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November 27, 2019
Persecution of Christians in Egypt often takes the form that we see here: harassment not only from lawless mobs, but from legal authorities who...
November 24, 2019
Persecution of Christians in Egypt: in this case, the attacker demanded that this Christian family not sit outside, claiming that no Christians were...
October 14, 2019
The persecution of Christians in Egypt often focuses upon converts to the Faith. We remain in prayer for our Christian brothers and sisters in Egypt...
June 20, 2019
Here again we see the double standard that prevails in all too many countries: Fady Yousef was arrested for allegedly insulting Islam, which he...
April 18, 2019
While this gives the impression that progress is being made, there is far more that needs to be done for Christians in Egypt to enjoy full religious...
April 16, 2019
This is a consequence of the fact that the Egyptian government is very slow to approve applications for the construction of new churches. All too...
February 17, 2019
These modern-day martyrs, beheaded by ISIS for their Christian faith, are akin to the 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia, whose memory we celebrate on...
February 17, 2019
This is a consequence of the fact that the Egyptian government is very slow to approve applications for the construction of new churches. All too...
February 5, 2019
Security forces often do not interfere because they actually agree with the attackers. The U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2018...
January 17, 2019
The Egyptian government is very slow to approve applications for the construction of new churches. This story illustrates what are all too often the...
December 22, 2018
There are around 300,000 Greek Orthodox Christians in Egypt; like our Coptic Christian brothers and sisters, they suffer sporadic persecution,...
December 16, 2018
As we see so often in all too many countries, frequently authorities do not aid Christians who are persecuted, but aid and abet the persecutors, or...
December 11, 2018
The Egyptian government is very slow to approve applications for the construction of new churches. This story illustrates what are all too often the...
December 10, 2018
We remain in prayer for our brothers and sisters of the Coptic Orthodox Christian Church in Egypt as they are persecuted for their faith in our Lord...
December 6, 2018
Women often bear the brunt of the persecution of Christians. World Watch Monitor has noted that “women’s lives are all too often characterised...
December 5, 2018
This moving article identifies the rise of Egyptian nationalism as one of the principal causes of the decline of the Greek community in Alexandria,...
December 1, 2018
This report, which is itself a summary of five reports, focusing upon Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Colombia and the Central African Republic, demonstrates...
November 16, 2018
Copts make up roughly 10 percent of the Egyptian population. They have been the target of revenge attacks by Muslim mobs ever since Egypt’s...
November 2, 2018
We are in prayer for our brothers and sisters of the Coptic Orthodox Christian Church in Egypt as they are persecuted for their faith in our Lord and...
September 8, 2018
As we reported last week, the Egyptian government is very slow to approve applications for the construction of new churches. This story illustrates...