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church building • 13 min read
Waiting until you can’t
Hadeer El-Mahdawy | Sectarian violence sparked in Minya after the unofficial opening of an unlicensed church building
14 December 2018
church building • 10 min read
Disputed status of Beni Suef church sparks sectarian violence
Hadeer El-Mahdawy | The disputed legal status of a church in Beni Suef sparked sectarian violence and 20 arrests
18 April 2018
attacks on churches • 10 min read
Behind the attack on Prince Tadros Church: The sound of a bell or the absence of law?
Karoline Kamel | What was behind the attack on a house that had been used as a place of worship by Copts in Giza?
25 December 2017
church building • 7 min read
After 150-year wait, Parliament passes church construction law in 3 days
Mohamed Hamama | Parliament has passed a law regulating the construction and restoration of churches in just three days,
31 August 2016
church building • 6 min read
Parliament to review draft law on building new churches
Mai Shams El-Din | When a Coptic Orthodox community in an Ismailia village built a church in 2009 to avoid walking 6 km
19 May 2016
 
Opinion
Monica Hanna
The autoimmune disease of the Coptic church
A Minya bishop ordered the demolition of a church, raising questions about what constitutes heritage
7 May 2018
 
News
attacks on churches • 7 min read
Coptic Christian place of worship shuttered in Minya after Muslim residents protest
16 January 2019
church building • 5 min read
Cabinet committee legalizes 80 pre-existing churches, service buildings
2 January 2019
church building • 3 min read
Government legalizes status of 53 out of 3,730 church buildings amid fears of further closures
2 March 2018
attacks on churches • 6 min read
Conflicting reports emerge regarding church closures in Minya
31 October 2017
Copt-Muslim relations • 4 min read
Police prevent Sunday Mass in Minya Church citing ‘security concerns’
6 March 2017
church building • 4 min read
Egypt’s Cabinet approves church building law
26 August 2016
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