Egypt’s evangelical leadership has issued a public clarification distancing the country’s 1.5 million evangelicals from ...
The requirement makes it difficult for religious minorities to get jobs, justice, and opportunities. Advocates are pushing ...
DAHSHOUR, Egypt (AP) — When the angry mob was rampaging through town, storming her home and those of other Christians, the 70-year-old woman hid in her cow pen, pushing a rock against the door. There ...
CAIRO (AP) — In the small southern Egyptian town of Azaziya, where almost all the residents are Christians, few doubt that nearly everyone who can is going to vote for Ahmed Shafiq, ousted leader ...
Christian Cairo is deeply significant for pilgrims and travelers due to its connection to the rich history of Christianity in ...
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – At the last Christmas service he presided over, Pope Shenouda III praised the unusual guests seated among the faithful at his Cairo cathedral: Leaders from the conservative Muslim ...
Egypt has a population of around 111 million people, of whom 90% are Sunni Muslim and 10% are Christian. Although they're 11 million strong, the Christian population faces immense persecution. Despite ...
CAIRO (AP) — Coptic Christian families have fled their homes in a town in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, fearing for their lives after receiving death threats from suspected Islamic militants, a local ...
Since the late 1990s, Islamists in Egypt have killed more than 1,300 Christians, according to Operation World. The U.S. war on terrorism has led to a crackdown on Islamic extremists in U.S.-friendly ...
Grief quickly transformed into anger on Sunday as a couple hundred Christians returned to the church in Alexandria that was bombed on New Year’s Day. During the morning Mass, women sobbed against one ...
BIXBY - As violence against Egyptian Christians continues to rise in the wake of the Arab spring, Oklahoma Egyptian Christians met Wednesday to pray for peace in their native land. Incense and ...