Mistreated Coptic cleric, 85, threatens to sue
Police spokesman says officers involved in violent Old City altercation are being questioned
View ArticleEgypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
Officials say the fighting in Alexandrian suburb erupted when a Coptic man allegedly sexually harassed a woman
View ArticleEgypt’s Christians face backlash for Morsi ouster
Former president’s loyalists initiate a series of violent attacks against non-Muslims who opposed Muslim Brotherhood’s rule
View ArticleEgypt courts hear cases against Mubarak, Islamists
Former president and group who ousted him brought before judges in two separate cases
View ArticleIn south Egypt, Islamists take over a town
Local Copts live in ‘horror, humiliation’ after radical Morsi supporters drive police out of area, strip ancient chapel bare
View ArticleAmid new assaults, Egypt’s Copts preserve heritage
Military’s promise to protect Egypt’s persecuted Christian minorities from ‘pogrom-like attacks’ remains unfulfilled
View ArticleAfter Islamist rule, Egypt Copts see bulwark in Sissi
Without former army general, Muslim Brotherhood would control the country, supporters say
View ArticleEgypt’s Coptic Christians flock to Jerusalem despite ban
Some 5,000 expected this year for Easter season, down from about 15,000 two years ago
View Article69 Egypt Islamists get life terms for torching church
Hundreds of supporters of ousted president Morsi have been handed similar sentences in speedy mass trials over past years
View ArticleCoptic Pope set to arrive in Israel on rare visit
Spokesman says Tawadros will attend funeral of Archbishop Anba Abraham, head of Copts in Holy Land, ‘and nothing more’
View ArticleCoptic Pope breaks Israel taboo to attend Jerusalem funeral
Egypt’s Pope Tawadros II defies travel ban to pay respects to Archbishop Anba Abraham, head of Coptic Church in Holy Land, who died Wednesday
View ArticleDefying ban, Egypt’s Coptic Christians flock to Jerusalem
Nearly 6,000 pilgrims visit Israel for Orthodox Easter season, down from about 15,000 three years ago
View ArticleJesus’s baptismal site, long sealed off, to be cleared of landmines
Churches at Qasr al-Yahud have languished behind barbed wire for five decades; now a UK anti-mine group plans to rid area of 4,000 explosives, giving pilgrims access
View ArticleMuslim mob torches seven Christian homes in Egypt
Violence follows rumors of Christian man’s affair with Muslim woman; man’s mother stripped in public
View ArticleEgypt Christians look to new law to end discrimination
Legislation aims to even the ground on building permits between Muslims and Copts amid dark times for church followers
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