Samuel Tadros

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  Apr 8, 2015

  In Egypt, Copts Are Being Persecuted Again

  One week after the Copts of al-Our village in southern Egypt were attacked by an angry mob seeking to stop a church from being built, Copts in el-Galaa village endured the same treatment.

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  Apr 1, 2015

  Egypt's President Sisi Needs to Stand Up for Christians

  If Sisi is serious about both, then he must turn his words into actions by upholding the rule of law, prosecuting those attacking Christians, and offering police protection for the Christians of Al Our.

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  Mar 21, 2015

  Placing ISIS' Persecution of the Copts in Context

  Martyrdom was not new to them or their people. For nearly two thousand years, their Church had prided itself as being the Church of the Martyrs. If martyrdom was a central feature of the early church, it had become the hallmark of its identity in Egypt.

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  Jul 14, 2014

  The Continued Plight of Egypt's Copts

  The Copts represent the Middle East's largest Christian population, and were once one of the pillars of early Christianity, with some of its early saints framing what it meant to be Christian. However, centuries of persecution and struggles for survival have left Copts a small minority in their homeland.

• Aug 9, 2013

  Pity Egypt, It Has No Liberals

  What happened to Egypt's liberals? Jackson Diehl's question in the Washington Post is not a new one.

• Jul 12, 2013

  Egypt's Counter Revolution

  and politicians around the world debate how best to describe Egypt recent upheaval, Egyptian non-Islamists, much to the amazement of everyone else, continue to insist it was they who removed President Morsi from power – not the military.