anniversary year for one of the most serious massacres of Copts in Egypt in the modern era. On January 2, 2000, [...]
By Mada Masr – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday met with newly appointed Minister of Information Osama Heikal and Prime Minister Mostafa Madbuly to discuss policies and strategies [...]
By Coptic Solidarity Conventional wisdom teaches that it is important to visit a country like Egypt to understand the dynamics of discrimination and religious persecution. Thus, Egypt is a [...]
By Dr. Wagdy Loza, C. Psych This article will provide an outline of the discrimination and suffering that the Copts of Egypt have been enduring since the Arabs invaded their land around 641 A.D. [...]
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Office of the President Al-Ittihadia Palace, Heliopolis, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt Your Excellency: I am a member of the U.K. All Party Parliamentary [...]
وطني ـ عاش أقباط قرية “فاو بحري” مركز دشنا، التابع لمحافظة قنا، ليلة عصيبة تزامنا مع الاحتفال بليلة رأس السنة، التي حرم أقباط قرية “فاو بحري” من الاحتفال بها بسبب “الروتين”، الذي عطل افتتاح كنيسة [...]
بقلم د. ولــيم ويــصا (*) ـ خاص لموقع «التضامن القبطي» ـ الثاني من يناير هو الذكري العشرون لواحدة من أخطر المذابح التي تعرض لها الأقباط في مصر في العصر الحديث، حيث قُتل في نفس اليوم من يناير عام [...]
د. شريف يونس ـ اكتسب مسار “الصحوة” ككل، وحتى بعيدا عن منظماتها، طابعا عدوانيا شعبويا، محوره هو امتلاك أو اغتصاب المجال العام. كانت خطب المحلاوي في الإسكندرية وكشك في القاهرة وغيرهما [...]
By Raymond Ibrahim – Gatestone Institute – “You have this absurd situation where the scheme is set up to help Syrian refugees and the people most in need, Christians who have [...]
Garnett Genuis is the Member of Parliament for Sherwood Park–Fort Saskatchewan in Alberta, Canada. He spoke at Coptic Solidarity’s 9th Annual Conference in Washington, DC in a session [...]
By Bernard-Henri Lévy – The Wall Street Journal – Fulani raiders ‘are Islamic extremists of a new stripe, more or less linked with Boko Haram,’ but present throughout Nigeria. A [...]
Par Ariane Lavrilleux – Le Point – Ramy Kamel, un célèbre défenseur de la minorité copte, est en prison depuis le 23 novembre dernier, accusé d’être lié à une organisation [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Chris Coons (D-DE) today introduced a resolution to call for the global repeal of blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws. A number of countries [...]
The Turkish government consistently shows contempt for the Christian history and heritage of Asia Minor, and particular disrespect for the rights and prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, [...]
By CIHRS – The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations condemn the continued detention of Ramy Kamel, a human rights activist and defender of Coptic Christian minority rights in Egypt. [...]
WASHINGTON, DC (December 13, 2019) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns Egypt’s recent arrest of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel. Mr. Kamel is an [...]
By Mary Spencer – The National Review – Philip Glass’s otherworldly opera portrays the religious devotion of a pharaoh. The final opera in Philip Glass’s “portrait” trilogy, Akhnaten, [...]
وطني ـ استغاثت أسرة قبطية بمحافظة قنا بالرئيس عبد الفتاح السيسى لاختفاء ابنتهم نانسي ماهر تاوضروس، 36 عاما متزوجة ولديه ثلاثة أطفال ، وذلك منذ 20 أكتوبر الماضي 2019 . وقامت الأسرة بتحرير محضر [...]
By The Hill – The Senate passed a resolution on Thursday formally recognizing the Ottoman Empire’s genocide against the Armenian people, a move strongly opposed by the Turkish [...]
By UNHRC – GENEVA (11 December 2019) – UN human rights experts* have called on Egypt to end the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Ramy Kamel Saied Salib, who works to defend [...]
By Coptic Solidarity – Updated December 2019. In February 2018 Coptic Solidarity published this article (*). By way of ensuring our objectivity, we have reviewed the current situation. [...]
وطني ـ قامت مصلحة السجون، اليوم بتنفيذ حكم الإعدام شنقًا، على الارهابى إبراهيم إسماعيل، مرتكب واقعة الهجوم على كنيسة مارمينا بحلوان، في ديسمبر 2017، والتى اسفرت عن قتل 8 أقباط، وأمين شرطة مُكلف [...]
By Raymond Ibrahim – Gatestone Institute – Preliminary reports from Egyptian authorities said that all three fires appeared to be accidents related to electrical or circuit failures, [...]
تمكنت قوات الحماية المدنية من السيطرة على حريق، نشب في كنيسة في مدينة السادس من أكتوبر الثلاثاء ولم يسفر عن أي إصابات، فيما تسبب انهيار حائط داخل كنيسة دير “أبو فانا” بمدينة ملوي [...]
By Coptic Solidarity For Immediate Release Coptic Solidarity today launched an online advocacy campaign to secure the release of imprisoned Coptic human rights activist and blogger, Ramy Kamel. [...]
by Timothy E. Kaldas – TIMEP A “man-made miracle” is how Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of one of Egypt’s last remaining independent press outlets, Mada Masr, described her release to me [...]
By Burak Bekdil – Gatestone Institute – “Everyone is equal before the law regardless of his language, race, sex, color, political opinion, philosophy, religious belief, [...]
By CIHRS – Accusation of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood – used by the state against oppositional politicians, journalists, and activists- now leveraged even against Coptic Christians. [...]
مركز القاهرة لدراسات حقوق الإنسان ـ بعد توظيفها للانتقام من الخصوم السياسيين والصحفيين والحقوقيين، تهمة الانضمام لجماعة إرهابية تطارد حتى الأقباط في مصر. يطالب مركز القاهرة لدراسات حقوق الإنسان [...]
By Raymond Ibrahim – FrontPage Magazine – On November 15, 2019, two of the foremost representatives of Christianity and Islam, Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb of Al Azhar—the [...]
By Coptic Solidarity – This year Coptic Solidarity (CS) celebrated 10 years of advocating equal citizenship rights and full religious freedom for Egypt’s Coptic Christians and other [...]
By: World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), [...]
هيومان رايتس مونيتور ـ المنظمات الموقعة تطالب مقررة الأمم المتحدة الخاصة بالحق في السكن بالتدخل الفوري للمطالبة بالإفراج عن الناشط القبطي رامي كامل لم يكد يمر عشرة أيام علي جلسة المراجعة الدورية [...]
By Egyptian Streets A Coptic woman won a landmark ruling granting her equal inheritance by the seventh circuit of the Helwan family court on Monday, according to Masrawy. “Finally, a ruling was [...]
By Coptic Solidarity- Standard News Wire For Immediate Release Coptic Solidarity strongly condemns the arrest of Ramy Kamel, a Coptic human rights activist and social media blogger in Egypt being [...]
By Michael Igoe – Devex WASHINGTON — In mid-September 2018, a Hungarian official named Tristan Azbej traveled to Washington, D.C. for a series of meetings and events he hoped would draw the [...]
By Courtney Mares – Catholic News Agency Budapest, Hungary, Nov 26, 2019 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- Patriarchs, cardinals, politicians, and Christians from across the globe are in Budapest this [...]
By POMED – Egyptian Coptic rights activist Ramy Kamel was arrested at his home November 23 and is being charged with joining a terrorist organization and spreading false information. He is [...]
By Jared Malsin – The Wall Street Journal – President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has increased censorship in recent years and blocked access to more than 500 websites. CAIRO—Egyptian [...]
د. أحمد الخميسي ـ تعرفت إلى المايسترو سليم سحاب أثناء سنوات الدراسة فى موسكو. كان يدرس قيادة أوركسترا فى الكونسرفتوار، وأنا بجامعة موسكو كلية الأدب واللغة. وانعقدت بيننا صداقة استمرت من دون [...]
By Dioscorus Boles – JOURNAL OF COPTIC CULTURE & POLITICS – Following the arrest of Ramy Kamil, the Coptic human rights activist on 23rd November 2019 by Egypt’s notorious [...]
By AP — A prominent investigative media outlet in Egypt says security forces have detained one of its editors, the latest arrest amid a wider crackdown on dissent. Mada Masr, one of a shrinking [...]
By AFP-FR24 – An Egyptian Coptic rights activist is facing charges of joining a “terror” group and spreading misinformation, his lawyer confirmed Monday, amid a renewed [...]
By Mada Masr – Security forces detained three Mada Masr journalists during an afternoon raid on the paper’s offices in Cairo today, before releasing them several hours later, at around 6:15 [...]
الحره ـ أعربت اللجنة الأميركية للحريات الدينية الأحد عن انزعاجها الشديد من اعتقال الناشط القبطي رامي كامل، وتجدد حملة القمع ضد الناشطين والصحفيين في مصر. وطالبت اللجنة السلطات المصرية بالإفراج عن [...]
By Sam Selsky, Senior Program Associate – Freedom House The current legal system punishes independent advocacy and perpetuates chronic abuses. In October 2011, thousands of Coptic [...]
By Peter Henne – Religion News Service As the Iowa caucuses approach, the Democratic presidential field continues to churn. Candidates try to clarify their stances on a variety of issues, [...]
by Raymond Ibrahim – One of the most refreshing aspects of Resolution 296—which acknowledges the Armenian Genocide, and which the House recently voted overwhelmingly for—is that it also [...]
By Asharq Al-Awsat – Egypt’s Parliament is a step closer to making rumor mongering a criminal offense as House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal has referred to the general assembly [...]
By Lord David Alton – Decision Freedom of religion and freedom of conscience are the keystones of human rights and provide the foundations for truly free societies. In a world in which 250 [...]
By Morning Star News A Coptic Christian is in critical condition after he, his mother and brother were stabbed in Egypt on Sunday night (Nov. 17), according to media reports. The Muslim assailant [...]
Ch24- قال أيمن حكيم، أحد أفراد الأسرة المعتدى عليها، أن بيان المطرانية ليس له أى صحة من الأساس. وأضاف حكيم أن ما حدث ليس مشاجرة بل كان هجوم من شخص متطرف على أسرة كاملة بالسلاح الأبيض دون أى [...]
By Mada Masr – Despite intensive lobbying to stem criticism of Egypt’s track record on civil liberties and the conditions of civil society, United Nations member states issued 372 [...]
By Noha Elhennawy – AP CAIRO — One Egyptian woman is taking on the country’s inheritance laws that mean female heirs inherit half that of men. Since her father’s death last year, Huda [...]
By Al-Monitor – Egyptian member of parliament Ghada Ajami of the Support Egypt bloc submitted a controversial bill Oct. 30 that stirred a wide debate about the rights of citizens to be able [...]
By Raymond Ibrahim – FrontPage Magazine – What do Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri—that is, the late leader of ISIS, and the late and current leaders of [...]
By Coptic Solidarity – Video of a panel discussion titled Future of Coptic Advocacy: Inter-generational Perspectives which took place during Coptic Solidarity’s 10th Annual [...]
لندن- “القدس العربي”: ذكرت مجلة “بوليتيكو” أن البيت الأبيض يفكر بربط المساعدات الأمريكية إلى الدول بسجلها في مجال الحرية الدينية. وقالت المجلة إن التغيير المقترح في السياسة الأمريكية يضع الكثير [...]
By World Watch Monitor – Three Coptic churches in the Upper Egypt region were hit by fires in the last three weeks which, the Copts say, is “not a coincidence”. On Friday morning 1 [...]
By Mada Masr – Egypt is “fully prepared” to face all the accusations it expects will be brought against it at the Universal Periodic Review session scheduled to be held at the United [...]
اسحاق ابراهيم ـ المبادرة المصرية لحقوق الإنسان ـ يناقش المجلس الدولي لحقوق الإنسان غدا تقرير المراجعة الدورية الشاملة المقدم من الحكومة المصرية وتقارير مقدمة من المجلس القومي لحقوق الإنسان [...]
مدى مصر ـ «مصر مستعدة تمامًا» لمواجهة كل الاتهامات التي تتوقع أن توجه لها في اجتماع آلية المراجعة الدورية الشاملة لحقوق الإنسان، المقرر انعقاده اﻷربعاء المقبل بمقر مجلس حقوق الإنسان التابع للأمم [...]
By Matthew Schmitz – First Things – As the sun comes up, the men go out from Garbage City and into the streets of Cairo. Some walk alone, carrying empty plastic sacks over their [...]
By Sezen Şahin – Gatestone Institute – Member of (Turkish) Parliament Garo Paylan hinted that the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has not only failed to do enough to prevent hate [...]
نادر شكري ـ وطني ـ أزمة بسبب قرار ازالة منارة كنيسة الصوامعه بسوهاج وجنحة لكاهنها. نشر القمص توماس مرجان استغاثة للرئيس عبد الفتاح السيسى للتدخل لوقف بوادر أزمة بسبب قرار لمجلس مدنية ”نيده” مركز [...]
By SDD – Some of the most vicious incitement against Christians in Egypt originates from a petite Egyptian woman sitting at a computer in her home in a quiet suburb of New Jersey. It is not [...]
by Uzay Bulut – Gatestone Institute – “[A] 2006 law states that any non-Muslim worship be conducted in specific, designated buildings. But since this law came into effect, no [...]
Video of a speech by former US Rep. Daniel Donovan (R-NY) which took place during Coptic Solidarity’s 10th Annual Conference on June 20, 2019, at the National Press Club.
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 USCIRF – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes today’s announcement that the United States Treasury has sanctioned Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani for [...]
By Raymond Ibrahim – Special for Coptic Solidarity – Once again, last week the Egyptian court system denied justice to Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority by postponing judgment on two [...]
By Chris Mitchell – CBN (via AINA) – Turkish-led jihadist troops advancing on a Syrian Christian town could begin an ethnic cleansing campaign in the next few hours, attorney and [...]
وطني ـ يعانى أقباط قرية حجازة قبلى مركز قوص بمحافظة قنا لأكثر من 26 عاما من سطوة المتشددين بالمنطقة ومنعهم من استئناف العمل ببناء كنيسة مارجرجس الكاثوليك بحجازة الحاصلة على قرار جمهوري بإحلال [...]
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 BBC – The Bank of England may see its first female governor in over 300 years if the current government remains in power after the general election in December. The BBC understands that [...]
Video of a panel discussion titled Collusion and Absence of Law Enforcement, which took place during Coptic Solidarity’s 10th Annual Conference on June 20, 2019, at the National Press Club. [...]
By: Wall Street Journal – Measure, opposed by Turkey, draws large bipartisan majority. The House voted overwhelmingly to commemorate the 1915 Armenian genocide in a rebuke to North Atlantic [...]
By AINA – In a landmark vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Resolution 296, which recognizes the genocide of Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks by the Ottoman Empire during World [...]
By International Religious Freedom Rountable – The Honorable James Risch Chairman Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate 483 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. [...]
وطني ـ قررت محكمة جنايات المنيا يوم الإثنين تأجيل قضيتى تعرية السيدة سعاد ثابت “سيدة الكرم”، وقضية حرق منازل أقباط الكرم مركز ابو قرقاص بمحافظة المنيا، وذلك لتغيب أحد أعضاء هيئة المحكمة. وجاء [...]
By Mada Masr – The European Parliament adopted a strongly worded resolution on Thursday that condemns the recent government crackdown and wave of arrests in Egypt and calls on European [...]
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 Coptic Solidarity – Coptic Solidarity hosted the 4th Modern Coptic Martyrs Remembrance Day on October 22, 2019, with keynote speaker Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur for [...]
By Europarl.europa – On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution taking stock of the human rights situation in Egypt. The European Parliament strongly condemns the latest [...]
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 Morning Star News – Authorities in Algeria on Wednesday (Oct. 16) closed the Tafath (Light) church building in Tizi-Ouzou, a day after sealing shut the country’s largest church despite [...]
محمد متولي ـ الوطن ـ قال البابا تواضروس الثاني، بابا الإسكندرية وبطريرك الكرازة المرقسية، إن زيارته لفرنسا وبلجيكا الحالية جاءت من أجل مقابلة أبناء الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية الموجودين هناك وأضاف البابا [...]
Par: Solidarité copte (Europe) – Les questions soulevées par la discrimination et la persécution des Coptes en Égypte, ne peuvent être traitées tant que ces injustices ne soient reconnues. [...]
وطني ـ تم السيطرة على الحريق الذي نشب منذ قليل بكنيسة مارجرجس بالمنصورة، وبالتحديد بكنيسة صغيرة ملحقة بالطابق الثانى باسم كنيسة مارمينا والبابا كيرلس. وأسفر الحريق عن تدمير الكنيسة الصغيرة [...]
By Sheri Abdel-Massih -Madeleine Nader -Michael Girgis – Watani – A fire that erupted late on the evening of Sunday 13 October in the church of Mar-Girgis (St George) in Helwan, some [...]
أليتيا ـ الكنيسة التابعة لأبرشية حلوان والمعصرة هي إحدى أعرق كنائس الاقباط الأرثوذكس في مصر أعلنت الكنيسة القبطية الارثوذكسية، عن إندلاع حريق هائل بكنيسة الشهيد مارجرجس التابعة لها. وبحسب ما نقل [...]
وطني ـ إندلع مساء الأحد حريق في كنيسة مارجرجس بشرق حلوان والتى تقع أمام الحديقة اليابانية، وتم الدفع بخمس سيارات إطفاء للسيطرة على الحريق. وأكد المتحدث الرسمى للكنيسة القبطية أن الحريق بالكنيسة [...]
By Coptic Solidarity – Christian Newswire For Immediate Release (Washington, DC) October 14, 2019 Coptic Solidarity will be hosting the 4th Annual Modern Coptic Martyrs Remembrance Day on [...]
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 Spectator US- The White House’s decision to move aside and allow a Turkish assault in northeast Syria highlighted the morass that is the US’s foreign policy in the Middle East. Criticism of [...]
By Christian Today – The Coptic bishop of London, bishop Angeolos, has called on Christians to be “an icon of what it is to be one in our diversity” at a time when Britain and [...]
By World Watch Monitor – Friends of a 40 year-old Egyptian who converted from Islam to Christianity believe that his premature death on 4th October is linked to numerous threats he received [...]
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 [...]
كريمه كمال ـ المصري اليوم ـ أعرب المجلس القومى لحقوق الإنسان عن تقديره الوضع الخطير الذى تتعرض له البلاد جراء الحرب على الإرهاب التى فُرضت على مصر، لكنه انتقد فى الوقت نفسه تعرض مواطنين لإجراءات [...]
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 [...]
Video of speech by Representative French Hill (R-AR), which took place during Coptic Solidarity’s 10th Annual Conference on June 20, 2019, at the National Press Club.
By Wall Street Journal – In their campaign against unrest, police are imposing random searches of digital devices as they step up arrests CAIRO—Egyptian authorities are combining [...]
Video of a panel discussion titled Radical Islamic Institutions in Egypt: Can they be reformed? which took place during Coptic Solidarity’s 10th Annual Conference on June 21, 2019, at the [...]
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 [...]
By Ronen Bergman and Declan Walsh – The New York Times – A series of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting Egyptian journalists, academics, lawyers, opposition politicians and human rights [...]
By BBC- Egypt’s parliamentary speaker has sparked outrage online after praising Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s infrastructure projects. Ali Abdel Aal made the comments while defending [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Mada Masr – Parliamentary and security sources told Mada Masr that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a directive to freeze the operations of Parliament, as the president is [...]
Video of speech by Mr. Knox Thames: Special Advisor for Religious Minorities in the Near East and South/Central Asia; Bureau of DRL, State Department, which took place during Coptic [...]
Video of Coptic Solidarity’s Lindsay Griffin, Director of Development & Advocacy, presenting Coptic Solidarity: A Year in Review, which took place during Coptic Solidarity’s 10th [...]
By Financial Times – Activist held after reporting to police station. Egyptian authorities have arrested an activist who was an icon of the 2011 revolution as part of a sweeping crackdown to [...]
By MEMRI- On Friday, September 20, 2019, citizens took to the streets in several Egyptian cities to demand the ouster of President ‘Abd Al-Fattah Al-Sisi. Apparently, the immediate cause of [...]
By Bret Stephens– The New York Times – Egypt’s strongman repeats Hosni Mubarak’s errors, to everyone’s peril. Several years ago, in Cairo, I asked Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to name Hosni [...]
Washington D.C.—Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee today released the following statement on ongoing protests in Egypt [...]
By Tawfik Hamid – Gatestone Institute – The motto of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) states: “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur’an is our [...]
أليتيا ـ ٢٥٠ مليون مسيحي يعانون من الاضطهاد الديني و “١١ مسيحي يُقتلون كلّ يوم لمجرد اتباعهم تعاليم المسيح.” ألقى الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب خطاباً أمام الجمعيّة العامة للأمم المتحدة حول [...]
By Reuters – Egyptian authorities have detained more than 1,100 people, including several high-profile individuals, since the weekend, when protests were held in several cities calling on [...]
By Coptic Solidarity – On September 23, 2019, President Trump hosted an event at the UN General Assembly entitled “Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom,” making him the first sitting [...]
By Ewelina U. Ochab – Forbes – On September 23, 2019, the U.S. held an event at the U.N. General Assembly entitled “Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom.” Among the speakers was [...]
By Vivian Yee and Nada Rashwan – The New York Times – Under the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, so little dissent is allowed — and what little there is comes at such [...]
By Jared Malsin and Amira El-Fekki – The Wall Street Journal – Demonstrators defy government crackdown to make first sizable showing since 2016, as Sisi grapples with corruption [...]
Press Release published by Office of Senator Rubio – Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Chris Coons [...]
By Raymond Ibrahim – Gatestone Institute – “How ready is the government to go up against certain groups that try to impose their own will on others.” — Reverend Timotheus [...]
By Coptic Solidarity – The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has taken a strong public stance against discrimination within football through their rhetoric, governing [...]
By FoRB in Full – A Blog by CSW – No case highlights the fervour and frustration associated with blasphemy more than that of Asia Noreen (better known as Asia Bibi), the Pakistani [...]
Video of a panel discussion titled Coptic Identity Revival: History, Education, Culture and Language which took place during Coptic Solidarity’s 10th Annual Conference on June 21, 2019, at [...]
September 17, 2019 Chairman: Mr Amr Yousseff Hassan El Ganainy Deputy Chairman: Mr Gamal Mohamed Ali Member: Ms Sahar Abdel Hak Ahmed Member: Mr Ahmed Abdallah Rad Member: Mr Mohamed Fadl [...]
By Raymond Ibrahim – Note: The following is a book review of The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs by Martin Mosebach. A shorter version was first published by the Middle East [...]
By WorldTribune – The attacks carried out by Islamic terrorists on September 11, 2001 in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania were an attack on “freedom itself,” then-President George W. [...]
By Wall Street Journal – By Nancy A. Youssef, Vivian Salama and Michael C. Bender —Jared Malsin contributed to this article. Quip drew attention to uncomfortable facet of U.S.-Egypt [...]
By Morning Star News – The appointment of a Christian woman to the council overseeing transition to civilian rule in Sudan is a hopeful sign, but some persecution-weary Christians are less [...]
By Samia Sidhom – Watani – Today 12 September 2019 coincides with the first day of the Coptic month of Tut, the first month of the Egyptian New Year 6261 and the Coptic New Year [...]
By Claudia Mende – Qantara.de – The declared goal of the Abrahamic Teams is to improve how Jews, Christians and Muslims interact with and live alongside each other. The project, which [...]
By Declan Walsh and Nada Rashwan – The New York Times – Days after Sudanese soldiers massacred pro-democracy demonstrators in Khartoum in June, an obscure digital marketing company [...]
Video of a panel discussion titled Reducing Institutionalized Discrimination in Egypt, which took place during Coptic Solidarity’s 10th Annual Conference on June 20, 2019, at the National [...]
للنشر الفوري واشنطن: 9 سبتمبر 2019 أطلقت اليوم منظمة التضامن القبطي (CS) حملة حقوقية عالمية جديدة يمكن من خلالها للأفراد في جميع أنحاء العالم إرسال رسائل مباشرة إلى الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم [...]
Remarks delivered by Coptic Solidarity’s Acting President, Ms. Caroline Doss Esq., on June 20, 2019, at the National Press Club during 10th Annual Conference.
By Coptic Solidarity – Christian News Wire For Immediate Release (Washington, DC) September 9, 2019 Today, Coptic Solidarity (CS) launched a new advocacy campaign by which individuals [...]
Egypt’s Copts: Prospects of Equality in a Radicalized Society View conference photo gallery>> Coptic Solidarity hosted its 10th Annual Conference on June 20-21, 2019 in Washington, DC. The [...]
By Uzay Bulut – Gatestone Institute – Every year, Nigeria’s Boko Haram, which has gained a foothold in the neighboring African countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger, appears to [...]
سحر الجعارة ـ المصري اليوم ـ كيف تميز المسيحى من المسلم فى الطريق العام؟.. المفترض ألا تشعر بالفرق، الملامح واحدة، الشرود أو اليقظة مشتركان، معاناة ركوب المواصلات العامة، (أتوبيس، ميكروباص، مترو [...]
By Raymond Ibrahim – FrontPage Magazine – Egypt’s leading authorities have reinstated a notoriously “radical” cleric and hate preacher to the pulpit (minbar), despite strong [...]
By Karen Hunt – Egyptian Streets – This morning I had the great joy of leading six girls from the Ramla villages of Luxor in a boxing workout. We are the Luxor Boxing Girls and all we [...]
By FIFA – The Bureau of the FIFA Council today decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) in accordance with art. 14 par. 1 (a) and art. 8 par. [...]
By Aya Nader – Al Monitor – Egypt’s recently enacted law regulating the work of nongovernmental organizations is continuing to draw heavy fire from many human rights activists [...]
By MEMRI – In the recent years, Al-Azhar has consistently refrained from proclaiming the members of terror organizations, chief of them ISIS, to be infidels. Al-Azhar’s position is [...]
By World Watch Monitor – At least 150 Eritrean Christians were arrested by government officials during the last two months, with some of them held in an underground prison made up of [...]
By POMED – On August 21, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi officially signed a new NGO law, which parliament had passed on July 14. The law has drawn strong criticism from rights organizations [...]
سحر الجعاره ـ المصري اليوم ـ «هل آن الأوان أن نعترف بأن الدولة مخترقة، وأن سوس التعصب ينخر عمودها الفقرى وسرطان «الإرهاب الفكرى» يسرى فى شرايينها!» هل آن الأوان أن نلطم الخدود ونشق الجيوب [...]
By Raymond Ibrahim – Al Kresta of Ave Maria Radio interviewed me yesterday on the topic of my recent article, “Systematic Discrimination: Christians Under Egyptian Rule.” We discussed [...]
By Coptic Solidarity – Several countries introduced a resolution that the UN General Assembly adopted on May 28, 2019 making August 22 the International Day Commemorating the Victims of [...]
By Giulio Meotti – Gatestone Institute – “I don’t believe in these two words [human rights], there are no human rights. But in Western countries, there are animal rights. [...]
By MEMRI- On July 23, 2019, a video was circulated on social media documenting a meeting between Egyptian Immigration Minister Nabila Makram and members of the Egyptian community in Canada, in [...]
عادل نعمان ـ المصري اليوم ـ وزارة الأوقاف المصرية هدى الله بصيرتها ونوّر الله طريقها- تستعين بشيخ السلفية ياسر برهامى ليرفع ما ثقل عليها من أمور الدين، ويكمل ما نقص من عقائد الناس، ويستكمل بيديه [...]
أحمد الجمال ـ المصري اليوم ـ بعد تكرار السماح لبرهامى باعتلاء منابر المساجد بإذن رسمى، فإننى أستأذن فى أن أكرر بعضا مما كتبته منذ أكثر من أربع سنوات. أحاول السعى لمعرفة متى وكيف وأين كسر المدعو [...]
Par Faraj Benoît Camurat – Le Figaro – Voilà cinq ans, les djihadistes de l’État islamique envahissaient la plaine de Ninive, persécutant les minorités chrétiennes et yazidies. La [...]
By Uzay Bulut, the Gatestone Institute – “The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reports that the police often turn a blind eye to reports of abduction and forced conversions thereby [...]
By Jared Malsin – Wall Street Journal – Authorities say the blast occurred after an explosive-laden car driving the wrong way hit three other cars, after initially calling it an [...]
By Egypt Today – CAIRO – 5 August 2019: Eight-eight unlicensed churches and affiliated service buildings have been granted approval to legalize their status. The committee in charge [...]
وطني ـ قررت محكمة جنايات المنيا تأجيل ثلاثة قضايا تتعلق بالأقباط لدورة أكتوبر المقبل وهم قضية تعرية السيده سعاد ثابت ” سيدة الكرم ” ، وحرق منازل أقباط الكرم ، والقضية الثالثة قتل المواطن القبطي [...]
By Raymond Ibrahim – FrontPage Magazine – Coptic Solidarity (CS), an international human rights organization devoted to ameliorating the plight of Egypt’s indigenous inhabitants—the [...]
By The New York Times – MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Villagers in northeastern Nigeria are fleeing their homes, leaving everything behind, after armed men on motorbikes roared into their area and [...]
Par: Liberation (Paris) – En visite au Canada, la ministre de l’Immigration de l’Egypte a suscité la polémique en évoquant la décapitation de ceux qui diraient du mal de son [...]
Editors Note – Mr. Magdi Khalil, a founding member of Coptic Solidarity and member of the Executive Committee has been banned from Facebook for one month. The supposed reason for this ban [...]
By National Post – Canada – Egyptian ex-patriates cite evidence that critics of the Sisi government in Canada are already under watch. ‘We are surely being followed and [...]
By Radio Canada – En visite officielle au Canada, la ministre égyptienne de l’Immigration, Nabila Makram, a essuyé des critiques après avoir menacé, sur le ton de la blague, les opposants [...]
By Lord David Alton – (Extended version of) Remarks in Washington DC on July 18th 2019 by David Alton at a special conference on “Christian Holy Sites and Holy Places in the Middle East,” [...]
By Paul Marshall – Religion Unplugged (COMMENTARY) On July 15-18, the U.S. State Department, under the auspices of Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and directly hosted by [...]
By POMED – According to Coptic Solidarity, an organization defending religious minorities and religious freedom in Egypt, Joel Rosenberg, an author and pundit, delivered “misleading” [...]
By Lord David Alton – Speech At The Ministerial on Religious Freedom in Washington DC Watch Speech>> In his opening remarks Ambassador Sam Brownback told us that we are launching a [...]
سحر الجعاره ـ المصري اليوم ـ «« أعلم يا سيدتى أن مشكلتى حساسة وشائكة، وأن البوح بمخاوفى يشعرنى بالهزيمة الإنسانية والاجتماعية.. ولست مضطرا للقول بأننى رجل شرقى كان من الصعب علىّ أن ألجأ لمشورة [...]
ماهر رزق الله ـ الهيئة الكندية قامت علي مبادئ وقيم ورثناها من الأب الروحي لمؤسس الهيئة الدكتور سليم نجيب، وبالرغم التغيرات الكثيرة التي حدثت من حولنا ظلت الهيئة وستظل محافظة علي مبادئها وقيمها [...]
By Coptic Solidarity – (Washington, DC) July 19, 2019 While speaking at the 2nd Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom which Secretary Pompeo is hosting this week in Washington, DC, guest [...]
By The Wall Street Journal – The State Department is holding its second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom this week, and on Thursday Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will announce a [...]
المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية ـ تطلق المبادرة المصرية اليوم حملتها: “مسيحيات في البطاقة… مسلمات في الإرث” بهدف التنبيه إلى معاناة آلاف النساء المسيحيات المحرومات من الحق في [...]
وطني (معدل) ـ غادر الأقباط المعتصمون بالمبنى الكنسى بقرية كوم الراهب مركز سمالوط بالمنيا، ويجري بحث حلول للأزمة وسوف يعقد الأمن لقاء مع ممثلى المطرانية للوصول إلى حل. وتم غلق المبنى وعاد الأقباط [...]
By Coptic Solidarity – During the latest Ministerial to Advance Religion Freedom, organized by the US Department of State, Ambassador Sam Brownback presented Lord David Alton and [...]
وطني ـ في تطور جديد لازمة قرية كوم الراهب التابعة لقرية ابو سيدهم مركز سمالوط بالمنيا ،حيث قام الأمن بغلق مبنى كنسي تم فتحه العام الماضي ، وفشلت كافة المساعي لإعادة فتحه مجددا، لم يجد الأقباط [...]
Par Renaud Girard – Le Figaro – Depuis 2001, le cancer islamiste a plus progressé que régressé dans le monde. La contre-offensive occidentale a globalement échoué. Presque une [...]
