Coptic Christian Building Abruptly Demolished in Egypt
By Raymond Ibrahim – Exclusive for Coptic Solidarity – According to a recent Arabic language report, on September 7, yet another Coptic Christian prayer hall was demolished in Egypt. [...]
Egyptian Christian forgives the terrorists who killed his mother and sister
Florian Ripka-ACNRepublished by Aleteia It was 10 years ago, but the pain is still raw. On the night of Friday, January 31, 2011, a terrorist attack killed 21 people and wounded 79 others [...]
Egypt: “I feel pity for the perpetrators” of church attack
By Florian Ripka-ACN via Aleteia – Ten years ago, Kiro Khalil survived an attack on Christians that killed three members of his family. Ten years ago on New Year’s Eve, the life of Coptic [...]
Egypt arrests 14 Copts protesting church destruction
By Middle East Monitor – Editor’s note: The Copts arrested in this incident were released several days later. Egyptian security forces have arrested 14 Copts and assaulted a priest in [...]
Update on Coptic issues carried into 2020
By Youssef Sidhom – Watani – As 2019 drew to a close, I reviewed a number of Coptic issues that had not been resolved during the year, meaning they had to be carried into 2020 for [...]
Waiting until you can’t
By Hadeer El-Mahdawy – Mada Masr – Translated by Ian Louie How a Minya archdiocese’s 17-year long attempt to license a church was capped by violence Nineteen people were [...]
Coptic Solidarity Presses for Urgent Protection of Egypt’s Imperiled Coptic Christians
By Coptic Solidarity – Christian Newswire (Washington, DC) December 17, 2018 For Immediate Release Coptic Solidarity urgently calls on the US Department of State and legislators to [...]
Two Christians Murdered by Muslim Policeman Guarding Their Church in Egypt
By Raymond Ibrahim – Special for Coptic Solidarity – A Muslim policeman charged with guarding a Coptic Christian church shot and killed two Copts—a father, 49, and his son, [...]
Report – Prayers Unanswered: Assessing the Impact of Egypt’s 2016 Church Construction Law
By POMED – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has promised to improve the situation of the country’s Christians, who by many estimates constitute about ten percent [...]
Egypt military court sentences 17 to death over church bombings
By El-Sayed Gamal El-Din & Ayat Al Tawy – Ahram Online – An Egyptian military court sentenced on Thursday 17 people to death and handed dozens of others hefty jail terms over [...]
