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Egypt’s Coptic church criticized over el-Sissi rallies at UNuslim Brotherhood

By Associated Press –  Egypt’s Coptic Christian church is facing criticism over its role in organizing rallies in support of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during his visit to New York for [...]

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Coptic Church declares compromise with state over contentious church building law

By Mada Masr – The Coptic Orthodox Church declared a compromise with the Egyptian government on Wednesday night over a contentious draft law organizing the building of churches. The [...]

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‘Al -Ahram Columnist: “Despite Al-Sisi’s Call for Revolution in Religious Discourse, Al-Azhar Scholars Continue on their Extremist Path”

By MEMRI  – Al-Azhar’s Poisonous Curricula Are Responsible For Attacks On Copts; Al-Azhar Accuses Anyone Who Disagrees With It Of Heresy. In his first article, ‘Abd Al-Tawab [...]

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Crimes and no punishment

By The Economist, From the print edition – Violence is only one of the problems faced by Christians in Egypt IT BEGAN with an argument over money, says a resident of Karam village in Minya. [...]

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We Are Living in Terror of Muslim Mobs, Say Copts

By Bel Trew, The Sunday Times (UK) – Dozens of Muslim men armed with Kalashnikovs, shotguns and pistols laughed as they stripped Souad Abdullah, an elderly housewife, and paraded her naked [...]

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The Coptic Church’s Faustian bargain

By Wael Eskandar – It didn’t take long for the regime to crack down on Islamist and secular opposition after the military takeover on 3 July 2013. Anyone speaking out against regime [...]

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The Soul of Egypt is in the Balance

By Saba E. Demian, M.D. – In the long history of this civilization, the Egyptian civilization, there has not been a parallel to this period in which the soul of Egypt is in the balance. [...]

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“Minya Independent Islamic Republic”

By Youssef Sidhom – Watani International – I have never been hasty in writing down my opinion; quite the contrary, I have always been used to take my time to study situations and [...]

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Al-Sisi Meets with Coptic Pope

By POMED –  President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met [Ar] with Pope Tawadros II, head of the Coptic Church, amid a spike of religious violence against Copts in Egypt. According to a Coptic Church [...]