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Christians in Turkey: A Century of Inequality, Dispossession, and Denial
By Dr. Toros Korkmaz – Syriac Press (AINA) – Before 1914, non-Muslims made up roughly 30 percent of the population of what became modern Turkey. Today, the Armenian, Greek, Assyrian, and Jewish communities constitute only a tiny fraction. This collapse resulted from genocide,…
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The Terrorization of Middle Eastern Christians
By Magdi Khalil – IDI Center – On Friday, October 23, 2026, three Islamic terrorists attacked St. George Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hamoud, which belongs to Karak Governorate in Jordan. Members of the church were holding prayers for a deceased Christian woman. The…
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More than 60 Christians killed in Ethiopia ‘massacre’, church official says
By BBC – More than 60 people have been killed in a series of attacks on Christians in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, according to the country’s Orthodox Church. One resident, whose 75-year-old father was killed, described it as an ambush. “We were completely unprepared and had no…
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How Middle Eastern Christians Became “Foreigners” in Their Own Lands
By Raymond Ibrahim – Coptic Solidarity – At a recent conference in Cairo, Egypt’s former minister of culture, Helmy El-Namnam, recalled that some twenty years ago he had called for the establishment of a center for Coptic studies at an Egyptian university. Coptic identity, he…
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NGOs: The Ruling Against Journalist Lina Attalah and Mada Masr Is a Travesty of Justice
Two statements carrying a combined 138 organisational signatures have condemned an Egyptian court’s conviction of Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, and its order to close one of the country’s last remaining independent news outlets. Both describe the ruling as an…
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Authorities in Egypt hold Christian incommunicado
By Morning Star News – Christian Daily International – Authorities in Egypt arrested a Coptic Christian this month for Facebook posts criticizing forced Islamic education of non-Muslims, while six young Copts detained over a TikTok video have been ordered released. Egyptian…
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St. Catherine’s Monastery: What “Agreement” Is Being Trumpeted?
By Nikolas Farantouris, MEP – Euro2day – The future of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai is a matter of major national, ecclesiastical and diplomatic responsibility. For 1,600 years, the world’s oldest monastery has been a beacon of Orthodoxy and Christianity: a living monastic…
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Exclusive Interview with Sister of Imprisoned Copt, Sherif Wageeh
By Coptic Solidarity – This interview was recorded on October 25, 2026 exclusively for Coptic Solidarity On October 5, 2026, National Security Agency forces arrested Sherif Wagih Fahmi, a 41-year-old Coptic engineer, from his house in Alexandria. This arrest comes amid a wide…
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How a Spontaneous Joke Became an Egyptian State Security Case
By Raymond Ibrahim – Coptic Solidarity – Six young Coptic Christians—aged 17 to 23—have now spent more than two weeks behind bars in Egypt for reenacting a scene from a comedy film. Their alleged offense: insulting Islam. The young men used audio from a popular Egyptian comedy,…
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Former Archbishop of Sinai Damianos Issues New Accusations Over Proposed Monastery Agreement
By OrthodoxiaNewsAgency – Former Archbishop of Sinai Damianos has issued a new statement accusing Greek officials of exerting pressure on the current Archbishop, Simeon, and the monastic brotherhood to sign an agreement with the Egyptian state. The statement follows Archbishop…
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Appeals Over St. Catherine’s Land Ownership Adjourned Following Abbot’s Announcement of Intent to Sign Proposed Agreement
By Rana Mamdouh — Mada Masr Following the announcement by the head of St. Catherine’s Monastery of his intention to conclude an agreement with the Egyptian government concerning the Monastery and its surrounding lands, the Ismailia Court of Appeals (El-Tor Circuit), presided…