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Topic: Egyptian Copts

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August 27, 2012
5:56 am

Egyptian anti-Muslim Brotherhood protesters shout slogans during a rally to denounce the country's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, August 2012. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egypt probes anti-Brotherhood critic

Anti-Islamist former lawmaker being investigated for allegedly calling for the downfall of the regime

August 22, 2012
7:10 pm

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, July 13 (photo credit: AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Egypt’s Christians organizing first protest against Muslim Brotherhood leadership

‘We are oppressed and humiliated,’ Copts say, warning country’s civil character is under threat

By Elhanan Miller

August 1, 2012
7:03 pm

An Egyptian Christian weeps during prayers in Cairo. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Sectarian violence erupts in Egypt

Muslims try to torch church in village north of Cairo

August 1, 2012
3:31 pm

Leon Panetta (center) met with Fieldmarshal Tantawi and President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, in July (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

New Syrian pseudo-government aggravates Arab observers

Arab columnist accuses the US of neo-colonialism for its meddling in Egypt

By Elhanan Miller

July 31, 2012
9:16 am

Muslim worshipers walk through the Old City of Jerusalem to attend the second Friday prayers of Ramadan amid tight Israeli security (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

US, in annual report, raps Israeli discrimination against non-Jews, non-Orthodox Judaism

State Department’s assessment of global religious freedom slams Hamas for harassing non-Muslims in Gaza. Clinton: We’re closely watching how Egypt’s Islamist leaders treat minorities

By Times of Israel staff and AP

July 25, 2012
11:07 pm

Shiites celebrate the day of Ashura in the Hague, Netherlands, 2011 (photo credit: Jan kranendonk/Shutterstock.com)

New Egyptian constitution may ban offending God, the prophets and their wives, clerical official says

Proposed amendment seeks to curb Shiite influences, but expert says it will have little practical impact

By Elhanan Miller

June 26, 2012
10:58 pm

Mohammed Morsi (photo credit: Egypt State TV/AP)

Egypt’s new president to pick woman, Christian VPs

From the web Mohammed Morsi is set to appoint female and Coptic vice presidents, his policy adviser tells CNN

June 13, 2012
6:13 am

Egyptian presidential runoff candidate Ahmed Shafiq is greeted by a supporter after attending a press conference in Cairo, Egypt (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)

For Egypt’s Christians, voting Shafiq is the only viable choice

Muslim Brotherhood opponent raises fears that state will be ruled by Islamic law

By Aya Batrawy

May 30, 2012
1:54 pm

Anti-Assad protesters drive by the Syrian embassy in Berlin, Germany (photo credit: AP Photo/dapd/Clemens Bilan)

Following Houla, Syria is out in the cold

Editorials debate the two Egyptian candidates and Arabs fear the West may fall for Iran

By Elhanan Miller

May 22, 2012
1:19 am

An Egyptian woman passes by a wall with defaced posters of presidential candidates in Cairo, Egypt on Monday. (photo credit: Hasan Jamali/AP)

Egyptian court sentences 12 Christians to life over religious clashes

In same case, tribunal acquits eight Muslims

April 17, 2012
3:36 pm

Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Coptic Church: No visits to the Holy Land as long as it is named ‘Israel’

Egypt’s Christian leadership says pope’s travel ban still in force

By Elhanan Miller

April 13, 2012
10:39 am

Egyptian tourists visit the Old City of Jaffa, Israel (photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty)

Defying ban, Egyptian Christians visit Jerusalem

After death of Pope Shenouda III, Coptic faithful risk religious sanction and swarm to Israel

April 10, 2012
9:55 am

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

Egyptian Copts blasted for visiting Jerusalem

Establishment daily Al-Ahram scolds pilgrims for breaking an unwritten travel ban to Israel

By Elhanan Miller

April 4, 2012
10:51 pm

Firemen fight a fire at a church surrounded by angry Muslims in Cairo in 2011 (photo credit: AP)

Egyptian Copt jailed for insulting the Prophet Muhammad

Teenager given maximum sentence for posting cartoons to Facebook

By Elhanan Miller

March 22, 2012
1:49 pm

Toulouse terrorist Mohamed Merah (photo credit: AP/France 2)

Russian stance on Syria irritates Arabs

A radical Islamist ruins Coptic-Muslim unity image in Egypt, the Toulouse standoff captivates, and Iran’s expansionism worries commentators

By Elhanan Miller

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