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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 Coptic Solidarity – For Immediate Release (Washington, DC) August 24, 2016 Coptic Solidarity recently filed formal complaints with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and with the [...]

By Coptic Solidarity –  Coptic Solidarity is gravely concerned about the increasing incidences of attacks on the Coptic community in Egypt recently. In the span of just the last few months, [...]

By Aswat Masriya – The head of the Minya security directorate, Faisal Dwaidar, said that there is no sectarian strife in the Upper Egypt governorate, and that the recent violence is a [...]

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. [...]

By Brian Rohan, Associated Press Cairo – Egyptian Christians staged a rare protest in downtown Cairo on Saturday to demand the government uphold their rights, saying they are being treated [...]

By World Watch Monitor – Egyptian priests serving in the Arab Gulf region have held their first conference to discuss challenges faced in the heartland of Islam: “Challenges facing [...]

By Bel Trew, The Sunday Times (UK) – Dozens of Muslim men armed with Kalashnikovs, shotguns and pistols laughed as they stripped Souad Abdullah, an elderly housewife, and paraded her naked [...]

By Wael Eskandar – It didn’t take long for the regime to crack down on Islamist and secular opposition after the military takeover on 3 July 2013. Anyone speaking out against regime [...]

By POMED –  The State Department released its latest Report on International Religious Freedom on Wednesday, which outlines the challenges facing Coptic Christians in Egypt. According to [...]