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Evicted Coptic Christians return to Dahshur
Egypt

Evicted Coptic Christians return to Dahshur

Security forces, together with the family elders of the village of Dahshur, helped the 16 Coptic families who were forced…
Sectarian clashes in Dahshur add a new chapter to an ongoing crisis
Egypt

Sectarian clashes in Dahshur add a new chapter to an ongoing crisis

After five days of sectarian violence, 12 armored vehicles besiege a street no wider than 300 meters and no longer…
As clashes in Dahshur die down, govt accused of inaction
Egypt

As clashes in Dahshur die down, govt accused of inaction

  The week-long clashes between Muslim and Coptic residents in the Giza village of Dahshur seemed to have drawn to…
12 Copts sentenced to life in prison, 8 Muslims acquitted over Abu Qurqas violence
Egypt

12 Copts sentenced to life in prison, 8 Muslims acquitted over Abu Qurqas violence

Minya Criminal Court on Monday sentenced 12 Copts to life imprisonment in the Abu Qurqas sedition case, the events of…
Sectarian clashes rock Lebanese city, 3 killed
World

Sectarian clashes rock Lebanese city, 3 killed

TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Sectarian violence linked to the unrest in neighboring Syria shook the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on…
Court adjourns Imbaba violence trials to February
Egypt

Court adjourns Imbaba violence trials to February

The Supreme State Security Court in Giza on Sunday postponed to 5 February the trials of 48 suspects accused of…
Coptic student detained for publishing ‘offensive’ images of Prophet Mohamed
Egypt

Coptic student detained for publishing ‘offensive’ images of Prophet Mohamed

The prosecutor’s office in the Upper Egyptian Governorate of Assiut has ordered the detention of Gamal Abdallah Masoud, a Coptic…
The military has gone too far
Opinion

The military has gone too far

The recent violence at Maspero was the worst in Cairo since the mass street protests in January that overthrew Hosni…
Maspero violence raises questions about military’s fitness to run Egypt
Egypt

Maspero violence raises questions about military’s fitness to run Egypt

Sunday’s bloody attack on a Coptic-led protest stands as fresh evidence of the incompetence of Egypt’s military rulers, who might…
Eyewitnesses claim military threw protesters’ bodies into the Nile
Egypt

Eyewitnesses claim military threw protesters’ bodies into the Nile

Angry Copts at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Cairo claim that the military threw the bodies of dead protesters…
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