sectarian clashes
Evicted Coptic Christians return to Dahshur
Egypt
August 8, 2012
Evicted Coptic Christians return to Dahshur
Security forces, together with the family elders of the village of Dahshur, helped the 16 Coptic families who were forced…
Sectarian clashes in Dahshur add a new chapter to an ongoing crisis
Egypt
August 6, 2012
Sectarian clashes in Dahshur add a new chapter to an ongoing crisis
After five days of sectarian violence, 12 armored vehicles besiege a street no wider than 300 meters and no longer…
As clashes in Dahshur die down, govt accused of inaction
Egypt
August 2, 2012
As clashes in Dahshur die down, govt accused of inaction
The week-long clashes between Muslim and Coptic residents in the Giza village of Dahshur seemed to have drawn to…
12 Copts sentenced to life in prison, 8 Muslims acquitted over Abu Qurqas violence
Egypt
May 21, 2012
12 Copts sentenced to life in prison, 8 Muslims acquitted over Abu Qurqas violence
Minya Criminal Court on Monday sentenced 12 Copts to life imprisonment in the Abu Qurqas sedition case, the events of…
Sectarian clashes rock Lebanese city, 3 killed
World
May 13, 2012
Sectarian clashes rock Lebanese city, 3 killed
TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Sectarian violence linked to the unrest in neighboring Syria shook the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on…
Court adjourns Imbaba violence trials to February
Egypt
January 2, 2012
Court adjourns Imbaba violence trials to February
The Supreme State Security Court in Giza on Sunday postponed to 5 February the trials of 48 suspects accused of…
Coptic student detained for publishing ‘offensive’ images of Prophet Mohamed
Egypt
December 31, 2011
Coptic student detained for publishing ‘offensive’ images of Prophet Mohamed
The prosecutor’s office in the Upper Egyptian Governorate of Assiut has ordered the detention of Gamal Abdallah Masoud, a Coptic…
The military has gone too far
Opinion
October 11, 2011
The military has gone too far
The recent violence at Maspero was the worst in Cairo since the mass street protests in January that overthrew Hosni…
Maspero violence raises questions about military’s fitness to run Egypt
Egypt
October 10, 2011
Maspero violence raises questions about military’s fitness to run Egypt
Sunday’s bloody attack on a Coptic-led protest stands as fresh evidence of the incompetence of Egypt’s military rulers, who might…
Eyewitnesses claim military threw protesters’ bodies into the Nile
Egypt
October 10, 2011
Eyewitnesses claim military threw protesters’ bodies into the Nile
Angry Copts at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Cairo claim that the military threw the bodies of dead protesters…