Egypt has a population of around 111 million people, of whom 90% are Sunni Muslim and 10% are Christian. Although they're 11 million strong, the Christian population faces immense persecution. Despite ...

Drenched in sweat and covered in ash, 24-year-old Miriam Nagi has spent the past eight days mopping soot inside St. George’s Church. She’s cleaning up after a fire raged there last week, turning a ...

While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always what Copts expect. Persecution waned after Constantine declared Christianity ...

On Aug. 14, a wave of anti-Christian violence swept through Egypt, resulting in at least five deaths and the destruction of more than 30 churches. The Associated Press recorded an eyewitness account ...

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