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attacks on Copts
Internal displacement of North Sinai Copts
Islamist Militant attacks on Copts
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sectarian violence
5 min read
Source: Scores arrested following sectarian clashes in Minya
Videos circulating on social media showed a barn owned by some of the residents being set ablaze.
Coptic Orthodox Church
15 min read
Will the laity save the Coptic Church?
Karoline Kamel
| The death of Bishop Epiphanius reopens discussions around electing a new Congregational Council
Islamist Militant attacks on Copts
7 min read
Archdiocese contradicts state narrative about Minya attack
Karoline Kamel
| Appeals for more security on the road to the St Samuel Monastery went unheeded, church officials say
attacks on Copts
5 min read
‘We will kill the men and children and leave you to live the rest of your lives in misery’
Nourhan Mostafa
| Safwat Shehata, a man from Minya who lost six relatives in Friday’s attack, recounts the ordeal
attacks on Copts
7 min read
‘Save us, St. Samuel!’: A survivor’s story of the Minya attack
Nourhan Mostafa
| Survivor Ibrahim Youssef recounts the details of Friday’s militant attack in Minya
attacks on Copts
7 min read
What we know about the militant attack that left at least 7 Coptic Christians dead in Minya
At least 7 people were killed and nearly 20 injured in a militant attack targeting Copts in Minya
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
Copt-Muslim relations
10 min read
Sectarian borders
Heba Afify
| In some villages in Minya, Christians and Muslims are confined to separate districts
attacks on churches
8 min read
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
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Opinion
Sherif Azer
Egypt’s Coptic Christians: Between the hammer of an authoritarian regime and the anvil of terrorism
Attacks on Egypt’s Copts will continue to take place until the real causes are addressed
Amr Ezzat
Coptic media: A series of prevented visits and denied requests for more security
Amr Ezzat cites reports from Coptic news sources since a similar fatal militant attack in 2017
Michael Akladios
Stop victim-blaming Egypt’s Copts
Media coverage of attacks on Egypt’s Coptic Christians must stop blaming the victim
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Province of Sinai
4 min read
Province of Sinai claims responsibility for kidnapping of Coptic man near Arish
attacks on churches
7 min read
Coptic Christian place of worship shuttered in Minya after Muslim residents protest
attacks on Copts
4 min read
Public Prosecutor charges police officer with murder of two Copts in Minya
attacks on churches
5 min read
Detention orders issued following Friday attack on Minya Copts
Copt-Muslim relations
2 min read
Court issues 1-year suspended sentences to Atfieh church attackers, fines alleged property owner LE360,000
attacks on churches
4 min read
Update: Attack on Helwan church and store kills 10
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