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Statement by His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom on the attack on the Coptic community in El Karm village, Menia, Egypt

By His Grace Bshiop Angaelos – Coptic Orthodox Church UK Media and Communications Office June 2, 2016 On 20 May 2016 a violent mob shamefully stripped Soad Thabet, an elderly woman, of her [...]

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Egyptian Crack-Down on Human Rights Defenders Reaches Key Christian Activist

By Morning Star News – Threatened three times before arrest, he faces life in prison. A Coptic human rights activist arrested this month by Egyptian security officials faces the possibility [...]

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Islamic mob attacks elderly Christian woman, burns down homes after son accused of affair with Muslim woman in Egypt

By Lorraine Caballero- Christian Daily –  On May 19, the Christian man took his family and fled from the province of Minya for fear that they would be killed over rumors of his alleged [...]

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Wave of Kidnappings Rock Upper Egypt’s Christian Community – Part 2

By Sandra Elliot – International Christian Concern –  The following is the second of six accounts from Christian women and girls who were affected by this vicious phenomenon during [...]

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Egypt: Human rights activist working with Coptic Christians arrested, charged with terrorism

By Florence Taylor-  Christian Today – A human rights defender who worked with the coptic community has been arrested and charged with belonging to a terrorist group in Egypt, according to [...]

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Why Sisi Fears Egypt’s Liberals

By Muhammad Mansour – Foreign Affairs – In recent days, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi has seemed less interested in his usual repression of Islamists and more determined to [...]

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Egypt Parliament to discuss easing restrictions on church building

By World Watch Monitor –  Once again the Egyptian Parliament is considering a proposal on the construction of churches that Christians hope will narrow the country’s religious inequality [...]

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Is al-Sisi following in the Footsteps of late Pakistani President Zia ul Haq?

By Magdi Khalil – Coptic Solidarity Executive Committee Member In January 2015, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi gave a speech in front of Islamic scholars at Al-Azhar University, [...]

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USCIRF’S 2016 Report on Egypt: An Assessment

By Coptic Solidarity – Although it has made some progress in religious freedom, Egypt still deserves to be labeled as a Country of Particular Concern—the worst designation, which would [...]

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Coptic Solidarity Announces 7th Annual Conference Amidst Efforts to Thwart Awareness of the Event

By Coptic Solidarity –  Christian Newswire –  Coptic Solidarity will host its 7th Annual Conference in Washington, DC June 9-10, 2016. The conference theme is The Future of Egypt’s [...]