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Egyptian Copt jailed for insulting the Prophet Muhammad

Teenager given maximum sentence for posting cartoons to Facebook

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Coptic 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

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Egypt’s Christian leader lashes out at government

Coptic Church archbishop slams new leadership’s ‘unfair’ representation of Christians that ignores their rights as citizens

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Egypt’s president asserts authority, defends army

Morsi’s new cabinet criticized for under-representation of Copts, Salafis

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Egypt’s Coptic Church votes on a new pope

Succession follows the March death of Shenouda III, who helmed the church for 40 years

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Coptic church chooses new pope in Cairo

Bishop Tawadros, from monastery outside capital, is selected by blind draw from among three final candidates

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Egypt’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)

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2 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

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Interfaith romance fuels Egypt’s sectarian row

Mob surrounds Coptic church after 21-year-old Muslim woman converts, elopes with Christian man to Turkey

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Israel 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

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Coptic pope meets Pope Francis at Vatican

Pontiffs pray together in first such meeting in 40 years, marking anniversary of declaration for improved relations

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Video 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

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At 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

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Mistreated Coptic cleric, 85, threatens to sue

Police spokesman says officers involved in violent Old City altercation are being questioned

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Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead

Officials say the fighting in Alexandrian suburb erupted when a Coptic man allegedly sexually harassed a woman

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Egypt’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

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Egypt courts hear cases against Mubarak, Islamists

Former president and group who ousted him brought before judges in two separate cases

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In 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

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Amid new assaults, Egypt’s Copts preserve heritage

Military’s promise to protect Egypt’s persecuted Christian minorities from ‘pogrom-like attacks’ remains unfulfilled

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After Islamist rule, Egypt Copts see bulwark in Sissi

Without former army general, Muslim Brotherhood would control the country, supporters say

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