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Coptic Churches suspend conferences, monastery trips over security concerns
Egypt
July 13, 2017
Coptic Churches suspend conferences, monastery trips over security concerns
Egypt’s main Coptic Church decided on Thursday to suspend holding any conferences and organizing the church-sponsored trips to monasteries, Coptic Orthodox Church…
Sisi vows to help displaced Coptic Arish residents targeted by ‘cowardly plot’
Egypt
February 28, 2017
Sisi vows to help displaced Coptic Arish residents targeted by ‘cowardly plot’
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said his government is providing all necessary measures to help residents who have fled Arish, a…
Christians feel safer under Sisi: Los Angeles Times
Egypt
March 7, 2016
Christians feel safer under Sisi: Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times newspaper in a March 5 article said Egyptian Christians feel safer under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi…
Egypt sentences Christian teens to jail for contempt of Islam
Egypt
February 26, 2016
Egypt sentences Christian teens to jail for contempt of Islam
An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced three Coptic Christian teenagers to five years in jail for contempt of Islam after…
Pope Tawadros arrives in United States
Egypt
October 9, 2015
Pope Tawadros arrives in United States
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria arrived in the United States on Wednesday to begin a a three-week visit. Pope Tawadros met…
The rise and fall of Copts in Parliament
Egypt
October 5, 2015
The rise and fall of Copts in Parliament
Coptic Christians have had a historical role in the Egyptian Parliament since it was first formed by Khedive Ismail.
Church approves eviction of Coptic family following blasphemy feud
Egypt
June 4, 2015
Church approves eviction of Coptic family following blasphemy feud
Local church and security leaderships in the Upper Egyptian province of Beni Suef agreed on Thursday to evict and relocate…
Two Egyptian police shot dead outside Coptic Church south of Cairo
Egypt
January 6, 2015
Two Egyptian police shot dead outside Coptic Church south of Cairo
Two Egyptian policemen were shot dead on Tuesday as they stood guard at a Coptic Christian church in a city…
Egyptian gunmen kill three outside church in Cairo suburb
Egypt
October 21, 2013
Egyptian gunmen kill three outside church in Cairo suburb
Gunmen on a motorcycle fired on Egyptian wedding guests outside a Coptic Christian church in a Cairo suburb on Sunday…
US religious envoy meets with Egyptian leaders
Egypt
August 8, 2012
US religious envoy meets with Egyptian leaders
After meeting with government, civil society and religious leaders, American religious envoy Rashad Hussain wrapped up his five-day visit to…