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By Ewelina U. Ochab – Forbes –  What does football (soccer) have to do with religious freedom? Not much, one would have thought. However, Egypt may be saying otherwise. [...]

  بقلم منصور الحاج ـ الحرة  تحتل رياضة كرة القدم مكانة كبيرة لدى غالبية شعوب العالم حيث يستمتع ملايين بمداعبتها والركض خلفها كما يقضي مئات الملايين من البشر الساعات الطوال في مشاهدة المباريات في [...]

By Saba E. Demian – Copts refers to the Christian Orthodox Egyptians and members of this branch of Orthodox Christianity around the world. A lot may be known globally about the Copts [...]

Le Point – Victime de discriminations comme la plupart des footballeurs chrétiens, un jeune copte a créé son propre centre de formation. Reportage à Alexandrie, Ariane Lavrilleux et Hossam [...]

مجدى خليل يعانى الأقباط فى مصر من تمييزا دينيا حكوميا ومجتمعيا واسعا وشاملا وممتدا ومنظما وعميقا فى كافة مناحى الحياة بما فى ذلك النشاط الرياضى وكرة القدم، وعلى مدى نصف قرن لم يشارك سوى 6 أقباط [...]

By Coptic Solidarity –  For Immediate Release (Washington, DC) June 18, 2018 Yesterday, Coptic Solidarity submitted a report directly to FIFA officials as well as on their new online [...]

By Magdi Khalil for Coptic Solidarity – June 15, 2018 This report has been sent to the FIFA officials directly, and submitted online via the new FIFA complaint mechanism. Download Full [...]

By Maryse Godden – New Statesman – The impact of years of heightened religious tension between Copts and Muslims is evident even from Egypt’s national football team. When cafes across [...]

By Magdi Khalil – In order to make matters well -defined and clear and to avoid confusion, we state that there is an Egyptian cause and a Coptic cause. For there are causes that concern all [...]

By Amy Austin Holmes – The Washington Post –  Amy Austin Holmes is an associate professor at the American University in Cairo and is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center. As Abdel [...]