Egypt’s new law on churches angers Christian critics
By Associated Press – Egypt’s lawmakers on Tuesday passed the country’s first law spelling out the rules for building a church, a step Christians have long hoped would free up [...]
After 150-year wait, Parliament passes church construction law in 3 days
By Mohamed Hamama/Translated by Heba Afify – Mada Masr – Parliament has passed a law regulating the construction and restoration of churches in just three days, after months of [...]
Coptic Church declares compromise with state over contentious church building law
By Mada Masr – The Coptic Orthodox Church declared a compromise with the Egyptian government on Wednesday night over a contentious draft law organizing the building of churches. The [...]
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 [...]
How far does road to equality stretch for Egypt’s Christians?
By Dina Ezzat, Ahram Online – “I was praying for health and comfort; for my family, especially those of my children in Canada and Australia, and of course for my country, but things still [...]
Egypt’s Coptic Church rejects amendments to long-awaited church-building law
By World Watch Monitor – The Coptic Orthodox Church has voiced its dismay at amendments to a draft law that was hoped to put churches on a par with the country’s numerous mosques. “The [...]
‘Church Building’ Bill Sparks Dispute Between Coptic Church and Egypt’s Government
By Egyptian Streets – Egypt’s Orthodox Church released a statement objecting to the “complexities and obstacles” in the governmental amendments to a long-awaited bill on church building in [...]
