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. (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