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A guide to what’s next for Egypt

What happens if the constitution is adopted? Can the two sides meet halfway?

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Obama visit to stress plight of Mideast Christians

Trip to Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity will ‘underscore the need to protect the rights of minorities,’ White House says

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Muslims attack Christians in Egypt’s south

Villagers attack stores around church as they search for ‘abducted’ college girl

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Kidnappers target Christians in Egyptian province

Victims, church leaders claim authorities less likely to investigate crimes against the community

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Second Christian in a week murdered in Sinai

Authorities say Islamist militants killed and decapitated merchant as part of backlash against anti-Morsi activism

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Egyptian crisis puts fearful Christians in a corner

Islamists step up hate campaign against Copts, claim they are to blame for Morsi downfall

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Egypt violence brings surge in attacks on churches

Nearly 40 churches torched, 23 others targeted since Wednesday in nationwide campaign of intimidation

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Vigil marks massacre of Egyptian Christians

Protesters divided over blaming the military for death of 26 people in 2011 incident, but all blame Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood

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Christians threaten to quit Egypt constitution panel

Protest comes as ultraconservative Muslims push to add a strict definition of Islamic law into the country’s constitution

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Egypt’s Christian minority rallies behind charter

New constitution would ban political parties based on religion, give women equal rights and protect the status of Christians

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Egyptian Christian jailed for contempt of religion

Kerolos Ghattas, 30, sentenced to six years for posting pictures offensive to Islam on his Facebook page

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Egyptian Christians held in Libya freed, tribal leader says

Muftah Marzuq denies 13 captives were kidnapped by Islamists, claims they were detained by human traffickers

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Gunmen kill 2 Egyptian policemen guarding Coptic church

Incident occurs south of Cairo, ahead of Orthodox Christmas Eve; police search for suspects, beef up security

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Amid tensions, CIA chief pays surprise visit to Egypt

US-Egypt relations have been strained since President Sissi’s 2013 overthrow of elected president Mohammed Morsi

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Coptic Pope set to arrive in Israel on rare visit

Spokesman says Tawadros will attend funeral of Archbishop Anba Abraham, head of Copts in Holy Land, ‘and nothing more’

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Coptic Pope breaks Israel taboo to attend Jerusalem funeral

Egypt’s Pope Tawadros II defies travel ban to pay respects to Archbishop Anba Abraham, head of Coptic Church in Holy Land, who died Wednesday

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Defying ban, Egypt’s Coptic Christians flock to Jerusalem

Nearly 6,000 pilgrims visit Israel for Orthodox Easter season, down from about 15,000 three years ago

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Muslim mob torches seven Christian homes in Egypt

Violence follows rumors of Christian man’s affair with Muslim woman; man’s mother stripped in public

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Muslim mob stabs Christian to death in Egypt over feud

Police arrest 4 people after the families of 2 priests are attacked with knives and batons

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Egypt Christians stage rare Cairo protest demanding rights

Amid surge in attacks by Muslims in outlying areas, Copts demand better protection from government, courts

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