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Coptic activist returns to Egypt for Maspero investigation

OCP- February 17, 2012

Manar Ammar 17/2/2012 CAIRO: Leading Coptic Christian activist Michael Mounir arrived back in Egypt on Friday after the prosecutor issued an investigation order for him ... Read More

Egypt’s Christians want political party

OCP- February 2, 2012

1/2/2012 Mohamed Abdel Salam CAIRO: A number of Coptic Christian activists said on Tuesday that they agreed on the need for the establishment of an ... Read More

Syria’s Muslim, Christian clerics criticize rebels, sanctions

OCP- January 11, 2012

Weedah Hamza 10/1/2012 Beirut (dpa) – Syria’s top Muslim cleric on Tuesday called on the rebel army to lay down its weapons, while a leading ... Read More

Egypt clashes between Muslim and Copts calmed, witnesses say violence into night

OCP- October 2, 2011

1/10/2011 CAIRO: Aswan’s governor denied the burning of a church in Edfu, in southern Egypt, on Friday and said there was no attack on the ... Read More

Muslims attack Egypt Coptic church as sectarian Violence Continues

OCP- October 2, 2011

Manar Ammar and Joseph Mayton 30/9/2011 CAIRO: Tension between Muslims and Copts is blazing in the southern town of Edfu after two residential buildings were ... Read More

Egypt’s Christian ‘kidnappings’ highlight need for better Reporting

OCP- July 29, 2011

By Joseph Mayton 27/7/2011 CAIRO: Christian Solidarity International Board Member Michele Clark went to Congress last week to detail the abuse of Coptic women and ... Read More

Egypt Pope, al-Azhar Imam encourage Egyptians to Vote

OCP- March 20, 2011

By Mohamed Abdel Salam 19/3/2011 CAIRO: Head of the Egyptian Coptic Christian Church, Pope Shenouda II, returned to Cairo on Friaday after a 19-day medical ... Read More