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A letter to his Excellency, President el-Sisi, voicing disappointment

By Sameh Sabri – Ahram Canada– We are disappointed because you appointed an extremist man of dark ideas, Dr. Mohammad Othman el-Khosht, a president of Cairo University, and you [...]

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رسالة عتاب لسيادة الرئيس السيسي

 سامح صبرى ـ الأهرام الكندي ـ نعاتبك لأنك عينت رجلا متعصبا صاحب أفكار ظلامية وهو الدكتور محمد عثمان الخوشت رئيسا لجامعة القاهرة !! كما قمت بتعيين السلفي علاء البسيوني رئيسا للقناة الأولى .. [...]

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Egypt: Copts worship in streets after clashes over church permit

By World Watch Monitor – Tensions between Muslims and Coptic Christians in a village in Upper Egypt have reportedly softened following clashes at the weekend. Copts in the village of Ezbat [...]

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Coptic Solidarity Analysis and Recommendations on 2017 Egypt Chapter of State Department Report

By Coptic Solidarity – PRNeswire -Washington, DC, August 21, 2017 Coptic Solidarity applauds the U.S. government for its continued attention to international religious freedom (IRF) through [...]

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Coptic Solidarity Analysis and Recommendations on Newly Released Egypt Chapter of State Department International Religious Freedom Report

By Coptic Solidarity – August 20, 2017 On August 15, 2017, the State Department issued its annual report on International Religious Freedom, which documents the state of religious freedom [...]

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Egyptian Government’s Claims of Improved Situation for Copts Refuted by Ongoing Discrimination

By Coptic Solidarity – PRNeswire -Washington, DC, August 19, 2017 Both the Egyptian government and some church leaders are claiming that the Copts’ situation has improved under President [...]

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Egypt’s Copts Say They’re Tired of Being ‘Martyrs’ As Deadly Attacks Continue

By Jay Gotera – The Christian Post -The streams of blood from defenseless Copts massacred by Islamist extremists continue to drench Egypt—with no end in sight. Three more Coptic were found [...]

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Terrorist threat forces Egyptian Christians to cancel summer activities

By Jayson Casper – World Watch Monitor The churches of Egypt are temporarily shutting down their summer activities. “I asked all our churches and conference centres to cancel their trips [...]

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Coptic martyrdom in the age of the security state

By Mariam Ibrahim – Mada Masr – Is a religious narrative that frames the killing of Copts as God’s will at odds with mounting resistance to sectarian attacks? “We never dreamed [...]

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Murder of fifth Copt in six weeks creating ‘state of fear and terror’ among Egypt’s Christians

By World Watch Monitor – A fifth Copt has been murdered in Egypt in six weeks, aggravating fears among Christians that Islamist extremists are targeting them with impunity. Nadra Mounir, [...]