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Al-Sabāh newspaper featured an investigative report about the development in Kafr Hakīm in Kirdāsah. The report states that al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah has prohibited Copts from raising crosses on the churches and using microphones in prayers. The report states that Coptic women would wear the veil to...
Al-Sabāh newspaper reports about a phenomenon that is recurring in Minya where Copts are using their house bunkers as hiding places from attacks by militant groups.  This way of hiding, according to the report, was used by monks to hide from attacks during the Middle Ages (Marina Amīr, Al Sabāh,...
Based on anonymous security sources security forces have been capable of preventing a dangerous terrorist plot aiming at killing Pope Tawadros in the mass of Resurrection Day (Easter). 
The performance of singer Īhāb Tawfīq in a French Orthodox church, belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, sparked anger and mocking. [CH: this church was founded by the late Bishop Marcos of France and Bishop Athanasius of France and consists mainly of French converts to Orthodoxy. They...
Mina Majdī, Maspero Youth Union spokesman stated that the political agreement between the Salafis and presidential nominee al- Sīsī is causing Copts much concern to the extent that some are revising their position and may withdraw from voting for al- Sīsī. He stated that Mursī has cooperated with...
A new movie depicting Mary Magdalene and her relationship to Jesus Christ is expected to provoke controversy. The movie is called, “And He Became Human” and Serene ‘Abd al-Nūr (Lebanese actress) is acting in the role of Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene is an important female figure in the New...
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