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Egypt: Coptic leaders enrage their own youth as they avoid confrontation with military

by - 18th January 2012

Strains within church could further destabilize Egypt, as young Copts demand justice not peace at any price for comrades killed at Maspero.

Salman Rushdie and the Deobandi school of thought

by - 13th January 2012

The seminary that has called for Salman Rushdie to be banned from India has a long history of opposition to British colonialism.

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood protects churches for Coptic Christmas

by - 10th January 2012

We will comfort the Copts after what happened last year’, MB’s Beltagi tells Lapido.

Confounded by the weak

by - 21st December 2011

Can one sick priest still make a difference to the on-going hell that is Iraq?  Yes, if the international community wake up to what he’s driving at.

Egypt: ‘Christians must learn to live in an Islamist society’

by - 13th December 2011

Respected editor talks to Lapido on the eve of the second round of Egypt’s elections.

Despite large numbers of Christians fearing what an Islamist dominated country might bring for them, some are openly campaigning with them.

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