Churches in Egypt: Harassed Islands in a Sea of Mosques
By Raymond Ibrahim – Exclusive for Coptic Solidarity – According to a May 19, 2021 Arabic-language report, Egypt’s Ministry of Endowments just announced that, since September 2020, 1,413 [...]
‘Sad Day’ in Algeria as Officials Seal Buildings of Country’s Largest Churches
By Morning Star News – Authorities in Algeria on Wednesday (Oct. 16) closed the Tafath (Light) church building in Tizi-Ouzou, a day after sealing shut the country’s largest church despite [...]
Egyptian Christians Left With Nowhere To Pray But The Street
By NPR – Morning Edition In the Egyptian province with the biggest percentage of Christians, the government has refused to grant permits for churches. Tens of thousands of people have [...]
Clarification about the problem facing St. George Church in Manshiet-Zaafranah
By Coptic Orthodox Archbishopric Diocese of Minya & Abo-Qorqas – Translation by Coptic Solidarity We remained silent since the infringements that took place midday today; Friday, [...]
Mirage: One Desert Cathedral Does Not Equate Religious Freedom in Egypt
By Raymond Ibrahim –Special for Coptic Solidarity – On January 10, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the newly built Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ located some 30 miles east [...]
Muslim Throng Converges on Worship Site of Coptic Church in Egypt
By Morning Star News – Police in Upper Egypt evicted Coptic priests and shuttered their church building after an Islamist mob converged on the site over the weekend, according to reports. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
From Egypt: A list of recently reported assaults on Coptic Christians
By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah – Canada Free Press – On August 22, in the village of Al Zenika located in the Province of Luxor (Upper Egypt), Islamists demanded the stoppage of prayer in the [...]
