Even as technology made communication quicker, these Coptic leaders ministered through snail mail. In his rural New Jersey home, Wafik Habib carefully laid out his letter collection before us, now ...

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The editorial "Egypt's persecuted" (Page B6, Thursday) is a much-needed focus on the harsh persecution of Coptic Christians by Muslim fundamentalists resulting in the destruction of an estimated 50 ...

Where are the balanced news reports of what is happening in Egypt? I am greatly concerned that the print media has not mentioned that over 40 Coptic churches were burned on one day, August 19, as well ...

While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always what Copts expect. Persecution waned after Constantine declared Christianity ...

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