Samir Darwish, editor-in-chief of New Culture magazine, said that the so-called Arab Spring has represented the Islamic groups and Islamic rule once again. Such armed groups and organizations were able to cross the borders.

Alaa Hakim, human rights activist, said that kidnappers of the Coptic doctor Walid Milad have released him after paying of 250.000 LE in ransom.

Coptic Orthodox Church issued statement to deny alliance with al-Nour ultra conservative Party in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Mamdouh Nakhla, head of Word Center for Human Rights, welcomed the decision of the Supreme Administrative Court of the State Council issued on Saturday to dissolve the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group.

Egypt's Attorney General ordered to reopen "the Saints Church bombings” investigations after he met with 15 human rights activist on Sunday to demand the reopen of the investigations after former Minister of Interiors, Major General Habib al-Adly, has changed his announcements during his trial yesterday to accuse two members of the Palestinian Army of Islam, after he had announced three years ago that the operation was carried out by one foreign element that entered Egypt through tunnels aiming to spread sedition between Muslims and Christians.

Former Australian army commander Lee Hae said that Australia has to wage a long war against fanatic Islam that may last for 100 years.

Police in Minya have seized house of a Coptic man in Samalot after he was accused of celebrating the holy mass at his own house and trying to turn it into church without getting the due permits.

4 people were injured today in sectarian clashes between Muslims and Christians in Beni Amar vilage, Matay, Minya.

Egyptian-brokered talks between Israel and Hamas on a new border deal for Gaza were thrown into doubt Saturday after senior officials said an Israeli team would not rejoin negotiations in Cairo unless rocket fire from Gaza stops.

An Egyptian court has dissolved the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) of the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its assets seized.

Sixty "extremists" were killed and 102 "suspects" were arrested in a security crackdown on North Sinai, Egypt's armed forces said in a statement on Saturday.

In its meeting yesterday, the Council of Churches of Egypt denounced the increasing violence in the Middle East.

Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, Minister of Awqaf, expressed his anger against a controversial fatwa that permits man to sneak and watch his naked fiancé.

The Word Center for Human Rights filed a lawsuit before the Administrative Court against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of Egypt, and the Libyan ambassador in Cairo on behalf of some of the Copts returning from Libya.

Ezzat Ibrahim, a human rights activist in Minya, said that about 2,000 people had gathered around Coptic homes in Ezbet Yacoub in order to attack them.

Sources in nuns' school at Beni Suef told Copts United that they are ready to start school one week after they receive the building from Engineering authority of the armed forces.

In his meeting today with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb and Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, Minister of Awqaf, Pope Tawadros II said that God loves Egypt and is always protecting her.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, visited Al-Azhar on Wednesday with a delegation from the Coptic Orthodox church to congratulate the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb on Eid al-Fitr.

Police in Minya has prevented sectarian strife between Muslims and Christians at Farokia village, Minya. A dispute occurred between a Christian carpenter and a Muslim farmer over fixing an ax.

Father Bishay Isaac, agent of the Catholic church in Suez, said that one year has passed since dozens of Coptic churches were demolished and set on fire by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. Yet, the government has not fulfilled its promises to restore the demolished churches.

Police in Samalout, Minya, have released 14 Muslim and Christian defendants arrested in sectarian clashes in Ezbet Yacob because of church construction.