As riots and clashes continue in Egypt between Muslims, security forces, and Coptic Christians, some people might be wondering about the Coptic Christian religion. Marinus Iwuchukwu, Professor of ...

The sentencing of Egyptian Coptic Christian scholar and YouTuber Augustinos Samaan to five years in prison with hard labor ...

A 37-year-old Coptic Christian researcher and YouTuber has filed an appeal to overturn his conviction for posting online videos about Christianity. He was sentenced in January to five years’ ...

A gun attack that killed at least 26 Coptic Christians on a bus in Egypt is just the latest assault on the religious minority group, which has been a target for deadly violence throughout its history.

Rich, tragic, not without hope. Very unfortunately, Samuel Tadros has been blessed in the timing of his excellent survey of the past and present state of Egypt’s Coptic Christians. Just as the book ...

A massive fire at a Coptic Orthodox church in Egypt claimed the lives of 41 people on Sunday — a devastating blow for a Christian community long beset by persecution and hardship. Though there is no ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The key figure behind “Innocence of Muslims,” a film denigrating Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, says he is Coptic Christian. The film has sparked protests in the Middle East and is ...

This article first appeared on the Atlantic Council site. In the 1930s, the Ministry of the Interior under the Wafd administration in Egypt announced a competition for positions in the ministry. When ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A heart-wrenching new film recounts the beheadings 10 years ago this week of 21 Coptic Christians at the hands of ISIS radicals. Yet the film, simply titled "The 21," also tells the poignant story of ...

The Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church split from other Christians in 451 A.D. over a dispute about the nature of Christ. Unlike Roman Catholics, they do not believe in the infallibility of the Pope or ...