Copts
Many Egyptian Christians feel left out of World Cup
By Hamza Hendawi — June 24, 2018
No Christian has been on the national soccer squad for more than a decade, and just one played for any of the 18 top-flight clubs last season.
Egyptian coaches and officials dismiss any suggestion of discrimination, but Christians disagree.
Christians are key to support for el-Sissi in upcoming Egypt election
By Mina Nader — March 5, 2018
CAIRO (RNS) — Since Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi took over Egypt’s presidency four years ago, he has worked to improve life for Coptic Christians, giving them near equal rights and benefits as Muslims even as their churches have been attacked by terrorists.
What makes killing Christians appealing?
By Ayman S. Ibrahim — May 26, 2017
(RNS) While today’s world calls for tolerance and coexistence between faiths, militants rely on verses that offer a direct command to attack Christians and Jews.
Canadian Copts ponder the future of their faith back in Egypt
By Shenaz Kermalli — April 25, 2017
TORONTO (RNS) Ontario has one of the largest concentrations of Copts in the diaspora. Many are reeling with sorrow and grasping for an explanation of what is happening to their church back in Egypt, a country that has been its home for almost two millennia.
Egyptian Copts finally fulfilling ‘dream’ of traveling to Jerusalem
By Mina Nader — March 26, 2017
AL-KOSHEH, Egypt (RNS) For decades, Copts couldn't make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem because of a church ban on travel to Israel. But many are now fulfilling a central tenet of their faith after Tawadros II, who became pope in 2012, went there himself two years ago.
Egypt Muslims attack Christian woman, houses after affair rumor
By RNS staff — May 27, 2016
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Muslims have set fire to homes of Christians in southern Egypt and stripped a 70-year-old woman naked after rumors her Christian son had an affair with a Muslim woman, the local church and witnesses said.
Egypt’s young Coptic Christians energized to fight for civil rights
By Monique El-Faizy — March 5, 2014
CAIRO (RNS) The Maspero Youth Union, formed to fight for civil rights, rejects the mostly passive role Copts played before the revolution, when the church’s patriarch served as proxy for the Coptic community in all matters political.
Study: Religious oppression rises despite Arab Spring
By Lauren Markoe — June 20, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) The number of countries in the region with sectarian or communal violence between religious groups doubled from five to 10 during 2011, a year that coincided with most of the political uprisings of Arab Spring.
Man behind anti-Islam film `Innocence of Muslims’ arrested in Los Angeles
By David Finnigan — September 28, 2012
LOS ANGELES (RNS) The Egyptian-American man reportedly behind the anti-Muslim video which has sparked weeks of riots was arrested and detained in Los Angeles. By David Finnigan.
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