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Lebanon cabinet meets as protests flare over bombing
Hassan, a top Lebanese security official killed Friday in a Beirut car bombing, suspected the regime in neighbouring Syria of murdering his mentor, former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
Pope commits church to highly delicate mission in Syria
Many Christians are concerned about an Iraq-style scenario in which they could come under threat if the regime of Assad collapses.
Sectarian tensions rise in wake of crime boss death
Christians claim security forces don’t offer them protection.
Papal candidates narrowed to five
The Coptic Orthodox Church released on Saturday a preliminary list of papal candidates, narrowing it down from 17 candidates to five.
Human Rights Corner: The story of Mina and Nabil
The lack of state institutions and the story of Mina and Nabil
Rafah Copt’s house shot at
North Sinai governor claims shooting was not religiously motivated, while conflicting reports claim otherwise
Copts remember Maspero victims at Cathedral
Pachomius: “We live in a new era of martyrdom.”
Six Christian families return to Rafah
Rafah residents unite amid heightened security
Families of Maspero victims seek justice
Maspero Youth Union considers lawsuit against state-owned newspaper
Egyptian Christians threatened in Rafah
Church and rights groups angry at government’s inaction
Bangladesh blocks YouTube over anti-Islam video
Anti-Islam film continues to provoke more reactions from Muslim countries
Review: op-ed pages continue to fill up with commentary on offensive movie
As incidents escalate in reaction to the offensive movie about prophet Muhammed, columnists continue to analyse the mounting anger of Egyptians. Wael Qandil What after invading the US embassy? Al-Shorouk newspaper Recalling the latest chaos that took place within the margins of the US embassy in Cairo in reaction to the US anti-Islam movie, …
Maspero trial postponed to 2 October
Coptic activists accuse the state of double-standards towards the religious minority
Ramadan viewed from the other side
We wondered how the 10 percent of the population who are not Muslim yet very much Egyptian navigate this long month and we asked them how their daily life is affected by Ramadan.
Rights group: Palestinians are not being forced to convert
Lawyer who met with two alleged victims of forced conversion denied the reports