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The author discusses the International Labour Organization’s report, which claimed that Copts are discriminated against in Egypt, and the public response from the Minister of Labour ‘Ā’ishah ‘Abd al-Hādī. She claimed that although Copts only comprise ten per cent of the Egyptian population, they...
Six Coptic activists and researchers, including the author, issued a 13 page document entitled, ‘Citizens in One Nation.’ The document was aimed at returning Muslim-Christian relations to their previous level and away from the mutual doubts and religious views which incited isolation.
Midḥat Bishāy responds to an article by Coptic researcher Sāmiḥ Fawzī about the social seclusion of Copts inside church walls.
The article talks about the sectarian threat which Egypt faces as clashes between Muslims and Copts have been consecutively occurring sine 1972. The author believes that the deep wounds that have inflicted Egypt over the past 40 years are still unable to heal.
A report of the International Labour Organization has accused the Egyptian government of systematically discriminating against Copts in both education and work opportunities. In her response, the Egyptian Minister of Labor and Immigration ‘Ā’ishah ‘Abd al-Hādī has stated that Copts, despite...
While the Arab region has had pluralist societies for a long time, political transformation, particularly what is occurring in Iraq, has awakened sectarian and ethnic intolerance.
A number of intellectual Copts have denounced the American Coptic Union’s calls for the U.S. to impose economic sanctions on Egypt.
Some days ago, the married couple Samir Marcos and Vivian Fuoad won the first annual prize of the Norwegian Academy for Arts and Freedom of Expression in recognition of their distinguished efforts in promoting understanding between Muslims and Christians in Egypt. The award has been named after the...
The second session of the laymen’s conference was sequenced by a great uproar mainly caused by inaccurate media reporting. The laymen held what they called “a clarifying press conference” in which they tried to clarify the debatable issues reported by the press.
Nabīl ‘Abd al-Fattāh believes that religious media must first be addressed in order to achieve reform. Bishop Bīshūy sharply criticized Father Zakarīyā Butrus for offending Muslims and Islam in his program on al-Hayāh satellite channel. Comments that offensive statements and problems around church...

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