Attacks on churches

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church building • 10 min read

Disputed status of Beni Suef church sparks sectarian violence

Hadeer El-Mahdawy | The disputed legal status of a church in Beni Suef sparked sectarian violence and 20 arrests

18 April 2018

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Securing Coptic churches: The necessary role of the scouts

Martin Roux | Church scouts are playing an increasingly pivotal role in state efforts to secure churches

8 April 2018

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Accounts of the Mar Mina church attack

Karoline Kamel | How a gunman killed nine people and was chased down by a resident from the neighborhood

30 December 2017

attacks on churches • 10 min read

Behind the attack on Prince Tadros Church: The sound of a bell or the absence of law?

Karoline Kamel | What was behind the attack on a house that had been used as a place of worship by Copts in Giza?

25 December 2017

Palm Sunday bombings • 10 min read

From the scenes of the Palm Sunday bombings in Tanta and Alexandria

Basma Mostafa, Mohamed Gamal and Nahla El Nemr | Grief and anger in the aftermath of Egypt's church bombings

10 April 2017

sectarian violence • 10 min read

Christians and churches in Egypt: Aggression from all sides

Mostafa Mohie | We track the 4 sources of sectarian aggression against churches and Christians over the past 5 decades

14 December 2016

St. Peter and St. Paul Church bombing • 9 min read

From the flood of fury and tears: What happened at St. Peter and St. Paul Church?

Karoline Kamel | Karoline Kamel reports from the immediate aftermath of the bombing of St. Peter and St. Paul Church

11 December 2016

St. Peter and St. Paul Church bombing • 3 min read

Images of destruction and despair from St. Peter and St. Paul Church

Photos capture the destruction and despair left in the aftermath of the IED that donated in a Cairo church

11 December 2016

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Remembering the Two Saints bombing – and the lack of justice

Lina Attalah | Five years after a deadly bombing that took the lives of 23 people, the Two Saints Church in Alexandria

1 January 2016

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Opinion

Amro Ali

Alexandria’s church bombing and the deepening of melancholia

Shock and grief in Alexandria after the Palm Sunday church bombing

12 April 2017

Ishaq Ibrahim

How can Egypt prevent another pre-Christmas bombing?

It’s delusional to believe announcing the names of the perpetrators will prevent another attack

14 December 2016

Sherif Azer

The prior Coptic revolution

Four years ago around this time, a small revolution occurred in the country. Any news of it was suppressed.

7 January 2015

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News

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Military court hands preliminary death sentences to 36 accused of St. Peters and St. Paul Church attack, Palm Sunday bombings

11 April 2018

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Update: Attack on Helwan church and store kills 10

29 December 2017

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Conflicting reports emerge regarding church closures in Minya

31 October 2017

travel alert • 2 min read

US Embassy warns its citizens against visiting Christian sites outside Cairo

6 June 2017

Palm Sunday bombings • 2 min read

Interior Ministry identifies Tanta church suicide bomber, 3 alleged accomplices

13 April 2017

Palm Sunday bombings • 3 min read

Update: 17 killed in Province of Sinai suicide bomber attack near Alexandria church

9 April 2017

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