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Salafist leaders celebrate death of Coptic pope in Egypt
Open contempt for head of church of more than 40 years bodes ill for Christians.
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Coptic pope laid to rest as transition looms
Religious, political and military leaders gathered to pay tribute Tuesday to the late Coptic patriarch Shenouda III, whose death Saturday plunged Egypt’s minority Coptic community into grief at a critical time for Egypt&#...
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Egypt’s Copts Mourn Pope Shenouda, Wary of Future
Egypt is in mourning for the patriarch of the Coptic Church, Pope Shenouda, who died Saturday at the age of 88. The Coptic community is preparing both for his funeral and a future made more uncertain by the political ascenda...
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Egypt’s Coptic Church may face schism over divorce law
Coptic Christians in Egypt may face a split within its ranks as thousands threaten to leave the church unless the laws of divorce are changed. Christian activists in the Coptic Church, among the oldest Christian churches in Egy...
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Egypt’s Coptic pope ignores calls for divorce rights
Egypt’s Coptic Pope Shenouda III ignored recently calls by believers for the church to allow divorce and remarriage within the church during his weekly sermon recently. Instead, Pope Shenouda, who heads what many view to be amo...
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Analyst blames Mubarak regime for persecution of Christian Copts
A Middle East analyst accused recently the regime of Egypt’s President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak of inflaming violence and hostility by the Muslim majority against Christian Copts. Raymond Ibrahim, a lecturer of the National Defen...