“Build a church? Out of question!”
By Nader Shukry – Watani For Copts, the Law for Building and Restoring Churches they had so long aspired for was passed last August. So now they finally have in hand a law to ensure their [...]
Why Egypt’s New Church Law Has Some Activists Worried
By Abdelrahman Eyad – Al-Monitor – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a law on the construction and restoration of churches on Sept. 28, nearly a month after it had [...]
Reproducing the Status Quo: New Church Construction Law Consolidates Discriminatory State Policies and Confiscates Citizenship Rights of Future Generations
By EIPR – The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights expresses its deep concern about the House of Representatives’ rushed approval of the law regulating the construction and renovation of [...]
En Egypte, une loi sur la construction des églises crée le malaise chez les chrétiens
Le Monde – L’Egypte a voté pour la première fois, mardi 30 août, une loi sur la construction et la rénovation des églises, controversée au sein de la communauté chrétienne. Le Parlement a [...]
Egypt’s Christians, Facing Hostility, Reach a ‘Breaking Point’
By The New York Times – The Egyptian government has appointed Imam Mahmoud Gomaa, a Muslim cleric, to keep the peace between Christians and Muslims in Minya, this corner of upper Egypt. [...]
Locals Break into and Rob Church in Yemen
By Raymond Ibrahim – Exclusive for Coptic Solidarity – September 2, 2016 On Friday August 26, unidentified and armed militants broke into and robbed a Christian church, the Church of [...]
New Law on Church Construction Prompts Criticism
By POMED – On Tuesday, Egypt’s parliament approved a long-awaited change to the law governing the construction and renovation of churches in Egypt. The Coptic Church rejected previous [...]
Egypt: Lawmakers fear that new church law will discriminate against Christians
By Carey Lodge, Christian Today – Egypt has passed a law on building and restoring churches after weeks of heavy criticism from the Coptic Christian community. Lawmakers on Tuesday approved [...]
Egyptian parliament approves long-awaited church building law
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Mohamed Abdellah – Reuters – Egypt’s parliament approved on Tuesday a long-awaited law that governs building and renovating churches, an issue that has [...]
Egypt parliament approves new church building law
By Gamal Essam El-Din – Ahram Online – After four hours of stormy debate, Egypt’s parliament has approved on Tuesday a landmark law aimed at making it easier for Christians to build [...]
