March 2, 2013
3:19 am

Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, is greeted by Egyptian Christians as he prepares to lead a midnight Mass at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, in January (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian Muslims storm church seeking suspected convert

11 policemen, 12 Christians injured during clashes in southern town

February 5, 2013
8:35 pm

Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II speaks from the historic al-Muharraq Monastery, February 5, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian pope blasts the country’s Islamic leaders

Head of Coptic Christian Church frets over threats to civil liberties from Muslim Brotherhood power

By Hamza Hendawi

January 18, 2013
2:52 pm

Egyptian Muslims protest, torch Christian stores

Residents attack local church in southern city of Qena over allegations of child molestation

By Haggag Salama

January 7, 2013
1:52 pm

Egyptian border guards patrol near the border with Israel in Rafah, Egypt (photo credit: AP/Ahmed Gomaa, File)

Egypt says it foiled car bombing near Gaza border

Possible targets included Coptic church and an army camp, military says

January 7, 2013
5:32 am

Egypt’s Copts mark Christmas with fear for the future

As country struggles with the role of Islam in society, some Christians consider emigrating

December 30, 2012
4:42 pm

Then-Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi signs into law the country's Islamist-backed constitution in December 2012. (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Presidency)

Morsi tries to calm a troubled Egypt

Russian intransigence continues to block political prospects in Syria

By Elhanan Miller

November 28, 2012
11:02 pm

This September 27, 2012, file courtroom sketch shows Mark Basseley Youssef (right), talking with his attorney Steve Seiden in a hearing at the US District Court in Los Angeles (photo credit: AP Photo/Mona Shafer Edwards)

Egypt court sentences 8 to death over prophet film

With defendents absent, trial over ‘Innocence of Muslims’ is largely seen as symbolic

By Sarah El Deeb

November 6, 2012
8:34 am

Bishop Tawadros, 60, soon to be Pope Tawadros II after being named the 118th Coptic Pope in the Wadi Natrun Monastery complex northwest of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (photo credit:/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper/AP)

Egypt’s Coptic pope says new constitution must not be religious

Newly selected patriarch looks to end decades of marginalization of nation’s Christians

October 30, 2012
5:40 pm

Syrian residents walk on a street among the debris of buildings damaged by heavy shelling in the southeast of Aleppo City, on October 27, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Iranian official accuses Israel of meddling in Africa

Elsehwere, diplomats debate whether the fighting in Syria is ‘civil’ or ‘a war of annihilation’

By Elhanan Miller

October 29, 2012
10:15 pm

The body of Pope Shenouda III lies in a casket at the Coptic Orthodox cathedral during his funeral in Cairo, Egypt, in this Tuesday, March 20, 2012 file photo (photo credit: AP Photo/Mohammed Asad, file)

Egypt’s Coptic Church votes on a new pope

Succession follows the March death of Shenouda III, who helmed the church for 40 years

By Sarah El Deeb

October 4, 2012
7:28 pm

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi shakes hands with a representative from the Coptic community, in Cairo, June 2012 (photo credit: Middle East News Agency/AP)

Egypt releases two children charged with desecrating Koran

Christian Copt boys still under investigation; rights groups claim Islamist intimidation

October 3, 2012
9:40 pm

In this Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 file photo, Egyptian Copts carry a cross and a candle and chant prayers while taking part in a protest marking one week since deadly clashes between Coptic protesters and the military, in Cairo. (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)

Two Egyptian children reportedly charged with criminal blasphemy for desecrating Koran

Christians said to be facing spate of arrests since release of ‘Innocence of Muslims’ clip

By Greg Tepper

September 30, 2012
1:30 am

Egypt’s Copts to return to Sinai homes, says government

From the web Christian families being resettled in Rafah after fleeing because of attacks by Islamists, Reuters reports

September 28, 2012
2:35 pm

Egypt’s Christians, facing the same fate as Egyptian Jews

Tens of thousands of Copts are leaving their homeland every month, and Western countries are opening their doors to them in the knowledge that they could soon face genocide

By Maikel Nabil

September 18, 2012
8:16 pm

Egypt jails Copt for 6 years over Facebook post insulting Muhammad

Topic: Egyptian Copts