Egypt’s Coptic Christians under pressure after the Arab Spring

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Egypt’s Coptic Christian community endures amidst chaos and violence, as its members are killed and its churches are burned.

Egypt’s Coptic Christians make up the largest Christian community in the Arab world. For centuries, they’ve suffered religious persecution that despite their hopes didn’t end with the revolution of 2011.

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