Egypt uncovers chamber of mummies, sees life for tourism
Reuters International MAY 13, 2017 – 13:38 Skulls buried in the sand inside a newly discovered burial site in Minya, Egypt May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (reuters_tickers) By […]
Egypt Azhar university head replaced after ‘apostasy’ remarks
Source: The Daily Star CAIRO: The head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar university, one of the world’s leading Islamic seats of learning, has been replaced after labeling a controversial Muslim reformer an […]
Egypt’s Al-Azhar university replaces head in apostasy row
Reuters International MAY 6, 2017 – General view of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (reuters_tickers) CAIRO (Reuters) – The head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar […]
Egyptian Saad Mohammed creates 700 metre Koran by hand
Source: BBC An Egyptian school drop-out is hoping to make history after spending three years painstakingly creating what he believes to be the world’s largest Koran. Saad Mohammed’s intricately decorated, […]
Egyptian President al-Sisi is employing militia in the Sinai – a sign of how desperate his war against Isis has become
Egyptian police and soldiers are now attacked daily and civilians are disappearing, either for fear of Isis or because they are seized by the army’s ‘collaborators’ Robert Fisk Cairo @indyvoices […]
Special Report: Islamic State seeks to impose religious rules in Egypt’s North Sinai
Source: Reuters By Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Lin Noueihed | ARISH, EGYPT One Monday in early April, Shaher Saeed was driving south of the city of Arish in Egypt’s North […]
Problems faced by Egypt’s Coptic Christians run far deeper than Isis attacks
As a minority, Christians naturally need the regime to protect them. Their fear has drawn them closer and closer to Sisi. They have become associated with the regime itself Robert […]
Pope Francis preaches tolerance at Mass in Cairo
Source: CNN By Sarah Sirgany and Delia Gallagher, Cairo (CNN)Pope Francis sent a message of tolerance and co-existence Saturday in a Mass at a Cairo stadium before concluding his two-day […]
Sisi apparently believes that the Pope’s visit to Cairo will prove Egypt is safe for Christians – Isis has other ideas
Robert Fisk @indyvoices It must be the most dangerous trip Pope Francis has ever made, into the very heart of the capital of the largest Arab nation whose Isis tormentors […]
The Pope’s perilous mission to Egypt
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)When Pope Francis travels to Egypt on Friday, he will retrace a journey his namesake made nearly 800 years ago, with a […]
Pope Francis faces another delicate — and dangerous — task in Egypt trip
Source: Religion News Service By Christopher Lamb VATICAN CITY (RNS) Even as Pope Francis was on his way to the violence-plagued Central African Republic almost two years ago, security advisers […]
Fateful decisions from Saudi-Egyptian summitry
Apr 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – It is bizarre but telling of the modRami G. Khouriern Arab world that one of the most important meetings that could shape the future condition of hundreds of millions of Arabs and others in this region — the two-day Egyptian-Saudi Arabian summit in Riyadh […]
Pope Francis arrives in Cairo seeking to mend ties with Islam
Reuters International APR 28, 2017 Pope Francis waves as he leaves for his pastoral trip to Egypt at the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Tony […]
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey April 25 Aya Hijazi, founder of a nongovernmental organization that looks after street children, waits inside a holding cell in Cairo on March […]
Pope to Egypt to mend ties with Islam but conservatives wary
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis hopes to mend ties with Muslims on his trip to Egypt on Friday but faces criticism from church conservatives for […]
YOU ONLY NEED TO READ THESE PASSAGES FROM THE KORAN TO REALISE THAT THERE’S NOTHING ‘ISLAMIC’ ABOUT THE ISLAMIC STATE
Source: Jihad of the Pen By Adam Walker The Koran, whose message Isis butcher at every turn, even instructs Muslims to protect the religious freedoms of others When Isis beheaded […]
Isis has finally reached central Egypt – but that’s not even al-Sisi’s biggest problem
By declaring emergency laws, the President is proving to the world that private investment in his country cannot increase. Who wants to invest in a nation whose capital is ‘invested’ by Isis? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Monday 10 April 2017 09:30 BST Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has introduced emergency laws following […]
A strange case of divorce in Egypt ends with an amazing surprise
Public announcement that was published in a newspaper by an Egyptian husband apologizing to his wife. Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Saturday, 15 April 2017 A strange public announcement that was published in a newspaper surprised Egyptians yesterday. A man wanted to apologize to his wife: “I, Imad Mohammed Ahmed Lamama, […]
Egypt beefs up security outside churches ahead of Easter
Source: Associated Press By HEBA AFIFY CAIRO (AP) — Outside of Cairo’s St. Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope, a dozen high-ranking police officers are stationed on […]
Egypt identifies Alexandria church bomber as fugitive with militant ties
Source: Reuters Egypt on Wednesday named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant […]