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Egypt had the grand opening of the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in downtown Alexandria yesterday after finishing renovations, which took two years to complete.  Dr. Khālid al-ʿAnānī, minister of Tourism and Antiquities, said that the opening of the synagogue “is a message to the world that the Egyptian...
The presidency declined to confirm President Muhammad Mursī’s attendance of the ceremony to enthrone Bishop Tawadrus II as the 118th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese, scheduled for Sunday (November 18) at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah.
President Muhammad Mursī said no one but Egyptians can shoulder the cares and problems of Copts, adding the enemies of Egyptians are many and they will revel in “our differences” and will never discriminate between Muslims and Christians or a mosque and a church. 
President ‘Abd al – Fattāh al- Sīsī requested the Ministry of Interior to implement the law decisively against the phenomena of sexual harassment. He requested that the officer who rescued one of the victims is to be honored. He also requested the people to return the values and morals to the...
State institutions started to take action against offenses of harassment and sexual assault after President ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī visited the victim of sexual assault in Tahrir Square and was then hospitalized. 
Meanwhile, Egypt retreated by four ranks on a list of countries mostly persecuting Christians, going up from the 19th to the 15th place due to growing sectarian violence in the aftermath of Arab Spring upheavals. Egyptian Christians experienced a disastrous start to 2011 when a bombing at the...
*/ Dr. ‘Abd al-Mun‘im Abū al-Futūh, head of the Students’ Department at the Muslim Brotherhood; refused the idea of establishing a political party, and said that Islamic groups may not create political parties competing for political authority. But at the same time, he assured that he does not...
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is worried that the Egyptian media and state-funded mosques are increasingly encouraging sectarian violence in Egypt. In particular, USCIRF Chair Leonard Leo expressed his concern over sectarian violence against minorities, especially...
The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zāhī Hawwās, said that the Gospel of Judas, which was acquired from the United States last July, shall not be displayed at any museums but “stored” in the Coptic Museum in order to preserve the feelings of Copts. He said that the...
Al-Misrī al-Yawm talks to the head of the National Center for Translation, Dr. Jābir ‘Asfūr, about his new book, titled “Criticizing the Culture of Backwardness.” ‘Asfūr says Egypt is like an ill person and that society suffers from the culture of backwardness that he writes about. He denies the...

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