Date of source: Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Few subjects are so sensitive in Egypt as the conversion from one religion to the other. It is often difficult to find out the truth in such stories with all of the possible interests involved, both of the convert and the people around him or her. One can obtain a better glimpse of the various...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2011
On March 8 Muhammad al-Barād'ī insisted on keeping the art. 2 of the constitution unchanged. I was horribly disappointed.
(Image: courtesy Munich Security Conference, Photographer Harald Dettenborn)
When I read al-Qimnī's article [Click here to read al-Qimnī's article] my disappointment...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2011
With the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak today, pro-democracy protestors, Muslims and Christians, are celebrating in the streets of Cairo and other cities around the country. Power was handed over to the Egyptian military.
According to Open Doors, a Christian organization founded...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Ahmad Hānī claims that the aim of the terrorist attack on the Two Saints Church in Alexandria was meant to increase tensions between Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
In this final installment of a three part series on the life of Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, Professor Stefan Wild of Bonn University paints a picture of the life and work of the late Egyptian scholar....
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2010
This article looks at a new grassroots movement among the Coptic Diaspora which was established in Washington this past weekend. Almost 100 Coptic Christian community organizers from around the globe gathered to discuss religious freedom in the Middle East and future lobbying efforts for the rights...
Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 2010
In its documentary, B.B.C sheds light on the issue of Christianization in the Middle East, especially Egypt and Morocco.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
This article deals with the rules of conversion from Christianity to Islam, and vice-versa, in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, January 3, 2010
Jeff Jacoby sets the persecution of the Copts in Egypt in a context of wider persecution against Christians all over the world, including in Iraq, China, Somalia and others.
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
This editorial, republished from the Wall Street Journal by Watani International emphasizes the issue of Christian persecution throughout much of the Muslim world. Pointing to the fact that out of the top 10 worst persecutors of Christians, 8 of those listed are Muslim nations.