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Coptic Orthodox Church • 15 min read

Will the laity save the Coptic Church?

Karoline Kamel | The death of Bishop Epiphanius reopens discussions around electing a new Congregational Council

18 November 2018

attacks on Copts • 7 min read

‘Save us, St. Samuel!’: A survivor’s story of the Minya attack

Nourhan Mostafa | Survivor Ibrahim Youssef recounts the details of Friday’s militant attack in Minya

5 November 2018

attacks on Copts • 7 min read

What we know about the militant attack that left at least 7 Coptic Christians dead in Minya

At least 7 people were killed and nearly 20 injured in a militant attack targeting Copts in Minya

2 November 2018

coptic christians • 19 min read

Coptic martyrdom in the age of the security state

Mariam Ibrahim | Is a religious narrative that frames the killing of Copts as God's will at odds with mounting resistance

12 July 2017

attacks on Copts • 16 min read

Anger and desperation accompany Copts from their homes in Arish to Ismailia

Karoline Kamel | Sinai's Copts are faced with a church that closed its doors to them and a state that intervened too late

26 February 2017

divorce laws • 12 min read

The right to marriage and divorce for Egypt’s minorities: Tinkering with the issue

Mai Shams El-Din | Egypt’s Christians want less church control of their private affairs

16 February 2017

St. Peter and St. Paul Church bombing • 9 min read

From the flood of fury and tears: What happened at St. Peter and St. Paul Church?

Karoline Kamel | Karoline Kamel reports from the immediate aftermath of the bombing of St. Peter and St. Paul Church

11 December 2016

Coptic Orthodox Church • 7 min read

Copts debate abolishing marriage preparation sessions in churches

Mai Shams El-Din | Critics of the Coptic Church's marriage preparation courses argue they should not be made compulsory.

10 November 2016

coptic christians • 9 min read

Calls to protest church’s alleged financial corruption and divorce laws refused

Mai Shams El-Din | Authorities refused a request on Monday from a group of Coptic activists for permission to demonstrate

2 September 2015

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Opinion

Sherif Azer

Egypt’s Coptic Christians: Between the hammer of an authoritarian regime and the anvil of terrorism

Attacks on Egypt’s Copts will continue to take place until the real causes are addressed

7 January 2019

Michael Akladios

Stop victim-blaming Egypt’s Copts

Media coverage of attacks on Egypt’s Coptic Christians must stop blaming the victim

5 November 2018

Shady Lewis

Legends and murders lurking behind church walls

Looking at the Coptic church through the lens of a legend: On the murder of Anba Epiphanius

9 September 2018

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News

attacks on churches • 2 min read

Police officer killed, 2 injured while defusing bomb planted near Cairo church

6 January 2019

church building • 5 min read

Cabinet committee legalizes 80 pre-existing churches, service buildings

2 January 2019

Copt-Muslim relations • 5 min read

Security forces prevent Copts from holding feast day prayers in Minya

23 August 2017

attacks on Copts • 4 min read

‘We did not ask families to flee Arish,’ says interior minister as Copts flee violence in North Sinai

27 February 2017

Sisi and Copts • 4 min read

Coptic activists criticize church’s support of Sisi’s New York visit

19 September 2016

church building • 3 min read

Coptic Church declares compromise with state over contentious church building law

25 August 2016

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