In Egypt, Copts Are Being Persecuted Again
One week after the Copts of al-Our village in southern Egypt were attacked by an angry mob seeking to stop a church from being built, Copts in el-Galaa village endured the same treatment.
Samuel Tadros
CP Op-Ed Contributor
Egypt's President Sisi Needs to Stand Up for Christians
If Sisi is serious about both, then he must turn his words into actions by upholding the rule of law, prosecuting those attacking Christians, and offering police protection for the Christians of Al Our.
Placing ISIS' Persecution of the Copts in Context
Martyrdom was not new to them or their people. For nearly two thousand years, their Church had prided itself as being the Church of the Martyrs. If martyrdom was a central feature of the early church, it had become the hallmark of its identity in Egypt.
The Continued Plight of Egypt's Copts
The Copts represent the Middle East's largest Christian population, and were once one of the pillars of early Christianity, with some of its early saints framing what it meant to be Christian. However, centuries of persecution and struggles for survival have left Copts a small minority in their homeland.
Pity Egypt, It Has No Liberals
What happened to Egypt's liberals? Jackson Diehl's question in the Washington Post is not a new one.
Egypt's Counter Revolution
and politicians around the world debate how best to describe Egypt recent upheaval, Egyptian non-Islamists, much to the amazement of everyone else, continue to insist it was they who removed President Morsi from power – not the military.