Egypt Approves Legalization of 168 New Churches
By Egyptian Streets – A committee headed by Prime Minister and Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly approved the legalization of 168 churches and buildings on Friday. The committee officially [...]
Church Under Legalisation Attacked In Beheira
By Watani – A church in the village of al-Shuqaf in Housh Eissa in the west Delta province of Beheira was attacked by a mob of Muslim hardliners on Saturday 26 May. The mob also pelted the [...]
Disputed status of Beni Suef church sparks sectarian violence
By Hadeer El-Mahdawy – Mada Masr – The homes of several Coptic Christians in the Beni Suef village of Beni Menin were set ablaze by Muslim villagers on Monday night in the latest [...]
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’s government agrees to settle the situation of 53 churches and affiliated services buildings in the governorates
Coptic Solidarity Editorial Note: It is reported (see below) that the Egyptian cabinet has authorized 53 Christian worship buildings. The complete list presented last November includes about [...]
Egypt’s Copts decry recent spate of church closings
By Shahira Amin – Al-Monitor – When a long-awaited law on building and restoring churches went into effect in Egypt in September 2016, several Christian members of parliament hailed [...]
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 [...]
Sohag Copts: All We Want Is to Pray
By Nader Shukry – Watani Efforts to persuade the Muslim villagers of al-Naghameesh in Dar-as-Salam, Sohag, some 450km south of Cairo, to allow the village Copts to practise their religious rites [...]
