Minister of Antiquities Khaled Anani will inaugurate St. Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church in Samanoud, Nile Delta’s Gharbia, on Saturday, Youm7 reported Wednesday.

Coptic Patriarch, Pope Tawadros II inaugurated Tuesday a conference for Egyptian priests in the Gulf states and their wives in St. Bishoy Monastery, Youm7 reported.

A number of Coptic Diaspora has protested outside U.S. white House, against violence practices against Coptic Christians in Upper Egypt’s Minya, Youm7 reported. Their protest is an act of defiance against Pope Tawadros II, who called for not staging any protests.

Churches building law is composed on eight articles, as seven articles organize the building and renovation of churches, while one article is to legalize existing churches, said representative of Egypt’s Catholic Church Gameel Halim on Tuesday.

Opinion in parliament has split over a Citizenship bill presented by MP Alaa Abdel Moneim containing an article abolishing the listing of citizens' religion on national ID cards, to be discussed next Saturday.

Coptic Patriarch Pope Tawadros expressed his refusal to the demonstrations scheduled to be organized by Copts before the U.S White House on Tuesday.

Coptic Pope Tawadros II met with Ethiopian ecclesiastical delegation, headed by Secretary of Ethiopian Church’s Holy Synod Bishop Lukas, on Monday in Cairo’s St. Mark Cathedral, Youm7 reported.

Muslim Brotherhood (MB) was not prepared for participating in the presidential elections held in 2012, said MB leading member Yasser Ali on Sunday

Coptic Orthodox Church’s Bishop Paula of Tanta signed the final draft of churches building law on Monday, said Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Magdy Al-Agaty.

A Coptic Orthodox Church delegation is to visit Jerusalem on Tuesday in response to an invitation from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to discuss the renovation of Deir El Sultan monastery in the Old City.

Pope Francis said Sunday that Islam could not be equated with terrorism and warned Europe was pushing its young into the hands of extremists.

Egypt is a place that played a role in biblical history, from which God delivered his chosen people, the Israelites. This country, however, has now become a dangerous place for Christian believers.

And they've targeted church leaders including Pope Francis, figures within the Greek Orthodox church and Coptic christians.

This may be because non-Muslims in Muslim-majority countries — such as the Coptic Christian community in Egypt — are more likely to want to ­migrate.

Churches across France opened their doors to Muslims on Sunday to join in prayer with Catholics following the jihadist murder of a priest, the latest in a string of attacks.

Islamic State called on its group members to carry out jihad in Russia in a nine-minute YouTube video on Sunday.

Egypt’s Minister of Endowment Mohamed Mukhtar Gomaa was keen to perform Friday Prayers from Al-Sayeda Nafisa Mosque to hear the written sermon, Youm7 reported.

Egypt’s Islamic institution of Al-Azhar gives priority to supporting the culture of dialogue through using the different communication channels, said Azhat Media Center’s officials.

MP Ehab Mansour praised the meeting between Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Coptic Patriarch, Pope Tawadros II at Heliopolis’ presidential palace on Thursday, Youm7 reported.

MP Amr Hamroush proposed to invite representatives of both Egypt’s Endowment Ministry and Muslim Senior Scholars for an open dialogue over the controversial written sermons at the House of Representatives, Youm7 reported on Friday.