A long-awaited new law maintains restrictions over the construction and renovation of churches and discriminates against the Christian minority in Egypt, said Human Rights Watch on Thursday.

An Egyptian delegation headed to the US on Tuesday to prepare for the visit of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to New York on Saturday to participate in the 71st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

On Thursday 22 September, a guitar and piano duo will give a concert at St John the Baptist Church in Maadi, Cairo.

Two Christians were injured on Monday when violence erupted between Muslims and Christians in a remote Minya village, the local Coptic Orthodox bishop announced on Tuesday.

Parliamentarian Margaret Azer, a member of the Human Rights Committee of Parliament, said that she will finalize a new draft law to amend the punishment of adultery in Egypt’s Penal Code, Youm7 reported Tuesday.

A Cologne imam has said the victims of the New Years Eve mob sex attacks had themselves to blame because they wore perfume.

Chairperson of Copts 38 Association Nader al-Serafi has resigned from the legal committee of the Islamic Sunni and Salafi political party al Nour, he told Youm7 Monday.

Egypt’s interior ministry will have to disclose to prosecutors the results of its investigations into a church bombing in Alexandria in 2011 which killed 23 people, according to a court verdict on Thursday.

Three House Republicans demanded Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson formally denounce the Muslim Brotherhood, according to a letter released Wednesday evening.

Coptic Pope Tawadros II said Monday that he was impressed with Jordan’s Muslim-Christian coexistence and the country’s inter-faith drive.

Egyptian security expert Khaled Okasha expressed his concern over the way used by the Coptic minors who travelled to Switzerland through Turkey seeking asylum.

Saudi Arabia's top cleric is revving up the kingdom's rhetoric against Iran, saying in comments published on Tuesday that Tehran's leaders are "not Muslims," in response to rancorous remarks from Iran's supreme leader.

The church’s role is to support cooperation with moderate Muslims in each country to keep humanity undermined by extremism in many places among the world, said Coptic Orthodox Church’s Patriarch, Pope Tawadros II.

Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, is meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan and is set to inaugurate the Monastery of Saint Anthony the Great in Amman later Sunday on his first official visit to Jordan since assuming the papacy in 2012.

Pope Tawadros II arrived in Jordan on Saturday afternoon in his first official visit to the country since he became the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in November 2012.

Less than a week after the new law facilitating the building of churches was approved by Egypt’s parliament last week, a Muslim MP has taken the initiative of submitting the first request to build a new church in his native governorate of Assiut in Upper Egypt.

Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam called on citizens not to leave remnants of sacrificed animals in the streets during Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) and that to maintain healthy environment and adhere Muslim behavior, Youm7 reported.

Security forces killed two militants in North Sinai during special operations targeting armed groups in Rafah city, Youm7 reported.

Egypt's lawmakers on Tuesday passed the country's first law spelling out the rules for building a church, a step Christians have long hoped would free up construction that was often blocked by authorities. But angry critics in the community say the law will only enshrine the restrictions.

After four hours of stormy debate, Egypt’s parliament has approved on Tuesday a landmark law aimed at making it easier for Christians to build and restore churches.