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By EIPR – The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights is extremely concerned with the increasing frequency of sectarian violence in the Minya governorate, which has been the scene of [...]

By Al-Ahram – Sunday’s attack in Minya followed May violence in which Christian houses were set ablaze and a woman was paraded naked through the streets Anger is mounting amongst [...]

By Morning Star News – One Christian is dead, several others have been wounded and a fire gutted a church building after Muslims across Egypt waged a weekend of violence against Copts. In [...]

Communiqué de presse de Coptic Solidarity –  L’Association Internationale Coptic Solidarity et ses partenaires en Europe et Canada appellent les autorités égyptiennes à mettre fin au climat [...]

By Shahira Amin –  Al Monitor – An Orthodox Christian nun from Mar Girgis Monastery in Old Cairo was killed July 5 after reportedly being hit by a stray bullet in an exchange of fire [...]

By Coptic Solidarity –  For Immediate Release Coptic Solidarity expresses its grave concerns with the increasing incidences of attacks on the Coptic community, and demands that Egyptian [...]

By Magdi Khalil  – Coptic Solidarity Executive Committee Member Historical Introduction Christianity was brought to Egypt sometime between 55-61 AD, at the hands of St. Mark the Evangelist, [...]

By Morning Star News – A Coptic pharmacist was stabbed to death and then beheaded by a group of Salafi Muslims in Egypt’s Delta region Monday (July 4), the latest in a string of attacks [...]

By MECHRIC – On June 27th, the Christian town of Al Qaa in northeastern Lebanon, a few miles from the Syrian border, was the target of eight suicide bombers. This attack resulted in the [...]

Ahram Online – The nun who was killed on Tuesday on the Cairo-Alexandria road was caught in the crossfire of a “revenge crime,” and was not a target of a sectarian attack, Egypt’s interior [...]