News & Reports

By FoRB in Full – A Blog by CSW – No case highlights the fervour and frustration associated with blasphemy more than that of Asia Noreen (better known as Asia Bibi), the Pakistani [...]

By Wall Street Journal – By Nancy A. Youssef, Vivian Salama and Michael C. Bender —Jared Malsin contributed to this article. Quip drew attention to uncomfortable facet of U.S.-Egypt [...]

By Morning Star News – The appointment of a Christian woman to the council overseeing transition to civilian rule in Sudan is a hopeful sign, but some persecution-weary Christians are less [...]

By Declan Walsh and Nada Rashwan – The New York Times –  Days after Sudanese soldiers massacred pro-democracy demonstrators in Khartoum in June, an obscure digital marketing company [...]

By FIFA – The Bureau of the FIFA Council today decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) in accordance with art. 14 par. 1 (a) and art. 8 par. [...]

By MEMRI – In the recent years, Al-Azhar has consistently refrained from proclaiming the members of terror organizations, chief of them ISIS, to be infidels. Al-Azhar’s position is [...]

By World Watch Monitor – At least 150 Eritrean Christians were arrested by government officials during the last two months, with some of them held in an underground prison made up of [...]

By POMED – On August 21, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi officially signed a new NGO law, which parliament had passed on July 14. The law has drawn strong criticism from rights organizations [...]

By Jared Malsin – Wall Street Journal – Authorities say the blast occurred after an explosive-laden car driving the wrong way hit three other cars, after initially calling it an [...]

By Egypt Today – Eight-eight unlicensed churches and affiliated service buildings have been granted approval to legalize their status. The committee in charge of legalizing the status of [...]