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Egyptians accused of proselytizing in Libya return home
MENA 16 Apr 2013
Four Coptic Egyptians detained by Libyan authorities for several weeks over charges of spreading Christianity have...
Pope Shenuda III, head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, leads the Easter midnight mass at the Coptic Cathedral of Saint Mark, Cairo in the early hours of April 24, 2011.
Thousands of Egyptian Christians headed to Jerusalem for Easter
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Mar 2013
  Dozens of Egyptian Christians headed to Israel on Thursday on an Air Sinai flight to celebrate Easter in...
Egyptian Christian Copts mourn the death of Pope Shenuda III the spiritual leader of the Middle East's largest Christian minority, at the Saint Mark Coptic cathedral in Cairo's al-Abbassiya district on March 17, 2012. Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenuda III, spiritual leader of the Middle East's largest Christian minority, died at the age of 88 after a battle with illness, leaving the country's Copts in mourning. He had suffered health problems for years and recently stopped receiving treatment for liver failure and tumours or swelling in his lungs because he was too feeble, the Coptic Church said.
Amnesty slams Morsy for failing to protect Copts
Egypt Independent 27 Mar 2013
  Amnesty International slammed the government on Wednesday for failing to protect Coptic Christians, the largest...
Egyptian Copt dies in Libyan detention
Egypt Independent
AFP
11 Mar 2013
An Egyptian citizen died on Sunday in Libya during his detention pending investigations into charges of evangelism, a...
Coptic church at sunset
Foreign Ministry: 20 Egyptian Copts held in Libya released
Al-Masry Al-Youm 03 Mar 2013
Libya released 20 Egyptian Copts who were being held in the country on charges of proselytizing, said Ali al-Esheiry,...
Younis Makhiyon new President of al-Nour Party during the second general Assembly of the party, Cairo, 9 January 2013.
Update: Nour Party threatens to walk out on national dialogue
Al-Masry Al-Youm
MENA
26 Feb 2013
Nour Party President Younis Makhyoun threatened to withdraw from the national dialogue session, claiming the president...
Watan Party leaders discuss discrimination against Copts with US Congress
Al-Masry Al-Youm 22 Feb 2013
Salafi Watan Party head Emad Abdel Ghafour met with a delegation from the US Congress on Thursday evening to discuss...
Bishop Tawadros II, the new pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, smiles during interview in Wadi al-Notron monastery, Behiyra, 5 November 2012.
Copts protest Pope’s political statements
MENA 20 Feb 2013
Dozens of Copts demonstrated inside St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasseya, on Wednesday evening,...
Lawyers' group demand Abu Islam’s prosecution
Al-Masry Al-Youm 20 Feb 2013
The Egyptian Female Lawyers Initiative staged a vigil outside the Supreme Court Complex Wednesday against Salafi...
Prosecutor general to summon Salafi preacher over 'contempt of religion'
Al-Masry Al-Youm 17 Feb 2013
The prosecutor general is summoning hardline Salafi preacher Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah, known as Abu Islam, who is charged...