Two police officers standing guard at a Coptic Christian church just south of Cairo were gunned down early Tuesday morning, just as those of the faith were preparing to celebrate their Orthodox Christmas Eve.

Security forces have raised the security measures to the highest levels all over the country, in conjunction with Coptic Christmas celebrations in the different governorates, Youm7 reported.

A high-level delegation of Ethiopian clergymen headed by the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Abune Mathias I, is scheduled to arrive Saturday in Cairo for a 6-day visit, Youm7 reported Tuesday.

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church reiterated on Monday it rejects pilgrimage to Jerusalem until the holy city is free from Israeli occupation, two days before Coptic Christmas celebrations on 7 January.

Thirteen Egyptian Christians held in Libya have been freed, a tribal leader said on Monday after government sources reported they had been abducted by Islamist militants.

Egypt has formally requested Qatar to freeze the assets of Islamist scholar Youssef Qaradawi for “funding terrorists” in Egypt, Mohamed Yasser Aboul Fotouh, the secretary general of a committee inventorying and managing seized Muslim Brotherhood assets, told Youm Monday.

Police dispersed and arrested Brotherhood protesters after burning a police car on the ring road on Friday. Authorities have not said how many protesters were arrested in the incident. No injuries were reported.

Thousands of Germans are expected to demonstrate in four cities against weekly anti-Islam rallies that have attracted growing numbers of supporters.

Salah Abdel-Maboud, a leading member of the Salafist Nour Party, has revealed the party has no funds to support its candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election. Salah Abdel-Maboud, a leading member of the Salafist Nour Party, has revealed the party has no funds to support its candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election.

Egypt's largest coalition supporting ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi has called on its supporters to rally on the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

Egyptian Coptic leader Pope Tawadros II said Egypt awaits the real Arab Spring, to bring prosperity, growth and happiness.

Egypt’s Dar Al-Ifta, the government-sponsored religious body responsible for issuing fatwas, launched Tuesday an international campaign to introduce the “mercy” of Prophet Mohamed’s character to “correct a distorted view of Islam,” according to a Friday statement by the Islamic institute.

A team of young journalists formed the group "Not Creative," sending a member dressed as Santa Claus into the community to poll Egyptians on their hopes dreams for 2015. A team of young journalists formed the group "Not Creative," sending a member dressed as Santa Claus into the community to poll Egyptians on their hopes dreams for 2015.

A team of young journalists formed the group "Not Creative," sending a member dressed as Santa Claus into the community to poll Egyptians on their hopes dreams for 2015.

Egypt’s Dar Al-Ifta, the government-sponsored religious body responsible for issuing fatwas, launched Tuesday an international campaign to introduce the “mercy” of Prophet Mohamed’s character to “correct a distorted view of Islam,” according to a Friday statement by the Islamic institute.

Egyptian Coptic leader Pope Tawadros II said Egypt awaits the real Arab Spring, to bring prosperity, growth and happiness.

Egypt's largest coalition supporting ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi has called on its supporters to rally on the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

Salah Abdel-Maboud, a leading member of the Salafist Nour Party, has revealed the party has no funds to support its candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election.

“God’s agents" — that was the term that famed 13th-century Islamic Jurist Ibn al-Qaayyim al-Jawziya gave to reflect how critical and sensitive it is to be a mufti, an Islamic scholar approached for religious opinions pertaining to all matters of Muslims’ lives

The bodies of an Egyptian family slain in Libya last week landed at the Cairo International Airport early Tuesday, having arrived from Libya through Turkey.

Minister of Justice Mahfouz Saber announced on Tuesday that a counter terrorism bill will be issued soon.