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Coptic Christians will celebrate Christmas on Monday, and many will do so outside their native Egypt. Since the revolution there, their future in the country has looked uncertain, and many are resettling in the United States. Their population in the U.S. may have grown by nearly 30 percent,...
A Christian lawyer, Nādir Rāmiz al-‘Assāl, has donated a piece of land to build a mosque in Salām Village in Asyut, the village of Pope Shenouda, when he knew that the Muslims needed a new mosque on the outskirts of the village (Suād Ahmad, al-Watan, Dec. 31, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
In addition to the above, security sources stated that there will be a total of 80,000 police personnel to secure Egypt for the New Year’s celebrations. The Ministry of Interior is using 10 cars to detect explosives and six armored vehicles to protect facilities (Ahmad ‘Abd al-‘Azīm, et al., al-...
A number of imāms of the Ministry of Endowments requested that the citizens take to the streets on Christmas and form groups to protect the churches in their festivals and celebrations. They also denounced terrorist groups and organizations (Husayn al-‘Umdah, et al., al-Watan, Dec. 28, p. 3). Read...
A number of imāms of the Ministry of Endowments requested that the citizens take to the streets on Christmas and form groups to protect the churches in their festivals and celebrations. They also denounced terrorist groups and organizations (Husayn al-‘Umdah, et al., al-Watan, Dec. 28, p. 3). Read...
The churches responded to that accusation by the Muslim Brotherhood by stating that the Muslim Brotherhood statement is an attempt to start sectarian strife (Hibah Amīn, al-Watan, Dec. 28, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
The Muslim Brotherhood congratulated the Church in English and attacked them in Arabic. Unlike the English statement of their Alliance in Support of Legitimacy that congratulated the Copts in English, the Arabic version of the statement criticized the Church for wanting to replace the Islamic...
The Ministry of Interior revealed that it shall intensify security measures during Christmas. It stated that it shall support the security department with armored vehicles and signal disruption devises. It stated that the number of checkpoints will be increase to 350 (Muhamad Barakāt and Mahmūd al-...
Pope Tawadros stated that he prefers the presidential elections before the parliamentary elections. He added that “we trust the capacity of the police and the armed forces to secure Churches during Coptic Christmas” (Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, Dec. 27, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic. 
A security source stated that the National Security Department has raised security levels as reports given to the Minister of Interior General Muhammad Ibrahīm revealed the plan to escalate terrorist attacks and target churches during Christmas (Khālid Muhammad, al-Watan, Dec. 25, p. 3). Read...

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