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‘Al -Ahram Columnist: “Despite Al-Sisi’s Call for Revolution in Religious Discourse, Al-Azhar Scholars Continue on their Extremist Path”

By MEMRI  – Al-Azhar’s Poisonous Curricula Are Responsible For Attacks On Copts; Al-Azhar Accuses Anyone Who Disagrees With It Of Heresy. In his first article, ‘Abd Al-Tawab [...]

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How far does road to equality stretch for Egypt’s Christians?

By Dina Ezzat, Ahram Online – “I was praying for health and comfort; for my family, especially those of my children in Canada and Australia, and of course for my country, but things still [...]

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Egypt’s Coptic Church rejects amendments to long-awaited church-building law

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 [...]

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Coptic Solidarity Files Complaints with the IOC and FIFA Regarding Egypt’s Religious Discrimination Against Copts in Athletics

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 [...]

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Who Is Really Tarnishing Egypt’s Reputation?

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, [...]

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Minya security directorate: there is no sectarianism, just ‘feuds between neighbours’

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 [...]

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The Promised Law: Christians Wait for Egypt to Authorize New Churches

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. [...]

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Egypt Christians Stage Rare Cairo Protest, Demanding Rights

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 [...]

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Copt priests in Gulf meet to discuss challenges

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 [...]

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We Are Living in Terror of Muslim Mobs, Say Copts

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 [...]