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77 Niqab-Wearing Faculty Members to Sue Cairo University President

  Ahmed Mahran, the head of the Cairo Center for Political and Legal Studies said the complainants asked him to raise a case against university...

Egypt’s New Culture Minister Ruffles Salafi Feathers

  A new Egyptian Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, was sworn in before President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Among the new ministers is the journalist...

Pope Tawadros II Arrives in the United States

  His Holiness was accompanied by His Grace Bishop Pavli, His Grace Bishop Angaelos and the Papal Secretariat, Fr Angelos and Fr Amonious. He was welcomed by the Bishops...

Salafis Request Minister’s Apology on ‘Secular Egypt’ Remarks’

  In a statement on Sunday, the organization said that the minister’s remarks to the satellite TV channel Sada el-Balad on Friday “shocked the vast...

Syrian Town of Christian Martyrs Licks its Wounds

  Heading for Ma’loula. We are only a few kilometers now from the sacred city. At the edge of the motorway, huge makeshift military bases have sprung...

The Copts in Egypt’s Parliament

  Today’s Constitution gives Copts a chance to return to the political arena within a quota, which some welcomed and others considered contradictory to the...

‘Hundreds’ of Yazidi Women Killing Themselves in ISIS Captivity

  On the other end of the phone, Ameena Saeed Hasan offers a lifeline: the chance to plot an escape from slavery at the hands...

Repeatedly Aggressed by Islamists; Coptic Kids in MinyaVillage Stop Going to School

  A villager told MCN that a fight broke out a few days ago between a Muslim and a Coptic student at Al-Galaa village during the...

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