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‘Coptic Solidarity’ Organization Claims Egypt Discriminates Against Coptic Athletes

By Egyptian Streets – Non-profit organization Coptic Solidarity has filed formal complaints with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and FIFA alleging that Coptic Christian athletes [...]

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Coptic Church declares compromise with state over contentious church building law

By Mada Masr – The Coptic Orthodox Church declared a compromise with the Egyptian government on Wednesday night over a contentious draft law organizing the building of churches. The [...]

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Do Christians in Egypt Need a Law to Build Churches?

By Samia Sidhom – Watani – Given the discrimination, oppression and severe humiliation Christians in Egypt have to sustain if they so much as think of building or renovating a church, it is [...]

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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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Christianity Belongs in the Middle East

By Prince Hassan of Jordan and Ed Kessler – The Telegraph – Christianity has been part of the essential fabric of the Middle East for 2,000 years. Far from being a western import as [...]

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Saudi religious police cover ‘Christian’ UK flag on school uniforms

By Alex McDonald, Middle East Eye – Saudi religious police have ordered a Marks & Spencers shop to cover logos featuring the British flag on a school uniform as they feature [...]

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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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‘Church Building’ Bill Sparks Dispute Between Coptic Church and Egypt’s Government

By Egyptian Streets – Egypt’s Orthodox Church released a statement objecting to the “complexities and obstacles” in the governmental amendments to a long-awaited bill on church building in [...]