Coptic Solidarity Islamic schizophrenia—or merely two-facedness—is making the news again, in Egypt. At a time when President Sisi and the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayeb, are publicly claiming, especially to the West, that Islam does not prohibit the construction of churches, an Arabic language book calling for the destruction of churches was recently exposed … [Read more...]

Coptic Solidarity On Saturday night, August 31, 2024, a massive fire “broke out” in the Coptic Diocese of Beni Suef in Egypt, consuming all of the five-story Christian building’s contents—reception halls, offices, libraries, precious books, furniture, and computers—as well as more than 300 wooden benches belonging to the adjacent Church of the Virgin Mary, which were located … [Read more...]

Coptic Solidarity Although initially kept quiet and suppressed, the ongoing cries of a Coptic Christian family and supportive community concerning the latest Christian girl to “disappear” recently made the rounds on Arabic social media. Earlier this month, Christina Karim Aziz, a 20-year-old Christian girl, disappeared off the streets of al-Fatah Center, in Assyut, where she … [Read more...]

Coptic Solidarity  Egypt’s Christians are, once again, being “reconciled” to their inferior social status in Egypt. Last month, in the days and weeks leading up to Easter, church-hating Muslims in at least two villages rose up against their Christian neighbors.  On April 23 in al-Fawakhir, a rumor that a church was being constructed prompted hundreds of fanaticized Muslims … [Read more...]