The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/coptic-christians/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:39:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Coptic Christians | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/coptic-christians/ 32 32 With evangelicals locked, Trump wooed Chabad, the Amish, Copts https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-evangelicals-locked-trump-campaign-wooed-chabad-the-amish-copts/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:01:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3425056 US president-elect courted niche communities, knowing every vote could be critical, particularly in swing states

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]]> US urges Egypt to release jailed rights researcher ‘and others unjustly detained’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-urges-egypt-to-release-jailed-rights-researcher-and-others-unjustly-detained/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 08:37:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3054530 State Department says it's 'concerned' by three-year sentence handed to Patrick Zaki for article recounting discrimination against Egypt's Coptic Christian minority

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]]> Egypt sentences human rights researcher to 3 years in prison https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-sentences-human-rights-researcher-to-3-years-in-prison/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 19:00:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3054213 Opposition figures walk out of 'national dialogue' talks with government to protest jailing of Patrick Zaki, call for his release

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]]> 41 killed in Cairo as fire engulfs Copt church during Sunday mass, officials say https://www.timesofisrael.com/41-killed-in-cairo-as-fire-engulfs-copt-church-during-sunday-mass-officials-say/ Sun, 14 Aug 2022 13:17:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2818074 Another 14 injured in blaze; prosecutor's office opens investigation and sends a team to establish cause

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]]> Egypt court sentences man to death for killing Coptic priest on seaside promenade https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-court-sentences-man-to-death-for-killing-coptic-priest-on-seaside-promenade/ Sun, 12 Jun 2022 08:24:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2779289 Nehru Tawfiq, 60, an Islamist with an extremist background, convicted of murdering 56-year-old Arsanious Wadid in sectarian attack; his lawyers say killing not deliberate

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]]> Coptic priest dies after he was stabbed on Egyptian seaside promenade https://www.timesofisrael.com/coptic-priest-dies-from-stabbing-on-egyptian-seaside-promenade/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 04:57:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2742575 Prominent Sunni leader Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyeb condemns attack, saying such acts 'might instigate religious wars'; Copts believed to be among world’s oldest Christian communities

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]]> Egyptian policeman killed in shootout with armed gunmen https://www.timesofisrael.com/egytpian-policeman-killed-in-shootout-with-armed-gunmen/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:49:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2284005 Cell was allegedly planning to attack Coptic Christians in Cairo during Easter celebrations

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]]> Egyptian woman fights unequal Islamic inheritance laws https://www.timesofisrael.com/egyptian-woman-fights-unequal-islamic-inheritance-laws/ Fri, 15 Nov 2019 09:23:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2184190 Since her father's death, Huda Nasrallah, a Christian, has demanded an equal share of property left to her two brothers; Islamic inheritance laws favor male heirs

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]]> Pompeo praises Egypt ‘freedoms’ during church, mosque visit https://www.timesofisrael.com/pompeo-praises-egypt-freedoms-during-church-mosque-visit/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 07:45:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1996613 US secretary of state tours the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ and the Al-Fattah Al-Alim mosque in Egypt's New Administrative Capital

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]]> Egypt’s Sissi inaugurates cathedral, mosque in new capital https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypts-sissi-inaugurates-cathedral-mosque-in-new-capital/ Sun, 06 Jan 2019 21:13:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1993438 President opens new church under heavy security, hours after a police officer was killed trying to defuse bomb planted near a Cairo church

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]]> Egyptian police officer killed defusing bomb outside Cairo church https://www.timesofisrael.com/egyptian-police-officer-killed-defusing-bomb-outside-cairo-church/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 22:21:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1992726 2 others wounded dismantling explosive device; Sissi to attend Christmas mass at cathedral on Sunday

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]]> Egypt’s Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas, ponder changing date https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypts-coptic-christians-celebrate-christmas-ponder-changing-date/ Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:07:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1987777 With evergreen firs and red-robed Santas relatively new to rural Copts, a community with longstanding traditions has mixed reactions to moving the holiday to align with the West

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]]> Egypt says it killed 19 in shootout with perpetrators of attack on Christians https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-says-it-killed-perpetrators-of-fridays-attack-against-christians/ Sun, 04 Nov 2018 13:11:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1954940 Gunmen had killed 7 pilgrims Friday in Islamic State assault on the road to remote desert monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor

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]]> Christians in Egypt bury their dead after jihadist attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/christians-in-egypt-bury-their-dead-after-jihadist-attack/ Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:01:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1954584 Local Islamic State affiliate claims its gunmen killed 7 Coptic pilgrims in ambush attack near Cairo

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]]> Police forcibly remove Coptic priests blocking workers from Holy Sepulchre https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-forcibly-remove-coptic-priests-blocking-workers-from-holy-sepulchre/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:25:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1947824 One arrested as clerics protest Israel Antiques Authorities workers attempting to carry out safety repairs at sensitive Old City church

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