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EIPR campaign highlights closed churches, calls for fair construction law

Campaign reviews churches that have been shut down by security orders

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

Government soon to release law on church construction: minister

Draft law was approved by Egyptian church representatives

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Rate of sectarian violence incidents is alarming: Pope Tawadros II

Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II warned on Monday against the repercussions of…

Adham Youssef Adham Youssef

Denial, customary reconciliation cover up sectarian strife in Upper Egypt

Official statements imply blame on Coptic man who “attempted to build church”…

Adham Youssef Adham Youssef

Pope Tawadros praises Al-Sisi statements over sectarian strife incidents

President’s words confirmed his concern about the Egyptian people and their affairs,…

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Assaults on Copts in Minya continue, demands for state response

Several arrested, but many claim measures taken so far are too weak…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

EIPR warns of lack of state deterrent measures in sectarian strife cases

Condemning recent attack on Copts in Minya, EIPR claims 77 incidents of…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

25 suspects referred to prosecution following new sectarian strife in Minya

Violence erupted in the village of Koum Al-Loufy after residents circulated "rumours"…

Adham Youssef Adham Youssef

Sectarian violence against Copts reported near Alexandria

Attackers chanted ‘we don’t want a church’ while police let them go,…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

Reconciliation becomes focal point of Minya sectarian strife

Amid attempts to reconcile differences between Coptic and Muslim communities in Minya,…

Adham Youssef Adham Youssef