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Egyptian Islamists Defiant Over Christian Governor

CAIRO -- Protesters led by hardline Islamists in southern Egypt held their ground Monday, saying they won't end their campaign of civil disobedience until the government removes a newly appointed Coptic Christian governor. The protesters, many from the ultraconservative Salafi trend of Islam, have been sitting on train...

Egypt: Constitution Changes Pass in Referendum

CAIRO -- Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved changes in the constitution, opening the way for parliamentary and presidential elections within months, according to final results from a landmark referendum announced today. Opponents fear the swift timetable could boost the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood and members of...

Muslims and Christians Clash in Cairo [VIDEO]

What Do Egypt's Christians Think?

Egypt's Coptic Christians are divided over whether to back beleaguered President Hosni Mubarak, whose secular government gave them certain protections but whose iron-fisted rule left them as broke and powerless as their Muslim neighbors. Many Christians have flung themselves into street protests calling for Mubarak's...

Coptic Concern: 5 Facts About Egypt's Vulnerable Christian Community

On New Year's Day, a suicide bomber targeted a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt, killing 21 worshippers. Tensions between minority Copts -- Orthodox Christians -- and majority Muslim groups are increasing, prompting human rights groups to call for greater awareness of the Copts' plight. Copts have Egyptian origins, but...

Background on coptic christians

The Copts are the native Egyptian Christians (Coptic: ⲟⲩⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ̀ⲛ̀Ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲥ ou.Remenkīmi en.Ekhristianos; , ), a major ethnoreligious group in Egypt and the largest Christian group there.

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