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Egypt has experienced security and stability during the past ten years, and the Copts of Egypt have experienced this first-hand as they have lived through a period of consolidation of rules of citizenship with the power of the law.  
Secretary-general of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), Priest Rifʿat Fikrī, said that President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī was transparent in his words and actions before and after he began his term. He explained that this could be seen in his repeated interest in the construction of churches...
President of the Protestant Community of Egypt, Dr. Andrēa Zakī, said that the state has played a major role in the legalization of churches, adding that the Coptic Evangelical community has 1,500 churches, from which 500 were registered.
The President of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, has identified plans by Saudi Arabia to build the first evangelical church in the country and the event of a Christmas mass being held for the first time there, as signs of the country’s increasing openness. Dr. Zakī also...
Reverend Andriya Zakī, head of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, said that the construction of 428 churches has been legalized in the past 5 years, out of a total of 1,070 churches and buildings proposed by the community. This is in accordance with the Law on the Building and Restoration of...
The Egyptian state has been working to strengthen citizenship for the sake of the country’s stability and worked to promote this goal after the revolution of June 30, 2013, when it made efforts to remove the stigma of “the marginalization of Copts” in political life.
The Vatican News website praised the good relation between President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī  and Christians in Egypt. Since al-Sīsī assumed the Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt in 2014, he has made several friendly gestures towards the local churches, especially the Coptic Orthodox Church,...
Today, the district of East Mansūra issued a permit to build a Coptic Orthodox Church in the name of Saint John the Apostle in al-Darāsa neighborhood in Mansūra. This came after fulfilling the permit’s conditions and approval of Amīn Mukhtār, governor of Daqahilīya.  
Seven years have passed since the rule of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī. These years have witnessed many achievements and successes, the most prominent of which is strengthening the Copts' relationship with the state and gaining the respect and love of the Coptic people, particularly of His...
The Egyptian state is a unique example of co-existence between religions and national unity.  It has strived to ingrain and promote tolerance, peace, and equality regardless of religion or creed.  In light of these efforts, the media center for the Egyptian Cabinet has published a report that...

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