All change again in the Middle East
Middle Eastern Christians are experiencing one of the most significant periods in their history, according to religious and political leaders meeting in London last week. Regime changes in Egypt and...
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Wave of kidnappings plagues Egyptians
...had looked everywhere for Jessica. Then her father went to the police station to report her missing. For the next four days, hundreds of Copts gathered in front of the...
Voices from the revolution
Hebatalla Safwat Ghali in Tahrir Square. “As a Coptic I present my Christian love of my country. I care about my people’s worries.”World Watch Monitor Who stole Egypt? The...
Iraqi MP: Syria collapse would endanger all Mideast Christians
...Syria. We’ll face a huge migration in the future. Same like what’s going on with the Copts in Egypt, and same [as] what happened with us in Iraq after the...
Euro Court to France: Don’t deport Copt
...however, pointed to the increase of violence against Copts predating Egypt’s 2011 revolution and noted there was “no evidence that the situation of Coptic Christians had improved in the meantime”....
President Morsi for first time approves construction of new church in Egypt
...President for allowing the construction of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in the Beheira governorate, others say the decision was politically motivated. “Copts aren’t overjoyed with Morsi...
Egypt is at a crossroads, says Coptic Bishop
Bishop Thomas of the El-Qussia and Mair Diocese in Upper Egypt.Stefanus Alliance International/Wegge A “big force” is pushing Egypt towards greater conservatism and religious extremism, according to Bishop Thomas...
Egyptian church burned
Officially, no cause has been determined for the Sunday fire that caused extensive destruction to the Coptic Church of the Virgin Mary in Tema, Egypt. Unofficially, suspicion has fallen upon...
The politics of violence
Ahmed Zaki Osman has a piece posted at the Egypt Independent in which he views the violence against Egypt’s Copts during the past century through the prism of politics involving...
Egypt’s Christians, fearing instability, seek security elsewhere
In downtown Cairo¬ mid-March, the multicolored pharaoh-motif tablecloths and dishtowels were missing from a fabric store once known for such items. The owner of the textile factory that produced them...