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By Karoline Kamel – Mada Masr – The fate of Sinai’s Coptic Christians is held between a church that closed its doors to them and a state that intervened too late The sounds of crows [...]

By Brian Rohan – Associated Press – After Islamic militants barged into his uncle’s house, shot him and his son dead, then looted the place and set it on fire, Said Sameh Adel [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim – Exclusive to Coptic Solidarity – Art has a largely negative impact on human morality. So says Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Egypt’s Al Azhar madrassa [...]

By R. Robert McTeigue, SJ – Aleteia – It’s time to talk about resisting evil What’s the second most misunderstood passage of Scripture? (The first: “Judge not, lest ye be judged” in [...]

By Stoyan Saimov – The Christian Post –  A Coptic Christian man was shot in the head while his son was burned alive in El-Arish, North Sinai, just days after Islamic State-affiliates [...]

By Alberto M. Fernandez – MEMRI – The propaganda of the Islamic State is entering an interesting new phase, as the “physical” Caliphate comes under unprecedented pressure [...]

By Egypt Independent –  Egyptian security officials say suspected militants have killed two Christians in the restive north of the Sinai Peninsula, days after an Islamic State affiliate [...]

By Egypt Independent –  The Islamic State published a video on Sunday threatening Egyptian Christians and showing the last statement of a man it said was responsible for the deadly bombing [...]

By Nader Shukry – Watani International –  The figures are staggering: In just two weeks, four Copts were killed on identity in separate incidents in the North Sinai town of al-Arish. [...]

By World Watch Monitor – UPDATE: (20 Feb) The Islamic State has released a propaganda video, vowing to and wipe out Egypt’s Coptic Christians and “liberate Cairo”. The video also purports [...]