May 11, 2013
1:09 am

An illustrative photo of young boys attending the Friday noon prayer in Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt. (photo credit: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Amnesty calls for release of Egyptian Copt

24-year-old female schoolteacher held for contempt of Islam near Luxor

May 5, 2013
4:47 am

Pope Tawadros II center, leads the Easter Mass at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo on Saturday. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian Copts mark Easter under tight guard

Pope Tawadros II leads first mass amid increase in attacks against ancient Christian sect

By Aya Batrawy

April 9, 2013
8:09 pm

Egypt's Coptic Christian Pope, Tawadros II (photo credit: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Egypt’s Coptic pope blasts Morsi

Following recent sectarian violence, Tawadros II says that Egypt’s president promised to protect Copts ‘but in reality he did not’

By Hamza Hendawi

April 8, 2013
8:02 am

A tear gas canister is fired by Egyptian riot police into the compound of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral after the funeral of four Christians killed in sectarian clashes near Cairo over the weekend in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Mostafa El Shemy)

Egypt: Clashes outside Copt cathedral leave one dead

Muslim Brotherhood blames attempts by unnamed parties to broaden instability with sectarian violence

By Sarah El Deeb

April 7, 2013
7:51 pm

Tear gas fills downtown Cairo as protesters clash with security forces, Saturday, April 6, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Mostafa Elshemy)

Cairo mob attacks Christians in second day of clashes

Hundreds of Copts protesting slaying of four in their community forced to seek refuge in cathedral after chanting against Morsi

April 6, 2013
3:07 pm

An illustrative photo of clashes between Copts and Muslims in Cairo in March 2011 (photo credit: YouTube live footage)

At least 5 killed, 8 injured as Copts and Muslims clash outside Cairo

Fight reportedly broke out after Christian children drew upside down crosses on walls of an Islamic institution in Khosoos

By Michal Shmulovich

April 4, 2013
10:24 am

The domes of the Coptic Saint Mark's Church in Cairo, Egypt (photo credit: CC BY Bakar_88, Flickr)

Washington focuses on plight of Mideast’s minorities

House and Senate bills, coupled with Obama’s Bethlehem visit, may signal a keen interest in the tribulations of non-Muslim groups

By Haviv Rettig Gur

March 30, 2013
7:47 am

A Coptic priest blesses pilgrims in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Egyptian Copts head to Jerusalem

From the web Ynet: Members of Christian sect make Easter pilgrimage despite ban issued by former pope

March 3, 2013
11:28 am

Missing woman found after conversion rumors sparked riots in Egypt

Family and social reasons, not religion, were behind disappearance, says senior security official

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. (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

Topic: Egyptian Copts