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U.S. Muslims, Copts Appeal to Rioters: Stop the Violence Originally Posted: 09/19/2012 - 4:04pm | Type: Blog: Muslim and Coptic Christian leaders in the U.S. are pledging not to let a spate of violent protests in some 20 Islamic countries derail recent efforts to improve the sometimes troubled relations between the tw ...
The ‘Maverick’ Egyptian-American Copt Behind the Anti-Muslim Film Originally Posted: 09/13/2012 - 5:10pm | Type: Blog: Florida Pastor Terry Jones ignited deadly riots by threatening to burn Qurans in 2010, and by torching the Islamic holy text last year. Recently, Jones said he would promote a crude film that portrays Islam’s ...
U.S. Muslims and Coptic Christians Petition Egypt Not to Include Shariah Originally Posted: 08/08/2012 - 7:35am | Type: Blog: Muslim and Coptic Christian leaders in the U.S. are calling on the Egyptian government to exclude any mentions of Islamic law or language that discriminates against minorities in its draft constitution. ...
Coptic Christian Ex-patriots Keep Wary Eye on Egyptian Elections Originally Posted: 06/19/2012 - 10:11am | Type: Blog: The fate of Copts looks as tenuous as ever as Egyptians struggle to determine who won this weekend's first-ever democratic presidential elections. Abdel was born into a Musli ...
Evangelicals, Muslims Seek to Shape Common Values in Post-Revolution Egypt Originally Posted: 06/01/2012 - 10:01am | Type: Blog: Christianity Today reports: 17 Coptic evangelical leaders met with five Muslim Brotherhood counterparts at the Brotherhood's headquarters on February 28, and crafted a joint statement of common values that both sides agree the new Egyp ...
Elections in Egypt Raise Questions for Christians Originally Posted: 05/30/2012 - 11:23am | Type: Blog: Egyptian Christians navigate the political options. For Christianity Today , Jayson Casper writes: Since the revolution began in January 2011, Egyptian Christians ...
Pope Shenouda Mourned in Funeral (Video) Originally Posted: 03/21/2012 - 10:56am | Type: Blog: Tens of thousands of Coptic Christians mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III in a funeral mass at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo. Tens of thousands of Coptic Christians mourned the ...
Coptic Christians Mourn Death of Pope Shenouda III Originally Posted: 03/19/2012 - 5:01pm | Type: Blog: Egyptian Christians are mourning the death of Pope Shenouda III, the longtime leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, who died on Saturday (March 17) at the age of 88. Egyptian Chri ...
Middle East Christians Keep Wary Eye on Arab Spring Originally Posted: 02/02/2012 - 11:42am | Type: Blog: The Arab Spring uprisings that toppled secular dictatorships have unleashed long-suppressed freedoms that have allowed Islamic parties to gain a share of political power they have been denied for decades. Thei ...
The Morning News: Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 Originally Posted: 04/17/2012 - 3:44pm | Type: Blog: The Morning News: Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 NPR: Coptics Fear Islamists Will Sweep Egypt Elections Many Coptic Christians in Alexandria are eying Egypt's first free parlia ...
The Afternoon News: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 Originally Posted: 11/22/2011 - 4:31pm | Type: Blog: The Afternoon News: Nov. 22, 2011 THE HUFFINGTON POST: Is The Bible A Reliable Moral Guide? Amos, for instance, declares that the Lord despises all of Israel's solemn a ...
Egypt's Coptic Christian Community Faces Harsh Persecution Originally Posted: 11/15/2011 - 1:04pm | Type: Blog: The Coptic Christian community in Egypt is facing harsh persecution. The Coptic Christian community in Egypt is facing harsh persecution. Just days before the country’s first d ...
Beyond Egypt Originally Posted: 04/29/2013 - 3:57pm | Type: Magazine Article: Charles A. Kimball The "people's revolutions" in North America and the Middle East raise stark questions about the U.S. ro ...
Friday Links Round-Up: Ted Williams. The Green Dragon. Desert Composer. Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog: Here's a little round up of links from around the web you may have missed this week:</p> Here's a little round up of links from around the web you may have missed ...