Helmy Nemnem, Egypt‘s Minister of Culture, said that the Salafis are known to be against women and Copts. He added that the party can’t change its ideology just because some Copts decided to support it in the elections.

Abram Makar, Coptic activist in Canada, said that the Copts abroad are getting ready to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Nader Serafy, founder of Copts 38 association and member of al-Nour ultra conservative party, denied the party is religious one assuring it’s a political party.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened Saudi Arabia with "tough and harsh" retaliation after the kingdom announced that the bodies of Hajj stampede victims are not being repatriated swiftly.

Activists published a video on Facebook to a Coptic priest of Port Said who traveled to America to support President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi during his visit to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.

Cairo University, headed by Dr. Gaber Nassar, decided to prevent female professors who wear niqab from teaching at the university.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said in an interview on CTV, the Coptic satellite channel that some parties trade on religion to mobilize the people and gain their support.

Zagazig Criminal Court sentenced the Islamic extremist Adel Habara to death penalty for planning and leading terrorist attacks.

Al-Nour ultra conservative party, decided not to put photos of unveiled Coptic women on its electoral lists. They also decided to put the logo of the party instead of photos of those women since photos of unveiled women are considered seductive by Muslim extremists.

Fanatics in Amiriya village, Alexandria, stoned the church of St. Mary and the Church of St. George as the police were trying return a piece of land to a Christian man that was seized by a Muslim family.

Naguib Gabriel, head of the Egyptian Federation for Human Rights, said that the Egyptian flags and pictures of President al-Sisi took over several buildings and hotels near the United Nations in Manhattan, New York, USA.

Rami Kamel, Coptic activist, demanded Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, to open investigation with bishops supporting certain candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Margret Azer, former MP, said that Anti-religious parties campaign is not enough to face al-Nour ultra conservative party and other religious parties.

Sheikh Mohammed Hassan, Islamic scholar, said that the Islamic Nation has to return to the Koran in order to liberate Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Egyptian Council of Churches promised in a statement today that Egyptian churches will not mobilize the people to vote in favor of certain candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Dalia Ziada, the director of the Egyptian Center for Free Democratic Studies, said that the Egyptian Foreign Ministry has to react to campaigns by foreign organizations.

"Middle East Online" published a report about the Copts under the Islamic state since 2011. It said that the most important characteristic of the development of the Copts since 2011 is to break the barrier of fear.

Nader Sairafi, the Coptic candidate of the Islamic party, al-Nour, said that the Copts inside the party are committed to the Islamic law according to Article II of the constitution. He explained that he joined the party after he defended it against several attacks of other parties.

Pope Francis warned of IS elements among the Syrian refugees, pointing out that Rome may be a potential target for terrorists.

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.