Egypt bans niqab in schools
The Egyptian government has banned female students from wearing the niqab at schools.
Education Minister Reda Hegazy released a statement on Monday saying students have...
Al Azhar: Sweden is a racist society and Muslims must boycott it
Al Azhar University, one of the leading Islamic seminaries in the world, has issued an unprecedented statement calling Sweden "racist" and urging a coordinated...
Egypt media personality causes uproar after ridiculing Prophet’s night journey
The Egyptian parliament has proposed a draft law that bans "non-specialists" from discussing religion in mass media after a prominent presenter provocatively criticised the...
Al-Azhar condemns showing of Prophet cartoon at Batley Grammar School
One of the most important Sunni Muslim institutions in the world, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, has condemned the showing of the blasphemous cartoon of Prophet...
Former Egyptian dictator and Western ally Hosni Mubarak dies
The former long-serving Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has died in Cairo at the age of 91 in a military hospital.
Mubarak, a key Western ally,...
At least 28 people killed after train hit steel barrier in Cairo station
At least 28 people have died while many others were injured when a train rammed into a steel barrier at Ramses station in central...
Migration, security and business deals top the first Arab-EU summit agenda
Arab and European leaders met on Sunday in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh for the first EU-Arab summit under the slogan “Investing...
Nine political prisoners executed in Egypt after confessions obtained by torture
Nine Egyptian prisoners, who were accused of killing the country's former public prosecutor in 2015, were executed on Wednesday morning amid widespread condemnation from...
Family of 19 yr old Briton held in Egypt fear he will be sentenced...
The family of a 19-year-old British man fear that he is due to be sentenced for spying in Egypt over a mobile phone video...
Egypt sentences more than 700 people for attending pro-Morsi protests in 2013
Egypt has sentenced more than 700 people for attending a pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in protest after President Mohammed Morsi was overthrown in 2013.
The court confirmed...
