A nurse has reported police against an extremist Sheikh and his son who beat her and dragged her in the streets in order to force her to wear the niqab.

Police in Assiut are investigating the murder of the Coptic doctor Bassam Safwat Zaki who was found dead in his apartment in Assiut.

After it was attacked by a suicide bomber killing at least 27 and injuring about 50, St. Peter Church in Abbassia held the first wedding ceremony.

Dylann Storm Roof, the American mass murderer and white supremacist, was sentenced to death penalty after being convicted of perpetrating the June 17, 2015, Charleston church shooting.

Pope Francis II denounced what he described as paranoid murder that is threatening the world in the name of God, calling on all religious authorities to unite and reject such acts as no one can ever kill in God's name.

Moroccan Interior Ministry banned selling and production of niqab in Morocco for security reasons. Salafis in Morocco expressed their fears that such step will lead to ban niqab in general in Morocco.

Father Mina Yanni, Priest of St. George Church in Brooklyn, praised visit of al-Sisi to St. Mark Cathedral in Abbassia on Christmas assuring that president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi doesn’t differentiate between churches and mosques since he called to donate for building the biggest mosque and cathedral in Egypt.

“American Coptic” organization withheld confidence from Adel Ajib, former president of the organization, and elected an interim council.

John Ibrahim, Egyptian immigrant to Australia calls Egyptian immigrants to visit Sharm al-Sheikh and assured its very interesting and safe.

Abba Pavly, General Bishop of the churches of Alexandria, called Sheikhs to spread love among their congregation. He explained that Islamic scholars can teach the people about loving the others and equal citizenship

Sources in the church told Copts United that the new church that will be built in the new managerial capital will be built on 4 acres. The new church should be built in one year and will be built by Engineering Authority of the armed forces on the 30 % of the area.

Father Mina Solomon, priest Church of St. George in Kafr el-Sheikh died today at the age of 73. The priest was born in June 12, 1944 and was ordained a priest in the January 25, 1991. Pope Tawadros has offered his sinecure condolences to Abba Bishoy, Bishop of Kafr El Sheikh, and Damietta for the departure of the old priest.

Dr. Abbas Schumann, agent of Al-Azhar in Aswan, said that congratulating Christians on Christmas is good indeed, even if the extremists don’t like it.

Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt, attended Christmas Mass at the Great Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassia to congratulate Copts on their feast.

Egyptian Fatwa House said that it is permissible for Christians in Egypt to build churches under an Islamic state according to the laws and regulation in that account.

Four members of the Muslim Brotherhood stand trial tomorrow on charging of attacking churches in Delga, Minya governorate.

Investigations of the murder of Coptic man killed in Alexandria showed that the murderer committed his crime to punish the Christian man for selling alcohol in his shop.

Police in Alexandria announced they were able to arrest the man who slain the Coptic merchant in front of his shop on Tuesday. The killer is 48 years old and is known as Adel Asalia was arrested in Bakos neighborhood in Alexandria.

Media in Egypt has aired new video of the Coptic merchant being slain by a bearded man from the back. The victim tried to escape, but the killer stabbed hi in the back before he passed away.

Son of a priest in Damietta was charged with inciting sectarian strife and disturbing public peace after he wrote on the ground of the church entrance “Christians, you are going to die”

Maghagha Bishopric officially refused to receive well-wishers on Christmas in January 7th. This came in official statement as church has announced state of mourn for victims of the terrorist attack at St. Peter Coptic Church in Cairo.