Coptic Christians

Cairo’s Copts defy terrorist threats during Christmas celebrations
Egypt

Cairo’s Copts defy terrorist threats during Christmas celebrations

As the countdown for Thursday’s Coptic Christmas Eve mass continues, Christian residents of Cairo’s Zeitoun neighborhood, ignoring fears of terrorist…
Cinema Coptic: Egypt censors religion in film
Cinema/TV

Cinema Coptic: Egypt censors religion in film

In the violent chaos of a neighborhood-wide sectarian riot, an elderly Muslim man is knocked to the ground and about…
Attorney-General explores possibility of releasing some accused in Omraniya incident
Egypt

Attorney-General explores possibility of releasing some accused in Omraniya incident

Attorney-General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud ordered that the cases of some of the defendants in the Omraniya incident be examined in…
Ruling NDP says Coptic protests ‘premeditated’
Egypt

Ruling NDP says Coptic protests ‘premeditated’

Officials of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) on Thursday said that recent demonstrations staged by Coptic Christians in Giza…
First international Coptic bank to be established in Sweden
Business

First international Coptic bank to be established in Sweden

A group of Coptic businessmen resident in Stockholm, Sweden have established an investment company with the aim of launching the…
Naga Hammadi trial postponed until 17 October
Egypt

Naga Hammadi trial postponed until 17 October

The Supreme Criminal State Security Court in Qena has postponed the trial of four suspects are accused of killing seven…
Cherchez la femme: Priest’s wife ‘disappearance’ stirs sectarian tension
Egypt

Cherchez la femme: Priest’s wife ‘disappearance’ stirs sectarian tension

Camillia Shehata is a Coptic Christian woman who “saw the light of truth” and wanted to convert to Islam, but…
Thursday’s papers: establishing Palestine and resolving a church problem
Egypt

Thursday’s papers: establishing Palestine and resolving a church problem

News about the Egypt-Saudi summit tops the front page of state-owned Al-Ahram, which writes that, “Establishment of a Palestinian state…
Priest’s wife found
Egypt

Priest’s wife found

 In Minya on Friday, hundreds of Coptic Christians celebrated the return of Kamilia Shahata Zakher, the wife of Bishop Tedaous…
Copts stage protest over missing priest’s wife
Egypt

Copts stage protest over missing priest’s wife

Hundreds of Coptic Christians from the Minya Governorate demonstrated on Thursday at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbisiya to demand…
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