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Why do we often talk about Copts and the 1952 Revolution? Was the revolution at that time against the Copts as a religious sect, as if we still lived in the Ottoman confessional system? Was the revolution against the interests of the feudal and capitalist class of the Copts alone?  Do we measure...
The January 25 revolution was doomed to inherit sectarian problems between Egypt's Muslims and Christians, mainly blamed on a slacking former regime that was unable to solve them and only made sure they remained on the back burner.
Jamāl As'ad talks about the reasons behind Copts' fears. Following the revolution, a church was torched in 'Ātfīh. The only reactions were the Muslim clerics who came out and said that it is against Islam. The sectarian tension between Muslim and Coptic movements manifested in the constitutional...
 The author discusses the causes for the absence of Copts in elections.
In light of the priest’s wife crisis, Jamāl As'ad points out the existence a general attitude in the church of manipulating any situation to reach the conclusion that Copts are persecuted. He adds that the clergy have played a stirring role in the recent crisis and argues that they should be...
Al-Musawwar magazine provides a recap of the ‘Umrāniyyah riots, in which two Coptic Christians were killed and over 150 arrested during clashes with police following the stoppage of an illegal church construction outside Cairo on November 24...  
Jamāl talks about the recent “vile” Sayyidat al-Najāh Church massacre in Iraq by al-Qā‘idah which was condemned by the whole world. He says that, while such actions falsely claim to be of a religious nature, they have nothing to do with religion whatsoever. He talks about the threats made to...
As‘ad compares Bīshūy’s comments about Egypt being originally Coptic to Zionism, and his comments about the Qur'ān’s distortion to the American Pastor’s mass Qur'ān burning. He says that Bīshūy’s comments are not only offensive to Muslims, but to anyone who believes in freedom of religious belief....
As‘ad says that the church should have a distinction between patriotic and political duties. He talks about Pope Shenouda III telling Greek Catholic Rāmī Lakah not to run against a Coptic candidate but to run for a different district instead-- a district where he personally guarantees the Coptic...
The author criticizes Islamic intellectual Dr. Su‘ād Sālih for the reasons she presented for joining al-Wafd party, noting her justifications contain several contradictions and degrade Copts.

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