Christians rejoice as Egypt forms committee to combat sectarianism - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Menna A. Farouk

Menna A. Farouk

Jan 9, 2019

Mourners gather for the funeral of Coptic Christians who were killed in an attack, at the Prince Tadros Church in Minya, Egypt, Nov. 3, 2018. — REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Not all Coptic youths on board with church's support of Sisi

Hossam Rabie

Muslim worshippers, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, arrive at the courtyard of the historic al-Azhar mosque in the centre of Islamic Cairo to perform the Friday prayers under new pandemic restrictions, in Egypt's capital on Aug. 28, 2020.

Egypt enrolls Russian imams in 'fatwa training program' to combat Brotherhood

George Mikhail

A picture taken on July 12, 2020, shows the Attarine Mosque, originally an octagonal church dating back to 370, transformed into a mosque during the Islamic invasion of the seventh century, in the Mediterranean Egyptian city of Alexandria. - Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia is to reopen for Muslim worship as a mosque after a Turkish court on July 10 overturned a 1934 cabinet decision to turn the UNESCO World Heritage site into a museum, clearing the way for a July 24 reversion to its status as a mosque, in a

Grand Mufti of Egypt says OK for Muslims to build churches

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Is Egypt's Sisi losing Coptic support?

Ahmed Hidji