News

By Egypt Independent --Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stated that human rights concepts shouldn’t be reduced to only political rights, but rather should be...

By Hany Ghoraba - Special to IPT NewsTunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi marched straight into a battle with Egypt's highest Sunni authority, Al-Azhar's mosque...

By The Alabama BaptistTurkey -- it sometimes slips out of view since it doesn't make the Secretary of State's "Countries of Particular Concern" list...

By Egypt IndependentHead of Al-Azhar University, Mohamed Hussein, decided on Sunday to refer Al-Azhar professor Sabri Abdul Raeuf to investigation over recent his recent...

By Coptic SolidarityEgypt’s indigenous Christians, the Copts, are under attack in a myriad of ways—from institutional and daily systematic discrimination to sporadic terrorization. While...

By Coptic Solidarity - Updated on September 18, 2017Due to increasing attacks on Copts in Egypt, Coptic Solidarity has compiled this list which represents...

By Menna A. Farouk - Al-MonitorA recent religious edict allowing ordinary Egyptian citizens to illegally excavate and keep antiquities and treasure from their own...

By EgyptIndependent -In an effort to integrate more women into the public sphere, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attended the swearing in of Ferial Hameed Qutb...