New York Times

Egypt’s new Constitution prohibits “undermining or subjecting to prejudice all messengers and prophets” of Islam, but does not extend explicit protections to Christianity or Judaism. Egypt’s new government, dominated by members of the Muslim Brotherhood, also has done little to prosecute those involved in religious violence against Christians, creating an atmosphere of impunity

WASHINGTON — Countries around the world, including allies of the United States, have used laws on blasphemy and apostasy to suppress political opponents, the State Department said on Monday in an annual report chronicling a grim decline in religious freedom that has resulted in rising bigotry and sectarian violence.

Washington Post

Secretary of State John Kerry

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a “growing trend” of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their mind.

The Associated Press

An Egyptian border policeman shouts at the closed Rafah, Sinai
border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip to protest the
abduction of his colleagues last Thursday in northern Sinai, in
Rafah, Egypt, Sunday, May 19, 2013

CAIRO — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt’s security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors’ demands.

Tahrir Squared

In Egypt, brutality, intimidation and legal harassment have long been the blunt tools wielded by the state in its futile effort to quell citizens into submission.

Catholic Online

Pope Francis to Pope Tawadros II: united by one Baptism

Al Arabiya News

Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack.

AINA

(AINA) -- The escalation of Muslim attacks on Christian churches in Egypt continues unabated. This week two attacks were carried out, one in Alexandria and one in Menbal in Upper Egypt -- both allegedly prompted by harassment of Muslim women.