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Statement By Senators McCain & Graham on Egyptian Law Imposing Severe Restrictions on NGOs

U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released the following statement today on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s enactment of legislation that imposes strict [...]

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Attack on Christians in Egypt raises many questions

By La Croix International – Attack on Christians in Egypt raises many questions Twenty-nine pilgrims on their way to the Saint Samuel Monastery in Upper Egypt, including many children, were [...]

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Coptic Solidarity Condemns Barbaric Killing of Coptic Pilgrims En Route to St. Samuel Monastery

By Coptic Solidarity – For Immediate Release (Washington, DC) May 30, 2017/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Coptic Solidarity condemns the barbaric murder of Coptic Christians journeying to [...]

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Coptic Christians Targeted By ISIS Say Egyptian Government Not Helping

By Stoyan Zaimov – Christian Post (via AINA) – Coptic Christian families from North Sinai in Egypt, who have been displaced following numerous attacks by the Islamic State terror [...]

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Egypt Parliament Considers Bill to Crack Down on “Insulting Institutions”

By POMED –  The Egyptian Parliament is considering a bill to crackdown on those who insult “state figures and institutions,” including the president and the Parliament. The bill, submitted [...]

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Sinai: eighth El-Arish Copt killed in targeted attack

By WorldWatch Monitor –  Nabil Saber Ayoub Mansour became the eighth Egyptian Coptic Christian to be murdered in El-Arish, northern Sinai, this year in what appear to be linked killings. He [...]

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Islamists shoot dead Arish Copt who returned home

By Nader Shukry – Watani International –  The Copt Nabil Saber Fawzy, 40, who was among the Copts who had fled the North Sinai town of al-Arish last February, went back home less than [...]

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Islamic State leader in Egypt tells Muslims to avoid Christian gatherings

By Reuters –  Islamic State’s leader in Egypt has warned Muslims to stay away from Christian gatherings as well as government, military and police facilities, suggesting that the [...]

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Pro-Brotherhood Group Lobbies U.S. Congress

By POMED –  A delegation from the pro-Muslim Brotherhood organization Egyptian Americans for Freedom and Justice (EAFAJ) lobbied [Ar] on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for an “Egypt Advocacy Day.” [...]

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‘It’s a war on Christians’: Egypt’s beleaguered Copts in sombre mood before papal visit

By The Guardian – Pope Francis heads to Cairo for peace mission after spate of church bombings, as Isis proclaims Christians its ‘favourite prey’ Rami Yasser Labib was at home when he heard [...]