Freedom of religion or belief ‘the defining issue of our time’
An Egyptian Christian prays moments before his beheading on a beach in Libya (2015). Over 100 parliamentarians from 60 countries met this week in Berlin for a series of workshops...
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Egypt’s Christians ‘at breaking point’ says bishop
...(Upper Egypt) alone, Copts continue to “suffer violence and humiliation”. Houses have been burned, Copts attacked on the streets and hate graffiti written on the walls of some churches, says...
Egypt’s Coptic Church rejects amendments to long-awaited church-building law
...three-month period between May and July 2016, Copts suffered in excess of a dozen attacks, many due to rumours Christians were building a church that local Muslims deemed unnecessary. According...
Coptic priests in Gulf meet to discuss challenges
...in countries in the region. According to unofficial estimates, thousands of Orthodox Copts are currently allowed to worship in fewer than 20 churches in five Gulf countries (the four above,...
Egypt parliament urged to ease church-building
The Egyptian parliament should affirm equality and freedom of religion, a US-based Coptic group has said, urging Egypt to “abandon the historically systematic discrimination against Copts”. “Draconian stipulations, related to...
Copts attacked, forced to settle for nothing, in absence of Egyptian justice
Since 2011, human rights organisations have recorded scores of attacks against Copts. (David Degner for World Watch Monitor) Eight Christian homes were attacked and an equal number of Copts were...
Coptic Pope prays in ancient church symbolic of past persecutions
...be the subject of serious social debate”, it said. However this law on church construction has been delayed for years. Stressing Copts’ demands for equal rights, an article by the...
A dozen incidents against Egypt’s Copts in 7 weeks
Copts form the largest surviving Christian contingent in the Middle East and North Africa today. (World Watch Monitor) Since May 2016, Egypt’s Christians have suffered multiple attacks. Reflecting what most...
Assault at Egypt priest’s home kills 1, injures 3
...Copts in Minya, which prompted the city’s diocese to describe Egypt as a country “diseased” with discrimination. On 15 July, five homes belonging to Christians were torched in the village...
Coptic Bishop: Egypt ‘diseased’ with discrimination
Bishop Makarius has won much praise for demanding justice for victims of recurrent attacks on Copts. Photo from official Facebook page of Anba Makarius, General Bishop of Minya and Abu-Qurqas...