Do Christians in Egypt Need a Law to Build Churches?
By Samia Sidhom – Watani – Given the discrimination, oppression and severe humiliation Christians in Egypt have to sustain if they so much as think of building or renovating a church, it is [...]
‘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 [...]
The Two Faces of Al Azhar
By Raymond Ibrahim – Exclusive for Coptic Solidarity – In a statement titled, “The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Calls on Al Azhar’s Sheikh to Renounce His Remarks Which [...]
ISIL’s multi-pronged terror strikes kill 89 in 3 countries
By World Tribune – Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), which promised to unleash mass casualty attacks during the holy month of Ramadan, is suspected of carrying out terror strikes in [...]
Al Azhar: Islam Demands Theocratic Rule
By Raymond Ibrahim – Exclusive for Coptic Solidarity – What is the role of Islam in Muslim society? Is it just a religion to be practiced privately, as Christianity is understood in [...]
Egypt’s Top “Moderate” Cleric: Apostasy a “Crime,” Punishable by Death
By Coptic Solidarity – The line between “moderate” and “radical” Muslim continues to fade. On the question of apostasy in Islam—whether a born or converted Muslim has the right to abandon [...]
Pope and top imam embrace in historic Vatican meeting
By AFP – Pope Francis embraced the grand imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar Mosque at the Vatican on Monday in a historic encounter both sides hope will lead to greater understanding and [...]
Leading Muslim Cleric on Persecuted Coptic Christians: They Are “Criminal, Aggressive, and Oppressive”
By Coptic Solidarity – Dr. Yassir al-Burhami, Egypt’s premiere Salafi, was once again videotaped inciting hate for and violence against the nation’s Christians, the Copts—including by [...]
