Hilmi Namnam, Egypt's Minister of Culture, said takfiris and terrorists around the world are great threat to the Islamic culture.

Ministers in Suez are receiving a course about the importance of planning at the Church of St. Anthony in Suez. The course is entitled "Influential Orthodox Leader. This comes as the church is giving great concern to soft skills and how to link them to the holy bible for greater benefit for the people.

Abba Cyril, Bishop of Nag Hamadi, decided to put the remains of Nag Hamadi martyrs who were killed at Christmas eve in 2010 in the church for blessing.

Dr. Yasser Al Borhamy , Vice-President of the Salafist call, said he is willing to cooperate with the Coptic businessman Naguib Sawiris, the founder of the Free Egyptians Party, if he adheres to the Constitution and the law.

Al-Nour ultra conservative Islamic Party accused the church of being behind its losses in the first phase of the elections in Egypt, by supporting certain candidates.

Father Poulos Halim, a spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that Pope Tawadros II arrived at Cairo on Thursday after a pastoral care visit to churches of the Untied States of America for three weeks.

Abba Mark, General Bishop of Paris, opened on Saturday the Conference of ministers entitled "the faithful servant".

Luxor Security Directorate is taking extra security measures before the Copts celebrate the feast of St. George on November 10th.

Egyptian newspapers said that several Copts won the Parliamentary elections in the 2015 as 16 Copts won during the first phase of the elections.

The Coptic Church in Austria holds today a conference for the youth for three days at the Church of the Virgin Mary and the monastery of St. Anthony in Vienna.

General Salah al-Din Hassan, Drector of Qena security, said that police closed down a house that belongs to a priest in Qena since Christians tried to convert the house into a church without having the due licenses.

Russia's top Investigative Committee has launched a criminal case against airline Kogalymavia after one of its planes with 224 people aboard crashed in Egypt on Saturday, Russian news agencies said, quoting the committee's spokesman.

The black box that was aboard the Russian aircraft crashed Saturday over Sinai was found at the crash site, Egypt’s state-run T.V announced, citing a statement of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry.

A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday after losing radar contact and plummeting from its cruising altitude, killing all aboard.

Amir Nasif, Coptic candidate, said that al-Nour ultra conservative party has offered him 300.000 LE in order to join the party and run for elections on their lists.

HG Abba Abaker, Bishop of Sweden, is currently visiting Vienna for several days. He is going to participate in youth conference.

"Watch O Egyptian" campaign announced that al-Nour ultra conservative party and its electronic committees used sectarian polarization to mobilize the people in the first phase of elections.

Father Rafik Grish, director of the press office of the Catholic Church in Egypt, denied rumors published by media that Ms. Susan Samir who runs in elections on the electoral lists of al-Nour ultra conservative party is minister at the Catholic Church.

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Supporters of the Salafi candidates at Ameriya village, Alexandria, attacked Coptic voters in order to prevent them from voting. They also insulted Christianity and cursed the Coptic Christians.

The Islamic movements are still trying to trade on religion in order to gain some political benefits and win the parliamentary elections in certain places.