The Italian Agency ANSA said that IS has kidnapped 12 Egyptian workers on their way home. The kidnapped workers were forced to build prisons and administrative buildings for the Islamic State.

A number of activists shared video on Facebook of Saudi sheikhs cursing Christians and Jews from inside the Kaaba during the Hajj pilgrimage.

Dr. Mohammed Mokhtar Juma, minister of religious endowments, received a delegation from the Coptic Church to congratulate him on Eid al-Adha.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, gave Copts in Sweden about martyrdom and love of the martyrs.

Father Salib Nazir, Coptic priest form Suhag, died yesterday in bus accident while he was heading to the monastery of St. Anthony in the Red Sea.

Council of Churches of Egypt mourned the departure of Rev. Manis Abdel Nour, pastor of the Evangelical Church in Doubbara Palace.

Mother of a priest was killed in Fekria city in Minya. Investigations showed that her jewelry was stolen before she was killed.

Egyptian consulate in Sydney held a celebration on Sunday to honor Dr. Laila Iskandar, Minister of Development, artist Mohamed Sobhi, and Judge Amir Ramzy.

Abba Raphael, General Bishop of the Churches of downtown Cairo and secretary of the Holy Synod, opened on Sunday the first Coptic book fair in Cairo at St. Mark church in Azbakia.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, met with the members of the Egyptian community in Denmark, during his visit to the headquarters of the Egyptian embassy in Copenhagen.

Rev. Dr. Manis Abdel Nour, pastor of the evangelical church in Doubbara Palace, died today after suffering a long illness.

Jaroslaw Gwen, Catholic senior politician, rejected the proposal of Pope Francis to receive refugees in Europe, and told Reuters that Muslim refugees should not accept in any way.

Dr. Aida Nassif, professor of philosophy at the University of Cairo, announced her resignation from the Political Bureau and the membership of the supreme body of the Free Egyptians Party in protest at the use of church in politics.

Naguib Sawiris, Coptic businessman, offered a creative solution to thousands of refugees who migrate to Europe to escape from the hell of ISIS by buying them an island in Italy or Greece.

Copts United spotted the celebrations of Nayrouz in several Coptic Christian churches.

Hani Ezzat, founder of the Association of the victims of the personal status law of the Copts, said that Copts of al-Nour ultra conservative party don’t represent members of the association and have no right to speak for them.

European Union of the Egyptian communities, headed by Esam Ebid, regretted the weak reaction of the international community before the tragedy of the Syrian people who suffer from terrorist organizations.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al- Sisi accepted the cabinet’s resignation on Saturday, said the presidency.

The Zagazig Criminal Court sentenced 12 defendants to death on Saturday on charges of forming an "Islamic State-affiliated terrorist cell."

Two Egyptian pilgrims died from their injuries caused by a construction crane that collapsed in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, announced the Ministry of Health Saturday.

Egyptian businessman, Nassef Sawiris, chairman of the Board of Directors of Orascom Construction Industries, announced to donate $ 350 million for Egypt.