Egyptian Copt jailed for insulting the Prophet Muhammad
Teenager given maximum sentence for posting cartoons to Facebook
View ArticleCoptic Church: No visits to the Holy Land as long as it is named ‘Israel’
Egypt’s Christian leadership says pope’s travel ban still in force
View ArticleEgypt’s Christian leader lashes out at government
Coptic Church archbishop slams new leadership’s ‘unfair’ representation of Christians that ignores their rights as citizens
View ArticleEgypt’s president asserts authority, defends army
Morsi’s new cabinet criticized for under-representation of Copts, Salafis
View ArticleEgypt’s Coptic Church votes on a new pope
Succession follows the March death of Shenouda III, who helmed the church for 40 years
View ArticleCoptic church chooses new pope in Cairo
Bishop Tawadros, from monastery outside capital, is selected by blind draw from among three final candidates
View ArticleEgypt’s ‘war of the streets’
As Muslim-Christian violence rages in Cairo, leaders fail to bring calm; Tunisian party condemns cyberattack on Israel (after its website was hacked)
View Article2 killed as Christians and Muslims clash in Egypt
89 injured in fighting outside Cairo’s main Coptic cathedral, stoking growing religious tension in the country
View ArticleInterfaith romance fuels Egypt’s sectarian row
Mob surrounds Coptic church after 21-year-old Muslim woman converts, elopes with Christian man to Turkey
View ArticleIsrael apologizes to Egypt for diplomats’ mistreatment
Deputy foreign minister meets with Cairo’s envoy after police detain diplomat, rough up Coptic bishop in the Old City
View ArticleCoptic pope meets Pope Francis at Vatican
Pontiffs pray together in first such meeting in 40 years, marking anniversary of declaration for improved relations
View ArticleVideo shows police choking Coptic leader, 85, in Old City
Cops still probing incident of 10 days ago, which also involved visiting Egyptian officials and caused a mini-diplomatic crisis
View ArticleAt a Jerusalem parlor, centuries of pilgrim tattoos
Orthodox Christians ink themselves with a permanent reminder of their visit with a family that has practiced the art form for generations
View ArticleMistreated 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
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