Date of source: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Sectarian violence kills 192 people in Nigeria.
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
This article gives a brief background on the various Christian communities in the Middle East, emphasizing the decline of the Christian population over the last century. This is a result of emigration to western Europe and America, driven by several factors, among them persecution
Date of source: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
MP ‘Abd al-Raīm al-Ghūl asks Copts to stop calling for things that are difficult to achieve.
Date of source: Friday, January 15, 2010
The National Democratic Party is being accused of practicing sectarian discrimination against the Copts and of marginalizing them from the political arena. Prof. ‘Amrū Hāshim Rabī‘ advocates for looking at the recent problems from a social, moral perspective rather than a religious and sectarian...
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Following the tragic incidents of Naj‘ Hammādī, an angry Youssef Sidhom asks “Where is President Mubarak?” Focussing on the report to the president by the NCHR, Sidhom asks the regime to intervene to protect Copts from future attacks and to apply the law without discrimination so that justice is...
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.
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
The Azhar women students were obliged to remove their niqāb inside exams halls. Men were duly not allowed in the halls regardless of their positions.
Date of source: Sunday, January 10, 2010
Watani Editor-in-Chief Youssef Sidhom write on Naj‘ Hammādī: The crime which took place in Nag Hammadi last Wednesday on the eve of Coptic Christmas, can be seen in no light other than being a gross, criminal terrorist act. The Copts were targeted as they left church following Midnight Mass; five...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
In an interview with al-Maydān, Father Marqus ‘Azīz criticizes Islam as calling for violence. He also criticizes what he considered maltreatment against of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, January 11, 2010
Amin Makram Ebeid writes: Cornelis Hulsman kindly asked me to write a few lines on the tragic events that took place in Naj‘ Hammādī and how this could be best managed, punishing the responsible people and working towards reconciliation between Muslims and Christians in the region.