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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 [...]

By MP Garnett Genuis – Good News Journal – I was very saddened to learn of yet another attack on the Egyptian Christian community. Seven Egyptian Christian pilgrims were recently [...]

By AP –   An Egyptian rights group says the country’s Christians are suffering increased discrimination despite official efforts to address their grievances. The finding comes in a report [...]

By Claire Evans – International Christian Concern “Why does God let these people kill innocent people?” Mariam is only 11 years old, but her question was long expected by her parents. Her [...]

Shahira Amin – Al-Monitor – Legislator Ismail Nasreddin has announced plans to submit a bill to Egypt’s parliament that would remove religious affiliation from national ID [...]

By Morning Star News – Funerals were held over the weekend in Egypt for seven Christians ambushed and killed on Friday (Nov. 2) in Islamist attacks. Hundreds of people attended the funeral [...]

By Nourhan Mostafa – Mada Masr – Translated by Ian Louie Safwat Shehata, a man from Minya who lost six relatives in Friday’s attack, recounts the ordeal Safwat Shehata, a man in his [...]

By Religion News Service –  The Coptic bishop of this city south of Cairo, Anba Makarios, spent the weekend trying to comfort mourners after two buses carrying Coptic Christians were [...]

By Coptic Solidarity –  For Immediate Release – PR Web (Washington, DC) November 2, 2018 Coptic Solidarity condemns the egregious attack on Coptic Pilgrims traveling to St. Samuel the [...]

By Chris Baynes – Independent –  At least seven people have been killed and 14 wounded in attack on a bus heading towards a Coptic Christian monastery in northern Egypt, No group has [...]