American Organization Christian Solidarity International has issued a statement calling on Christians to pray for Egyptian Copts on June 22, 2013. The Egyptian Christian community are increasingly at risk due to allegations of disdaining religion, a crime punishable by imprisonment. The event named Middle East Day of Prayer is in aid of Middle Eastern Christians facing all kinds of persecution and suffering (Muhammad al-Balāsī and Hāydī Ahmad, al-Watan, June 15, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.