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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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

By Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra – Christianity Today – Egypt is scheduled to vote as early as next month on a law that would ease the country’s historic restrictions on church construction. [...]