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By Raymond Ibrahim – Exclusive for Coptic Solidarity – A man hurled an improvised bomb at the entrance of a packed church in Egypt in what observers say could’ve been a repeat of the [...]

By Sudarsan Raghavan  – The Independent A ‘disturbing wave of radicalism’ has deepened sectarian tensions, pitting neighbour against neighbour The Christian and Muslim villagers grew up [...]

By Mark Durie – The New English Review  (via MEF) – Violence between protesters and police in Jakarta broke out Friday night, November 4, 2016, when an estimated 200,000 Muslims [...]

By Heba Fahmy – Middle East Eye – The new law regulating the construction of churches is being called farcical and discriminatory by its critics After 160 years of tight restrictions on [...]

By Alix Culbertson – The Express (UK) – Christian children are being deprived of their education and being ousted from some schools for refusing to wear a hijab, it has been revealed. [...]

By POMED – A new campaign by the New Women Foundation (NWF) is calling to ensure schoolgirls are not forced to wear a headscarf as part of their mandatory uniform, according to campaign [...]

By International Christian Concern – Egypt Correspondent – Gaber Nassar, president of Cairo University, has taken action to end religious discrimination at his institution for good. [...]

By Human Rights Watch – Many Egyptians hoped that governments would respect and protect freedom of religion, including for Christians, after the 2011 uprising. Instead, the authorities are [...]

By Nash Naam -Effingham Daily News – The magnificent Rio Olympic games ended last week. Some of the shiniest moments seen during the games were evident in the American delegation. The [...]

By EIPR – The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights expresses its deep concern about the House of Representatives’ rushed approval of the law regulating the construction and renovation of [...]