Church Gives Up Site as State Relinquishes Authority
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 [...]
Detailed reading into legalisation of unlicensed churches
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 [...]
Reading into legalisation of unlicensed churches
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 [...]
Coptic Solidarity Cautions New Cathedral Does Not Equate Religious Freedom
By PRNewsWeb – For Immediate Release – WASHINGTON – JANUARY 15, 2019 – Coptic Solidarity welcomes the opening of a new cathedral in Egypt’s administrative Capital. Yet, a [...]
Egyptian efforts to protect Christians get mixed reaction
By Julia A. Seymour – World – Ahead of the Egyptian Coptic Christians’ Christmas celebration on Monday, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the formation of a committee to [...]
Rubio, Menendez, Colleagues Urge Secretary Tillerson to Reaffirm U.S. Commitment to Democracy, Human Rights in Egypt
March 7, 2018 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Susan Collins, (R-ME), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Tim Kaine (D-VA), John McCain (R-AZ), Cory [...]
الجنايات» تؤيد سجن الصحفي أحمد الخطيب 4 سنوات بعد إدانته بإهانة الأزهر
كتب- محمد مجدى: قضت محكمة جنايات الجيزة المنعقدة بمحكمة «زينهم»، برئاسة المستشار جمال عبد اللاه، بتأييد حكم سجن الصحفي أحمد الخطيب رئيس القسم السياسي في جريدة الوطن سابقًا، 4 سنوات وتغريمه 20 ألف [...]
Coptic Solidarity Responds to Egyptian Parliament Meeting with USCIRF
By Coptic Solidarity – (Washington, DC) March 9, 2018 Editors Note: Coptic Solidarity addresses the specific comments reportedly made by Egyptian Parliamentarians. No reporting on USCIRF [...]
Egypt: Christians Still Denied Churches While Government Opens 10 Mosques Every Week
By Raymond Ibrahim – Special to Coptic Solidarity – Egyptian authorities and politicians recently held a meeting sponsored by Al Azhar, the nation’s topmost authority on Islam, in the [...]
Before the Law for Building Churches: The Copts’ constitutional right to pray
By Youssef Sidhom – Watani I have repeatedly broached the topic of the Law for Building and Restoring Churches in my editorials. The most recent was last week’s; it tackled the open question of [...]
