Egypt's top Muslim clerics said Wednesday that an academy specialised in training preachers will be set up as part of the government's campaign against religious extremism, seemingly paving the way for the revoking of recent controversial measures to standardise sermons at Friday prayers.

Egypt's top Muslim clerics said Wednesday that an academy specialised in training preachers will be set up as part of the government's campaign against religious extremism, possibly paving the way for the revoking of recent controversial measures to standardise sermons at Friday prayers.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi’s meeting with Al-Azhar’ Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb will end the current tension between the Islamic institution and Endowment Ministry during the coming period, said Islamic Research Academy’s member Mohamed Al-Gendy.

Egyptian Parliamentarian Elizabeth Abdel-Massih praised the churches building draft law, describing it as good law to resolve one of the most critical issues threatening Egypt, Youm7 reported on Thursday.

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb stressed the necessity of coordination on the selection of sermons topics to address the society's needs in a meeting with the minister of religious endowments Mohamed Mokhar Gomaa and Egypt's grand mufti Shawki Allam, state news agency MENA reported.

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.