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Islamist-Led Shura Council Amends Law to Allow Use of Religious Campaign Slogans

The amendments were introduced by the government after Egypt's Administrative Court ruled last month that the current version of the law – approved by...

Shura Council Moves to Allow Religious Slogans in Electoral Campaigns

The committee approved the punishment of five years imprisonment for candidates committing felonies during the elections, and a five-year ban from practicing politics.The majority...

Coptic Child Kidnapped in Front of Shubra Church

In statements to the state-run Al-Ahram news portal, Father Paula, the Church pastor, described the abduction as a dangerous precedent that warns of worse...

Egypt Clamps Down on Well-Known Opposition Figures

The crackdown started on Monday, when five leading activists were summoned for questioning by the prosecutor-general for allegedly inciting violence against the Muslim Brotherhood.Two...

Christians in Egypt Increasingly Vulnerable

“They murdered him, and nothing’s changed. The country, my family…they both will never be the same,” she weeps, peering at the charcoal log of...

Coptic Four-Years-Old Child Kidnapped in Minya for Ransom

When Ayman and his son tried to escape, people in the vehicles fired shots towards Ayman’s car, damaging his tires and forcing him to...

Egypt Court Overturns Morsi Sacking of Top Prosecutor

The decree took away judicial powers to reverse decisions made by the president. But Mr Morsi eventually retracted it after a rising tide of...

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