Chapter Egypt - The Church Under Pressure in: Freedom of Belief & Christian Mission. Hans Aage Gravaas, Christof Sauer, Tormod Engelsviken, Maqsood Kamil, Knud Jørgensen (eds), Edinburgh Series, Oxford Center for Mission Studies, UK, 2015.
The editors asked Cornelis Hulsman and Ramez Atallah to write the chapter about Egypt. This chapter gives a thorough introduction to inter-communal relations in Egypt since the Islamic opening in the 7th century until today. It outlines the main internal and external challenges in the Coptic Orthodox Church and the interplay between the irenic, neutral, and antagonistic views developed by classical Islamic scholars that continue to define Muslim perceptions of Christianity today. Ramez Atallah goes on to outline the challenges to Copts as they were experienced after the 2011 revolution. This chapter was also published as a paper in Dialogue Across Borders.