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Al-Azhar ‘Riwaq’ Opens Inside Benha Univ.; Other Universities to Follow

By Al-Masry Al-Youm – Al-Azhar has launched a landmark initiative to establish Al-Azhar Riwaqs within Egypt’s public universities, with the aim of teaching Islamic and Arabic sciences [...]

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A Century Since the Founding of Cairo’s Coptic Hospital

By Al-Aram – Geuirguis Antoine at Its Opening: “Patients of All Faiths and Races Are Treated Here” This year marks one hundred years since the laying of the foundation stone of the “Coptic [...]

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The Islamic Terrorist Conquest of West Africa

by Lawrence A. Franklin – Gatestone Institute – The widened scope and quickened pace of the Islamic State’s military operations in the Sahel region — just below North Africa, [...]

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Assyrian Groups Reject Plan to Alter Demographic Composition in North Iraq

By David Barsom – Assyrian Post – The Assyrian Democratic Movement, and two other smaller Assyrian groups, described the recent actions as “a clear attempt to impose a new [...]

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Pope Tawadros Presides over a Historic Divine Liturgy at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice

By Ecumenical News – Pope Tawadros II presides over a historic Divine Liturgy at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, coinciding with Catholic celebrations marking the 1200th anniversary of the [...]

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USCIRF Urges U.S. Admin. to Apply Targeted Sanctions to Promote Intl. Religious Freedom

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a report on targeted sanctions: Targeted Sanctions in Response to Violations of International Religious Freedom– [...]

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Jihadists Are on the Brink of an African Caliphate

By  WSJ – Islamists in Mali have routed Kremlin-backed forces after confounding efforts by the West to uproot al Qaeda and its offshoots in the Sahel. Al-Qaeda-led militants bent on [...]

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Nigeria: Dozens of Christians Killed and Church Torched in Sickening Terrorist Attack

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for killing dozens of Christians and torching a church in a terrorist attack in Nigeria. The attack in the country’s northeast killed at least [...]

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First Court Hearing Held in State Security Case Against Said Abdel Razek

The first court session in the State Security case against Said Mansour Rizq Abdel Razek, also known as “Said Abu Mostafa,” was held on Tuesday April 21 before the competent criminal court in [...]

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Egypt’s Court of Cassation Rejects Recognition of Baha’i Marriage on ‘Public Order’ Grounds

In a landmark ruling reinforcing the constitutional boundaries governing religious recognition in official documents, Egypt’s Court of Cassation has rejected a lawsuit seeking to [...]