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  • 15 Oct 2011
    Expressing solidarity with Coptic Christians

    A statement does not bring back to life those Coptic Christians who died in Egypt last Sunday (9 October 2011), nor does it make a wrong any more right.

  • 12 Oct 2011
    Egyptian army must answer for killings at Coptic Church protest

    A leading human rights NGO says the Egyptian army must answer for the death toll at a Coptic Christian rally against religious discrimination.

  • 22 Mar 2011
    Concern about 'too little, too early' Egyptian referendum

    Representatives of Egypts 4 million Coptic Christians have joined other minority groups in expressing concern about hasty constitutional change in Egypt.

  • 21 Feb 2011
    Coptic Catholic leader speaks out on change in Egypt

    Given the shifts taking place almost on a daily basis across the whole Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since last month, it was especially interesting to read the ACN interview reproduced by Ekklesia with HE Cardinal Antonius Naguib from the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt -- also a member of the Middle East Council of Churches.

  • 16 Feb 2011
    Patriarch speaks of Egypt's 'historic opportunity'

    The leader of Egypt's Coptic Catholics has spoken of an “historic opportunity” for his country achieve the “dream” of a democratic system.

  • 2 Feb 2011
    The citizenship challenge for Arab Christians

    In the midst of popular uprisings against oppression across the Middle East, an important identity question faces hard-pressed Christian minorities, says Harry Hagopian. Can these Christian communities play their role as fully-fledged Arab citizens rather than solely as ‘Arab Christians’.

  • 27 Jan 2011
    Reflecting on the murderous attack in Alexandria

    Ekklesia's good friend and contributor Harry Hagopian, an ecumenical, legal and political expert on the Middle East, has recently recorded a podcast on the appalling and murderous attack on the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, Egypt, on New Year's Eve 2010.

  • 24 Jan 2011
    Man convicted over killing of six Coptic Christians in Egypt

    Christians Solidarity Worldwide welcomed the conviction of a man involved in the killing of six Coptic Christians, while continuing to oppose the death penalty.

  • 9 Jan 2011
    Pope Shenouda III receives condolences from WCC delegation

    A delegation from the World Council of Churches visited Pope Shenouda III yesterday (8 January 2011) to express condolences on the New Year bomb attack in Alexandria.