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8/23/2023 10:00:31 PM
General secretary of the World Council of Churches Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay expressed concern on Tuesday over religious freedom violations in the Holy Land after Israel barred Orthodox Christians from accessing Mount Tabor, the sacred site of Jesus' transfiguration.
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World
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International
8/21/2023 12:55:03 PM
Authorities in Pakistan are promising 2 million rupees ($6,800) in compensation for each of nearly 100 poor Christians who lost their homes when a Muslim mob angered over the alleged desecration of a Quran stormed their neighborhoods, burning at least 16 churches and damaging houses, officials said Monday.
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Books
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Reviews
8/20/2023 2:29:53 PM
Writings from and about Copts and other Christians in Egypt have come a long way over the past century, according to Nevine Mossad.
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World
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International
8/19/2023 11:55:15 AM
A Muslim cleric is among a dozen people being investigated for using mosque loudspeakers to order protests against alleged blasphemy by Christians which erupted into mob violence in Pakistan earlier this week, a senior police official said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/15/2023 2:59:18 PM
In this extract from his recent book, Abdel Wahab El-Messeri reflects on the many mutations of antisemitism in the Western mindset, and interrogates one of the strangest transformations in the history of the 20th century -- how, as death approached, the Jews in the Nazi camps became "Muslims"
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/14/2023 5:34:26 PM
Revered by Muslims, Christians and Jews, this beautiful city is holy and cursed, drowned in blood yet still magnificent. Last year, the Arab ministers of information designated 26 September as Jerusalem Day. Rashid Khalidi* unravels modern myths and ancient passions in his search to locate the united heart of this torn and worshiped place
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World
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Region
4/14/2023 3:08:49 PM
Jordan rejected and condemned Israeli "oppressive" restrictions imposed against Christians to access the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in occupied East Jerusalem for the celebration of the Holy Light ceremony on Saturday.
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4/13/2023 12:44:31 PM
Christian leaders in the occupied Palestinian territories of Jerusalem and the West Bank are warning that the far-right Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has brought a surge of violence against Christians and made life worse in the birthplace of Christianity.
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4/12/2023 2:35:59 PM
The Greek Orthodox Church on Wednesday slammed Israel's "heavy-handed restrictions" on its upcoming Easter celebrations in Jerusalem, urging Christians to attend in spite of police curbs.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
4/9/2023 6:14:52 PM
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/26/2023 11:08:36 PM
Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II discussed in Cairo Sunday with Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Promoting the European way of Life, religious freedoms and the status of Christians in Egypt.
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World
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Africa
2/4/2023 7:21:14 PM
Two young Orthodox Christians were killed in an attack on a church in southern Ethiopia on Saturday, according to a report by a religious media outlet.
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World
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11/3/2022 5:37:21 PM
Pope Francis, leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, on Thursday began a trip to Bahrain aimed at fostering dialogue between Christians and Muslims.
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Egypt
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Defence
9/7/2022 11:02:59 PM
The Libyan National Army (LNA) announced on Wednesday that it has killed ISIS terrorist Al-Mahdi Dangou, the mastermind behind the kidnapping and beheading of 20 Egyptian Christians and a Ghanaian Christian in Sirte in 2015.
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World
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Region
7/24/2022 6:39:40 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday criticized Greece for allegedly violating a settlement that has governed relations between the rivals for nearly a century.
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Egypt
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Society
4/24/2022 5:33:37 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi sent his greetings to Coptic Orthodox Christians on the occasion of Easter Sunday, emphasising that unity is the backbone of the new republic.
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World
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Region
4/24/2022 1:47:59 PM
With joyous ululations, thousands of Iraqis have celebrated for the first time the arrival of the "Holy Fire" brought from Christianity's holiest site in Jerusalem to mark Orthodox Easter.
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World
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Region
4/23/2022 4:57:58 PM
Christians celebrated their ``Holy Fire'' ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Saturday against a backdrop of rising tensions with Israel, which imposed new restrictions on attendance this year that it said were needed for safety.
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Egypt
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Politics
4/22/2022 12:37:00 PM
Around the world, Orthodox Christian communities today mark the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, ahead of the resurection on Easter Sunday
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Living
4/19/2022 9:41:05 PM
Egypt’s Coptic Christians are celebrating Easter during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan this year, with the spring holiday of Sham Al-Nessim also coming in the same month, writes Ameera Fouad
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