Status of Copts Two Years into al-Sisi’s Rule
By al Hayat TV –
Religious Intolerance in the Gulf States
By Hilal Khashan, Middle East Quarterly -Summer 2016 – Interest in the state of Middle East Christians has largely focused on the quality of their lives in the Levant, Egypt, and Southern [...]
“Minya Independent Islamic Republic”
By Youssef Sidhom – Watani International – I have never been hasty in writing down my opinion; quite the contrary, I have always been used to take my time to study situations and [...]
The “Coptic issue” and the cycle of suffering
By Mina Fayek , Open Democracy – Last week, an Egyptian court ordered the release of all defendants accused of assaulting a Coptic woman in the southern city of Minya. Rumors had spread of [...]
EIPR warns of increasing sectarian attacks in Minya governorate and urges state institutions to enforce the law and initiate social dialogue on the church construction law
By EIPR – The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights is extremely concerned with the increasing frequency of sectarian violence in the Minya governorate, which has been the scene of [...]
As Erdoğan moves, a precarious situation for Christians in Turkey
By Max Lindenman – Aleteia – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in a snit, and on a tear. Having survived last Friday’s military coup, the Turkish president has declared a three-month “state of [...]
‘Consolations Are Not Enough’ Says Minya Bishop After Sunday Sectarian Violence
By Al-Ahram – Sunday’s attack in Minya followed May violence in which Christian houses were set ablaze and a woman was paraded naked through the streets Anger is mounting amongst [...]
One Dead, Several Injured in Islamist Attacks on Copts in Egypt
By Morning Star News – One Christian is dead, several others have been wounded and a fire gutted a church building after Muslims across Egypt waged a weekend of violence against Copts. In [...]
President Sisi’s Promise of Religious Revolution Remains Unfulfilled
Shahira Amin – Egyptian Streets – A photo released by Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency (MENA) shows Egyptian President Abdulfattah Al-Sisi (second right), the Grand Sheik of [...]
Egypt’s Christians already have a Savior, they need a friend
By John L. Allen Jr., CRUX – Few would suggest that Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is a savior figure, with a dubious approach to human rights and a mixed record on protecting the [...]
