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Egypt Court Accuses Andalus Institute of ‘Harming National Security by Reporting that Copts and Baha’is Face Discrimination’

By Aswat Masriya – Director of the Andalus Institute Ahmed Samih spread false news about religious discrimination in Egypt, according to the court reasoning, which was released on Monday. A [...]

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Christian in Pakistan Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ after Argument with Muslim

By Morning Star News – A Christian father of two in Pakistan was arrested last night under blasphemy charges after a Muslim friend accused him of forwarding a poem on an instant messaging [...]

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Pakistani Christian who sought police help instead faces death for ‘blasphemy’

By Asif Aqeel – WorldWatchMonitor – An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian man to death for committing blasphemy against the prophet of Islam. Anjum Sandhu, 60, [...]

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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 [...]

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Government in Egypt Fights Efforts to Repeal Controversial ‘Blasphemy Law’ Justice Ministry says any change would be ‘unconstitutional

By Morning Star News – Parliamentary efforts in Egypt to repeal the country’s equivalent of a “blasphemy law” are facing stiff opposition from the Ministry of Justice. The ministry’s [...]

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Is al-Sisi following in the Footsteps of late Pakistani President Zia ul Haq?

By Magdi Khalil – Coptic Solidarity Executive Committee Member In January 2015, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi gave a speech in front of Islamic scholars at Al-Azhar University, [...]

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Egyptian Islamic Jihad founder: annihilate terror groups or they annihilate you

By Khalid Hassan – Al-Monitor – The Egyptian army’s military campaigns continue to target the hideouts of terrorist groups in Sinai Peninsula that from time to time claim [...]

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Blasphemy Convictions Intensify in Sisi’s Egypt

By Raymond Ibrahim – The Gatestone Institute – Despite Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s many pluralistic words and gestures, which have won him much praise from the [...]

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Egyptian Copt cleared of fake Facebook ‘blasphemy’

Egyptian Copt cleared of fake Facebook ‘blasphemy’ By World Watch Monitor April 4, 2016 An Egyptian Copt, Bishoy Kameel Garas, has been declared ‘innocent’ after he spent more than [...]

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Blasphemy cases rise in Egypt and Christians bear the brunt

By Maggie Michael – AP – In the video, the Egyptian Christian teens laugh playfully as a couple of them kneel down, imitating Muslim prayers, then another slides his hand under one [...]

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