Coptic Christians
Dozens flee North Sinai as IS systematically kills Coptic Christians
Egypt
February 25, 2017
Dozens flee North Sinai as IS systematically kills Coptic Christians
Dozens of Coptic Christians fled the city of Al-Arish in northern Sinai on Friday, heading to the adjacent Ismailia governorate…
Militants kill 2 Christians in Sinai
Egypt
February 22, 2017
Militants kill 2 Christians in Sinai
Egyptian security officials say suspected militants have killed two Christians in the restive north of the Sinai Peninsula, days after…
Islamic State posts video of man it says was Egypt church bomber
Egypt
February 20, 2017
Islamic State posts video of man it says was Egypt church bomber
The Islamic State published a video on Sunday threatening Egyptian Christians and showing the last statement of a man it…
Militants kill Christian in Sinai, second in a week
Egypt
February 16, 2017
Militants kill Christian in Sinai, second in a week
Suspected Islamic militants gunned down a Coptic Christian teacher on his way to school in northern Sinai on Thursday, the…
Egypt church attack prompts fears of militant escalation
Egypt
December 17, 2016
Egypt church attack prompts fears of militant escalation
When a suicide bomber blew himself up in a Cairo church a week ago, it marked a bloody escalation by…
Egypt’s top cleric: anti-Christian attacks ‘assault on God’
Egypt
December 17, 2016
Egypt’s top cleric: anti-Christian attacks ‘assault on God’
Egypt's Minister of Religious Endowments says anti-Christian attacks are an assault on God, as part of the government's attempts to…
Egypt church bombing raises calls to uproot bigotry
Egypt
December 17, 2016
Egypt church bombing raises calls to uproot bigotry
Growing up in Egypt, Mina and other Copts remember all too well the anti-Christian slurs they used to hear at…
Mother of Botroseya Church bomber: he fled to Sudan
Egypt
December 14, 2016
Mother of Botroseya Church bomber: he fled to Sudan
The mother of the suicide bomber in the Botroseya Church blast that killed 25 people and injured 53 on Sunday,…
Saudi sends Egypt condolences over church bomb despite Syria strain
Egypt
December 13, 2016
Saudi sends Egypt condolences over church bomb despite Syria strain
Saudi Arabia's King Salman sent condolences to Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday after a church bombing in Cairo,…
News analysis: Botroseya Church reveals security flaw
Egypt
December 12, 2016
News analysis: Botroseya Church reveals security flaw
The pace of violence has returned to escalate again following a decline for a while, with three terrorist attacks, blown…