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In Egypt, massive funding for new mosques questioned amid economic crisis

By Al-Monitor – The Egyptian Ministry of Endowments has built thousands of new mosques in President Sisi’s time in office, despite pressing needs for education, health care, and other [...]

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Egypt’s Court of Cassation rejects the appeal in the case of stripping Souad Thabet; acquits defendants

The Court of Cassation ruled to accept the two appeals in cassation, that were submitted by the Public Prosecution and Mrs. Souad Thabet, the civil claimant, but only in form and rejected them in [...]

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Copts attacked in a Minya village; Police restore order

Watani- Police has restored calm and order to the village of Ashrouba in Beni Mazar, Minya, some 230km south of Cairo, following an attack against Copts. The attack occurred on 8 January in the [...]

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Chaldean Patriarch Criticizes Forced Conversion Of Christian Minors To Islam; Adds: “In Iraq, Christians Are Treated As Second-Class Citizens”

By MEMRI – Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon, said in a December 30, 2022 interview on Al-Sharqiya News TV (Iraq) that Christians are treated as [...]

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Egypt Is Spending Billions on a New Capital That Egyptians May Not Visit

By: The Wall Street Journal – CAIRO—In a desert plain 40 miles east of central Cairo, a sprawling new capital city is taking shape, with skyscrapers, luxury residences and pedestrian malls [...]

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Copts face discrimination in Egyptian soccer

By EFE via La Prensa Latina – Cairo, Dec 12 (EFE).- Egyptian Christian Mena Bendary saw his dream of becoming a professional soccer player shattered in the Muslim-majority nation, where [...]

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UN body accredits 9 rights, minority groups after US push

By Associated Press — After years of delay, the U.N. body overseeing economic development and social issues voted Wednesday to give nine human rights and minority groups the right to raise [...]

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Economic and Social Council Elects Members to Seven Subsidiary Bodies, Adopts Decisions on Non-Governmental Organizations

By: United Nations Press Release – The Economic and Social Council today elected members to seven subsidiary bodies and approved several draft decisions relating to non-governmental [...]

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Syrian Christians Fear Imminent Turkish Ground Incursion

By: ACN (via AINA) – SINCE NOVEMBER 20, NORTHERN SYRIA HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN TARGETED BY A SERIES OF ATTACKS COMING FROM TURKEY, which is determined to eradicate Kurdish combatants to [...]

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Egypt reaches out to Serbian Muslims

By Al-Monitor – Egypt’s ambassador to Belgrade Bassel Salah met with Serbia’s Grand Mufti and head of the Muslim community Sheikh Mustafa Yusuf Spahic on Nov. 16.  During the [...]