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Two Christians in Egypt released after three years in jail without trial
Two Christian converts from Islam who were locked in an Egyptian prison and held for three years without trial have been released, religious rights advocates said. Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo and Nour ...
The Blogs | The Times of Israel22h
Reconsidering the Historical Narratives of Christianity and Slavery in Africa
Even encountering African Christian communities, Europeans labeled local practices as heretical, justifying colonization and ...
Opinion: Christians arrested for their faith in Egypt are running out of time
Aug. 22 marked the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, a day that ...
'It’s an extremely sexy story': How the legendary tale of 'rebel' saint Mary of Egypt became a medieval blockbuster
Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new ...
THE WEEK2d
Egypt: Coptic Christians under attack
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Al-Monitor2y
Egypt’s Coptic Christians outraged at government's mishandling of adoption case
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
The American Conservative11y
A Coptic Exodus From Egypt
Tadros sees this as detrimental both to the church’s traditions and history and to the future of Egypt itself. TAC: What is the historical Islamic attitude toward Coptic Christians? TADROS ...
Al-Monitor3y
Egypt's Christians fearful after IS killing in Sinai
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press28d
Breakpoint: ‘The 21’ tells the story of men martyred on a Libyan beach a decade ago
The history of the Coptic Orthodox Church goes back to Mark, the apostle and author of the Gospel who first brought the Christian faith to Egypt. According to tradition, Mark was arrested in ...
Al Bawaba News7y
Not just the Hajj: Egypt's Christians granted equal leave for Jerusalem pilgrimage
Egypt’s Muslim civil servants have long had the right to take a one-off paid vacation to perform the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Until now, however, the country’s Christian minority has enjoyed ...
PBS3mon
Women In Ancient Christianity: The New Discoveries
Chief among these is Mary Magdalene, a woman infamous in Western Christianity as an adulteress and repentant whore. Discoveries of new texts from the dry sands of Egypt, along with sharpened ...
Wall Street Journal1y
Brooklyn Welcomes Egyptian Christians
St George's Coptic Orthodox Church in Brooklyn, NY, has seen a dramatic influx of Coptic Christian refugees from Egypt since the overthrow of President Mubarak. Father Luke Awad does what he can ...