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Egypt’s Coptic minority is celebrating their first Christmas under the rule of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, amid fear and uncertainty for their future. Egypt’s army foiled an attack on a church in North Sinai on the eve of Coptic Christmas, a spokesman said on Monday, as Pope Tawadros II prayed for security in the country. [...]

A crowd of 3,000 Muslims burned and looted some Christian homes and shops in an Egyptian village after a rumor spread that a Coptic Christian man had a photograph of a Muslim village girl on his cell phone. “We contacted security forces, but they arrived very, very late,” said Father Boktor Nashed, a Coptic priest. [...]

TAMPA –(The Tampa Tribune, January 21, 2012) As soon as news broke in January 2011 of the uprising that eventually would topple Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, Amira Salama began getting calls from friends. You must be so happy, they said to the Egyptian-born woman, now an American citizen living in Oldsmar. Life is going to [...]