Islamic Center in Austria denounced sectarianism and bombing of houses of worship in several Arab countries.

Abba Gabriel, bishop of Beni Suef, said that rituals and traditions of the Coptic Orthodox Church prevents holding prayers for non-Orthodox dead people inside Coptic churches.

Patriarch Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow, stressed the importance of calendar unification among all Orthodox Churches.

Plans to build churches in Kuwait have been rejected by MPs because they "contradict Islamic Sharia law". Sheikh Sabah al Khalid al Sabah is Kuwait's Emir and official leader The Gulf country's government, which is unelected and seperate from the elected MPs in parliament, initially accepted the church building proposals and allocated a number of sites for construction.

His Grace Bishop Eklemandos, General Bishop of the Diocese of Ottawa, Montreal & Eastern Canada met with Mr Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montreal and Mr Aref Salem, Member of the Mayor's Executive Committee yesterday at City Hall. The meeting was an amicable one, where His Grace and the Mayor spoke of various subjects in a spirit of community care and civic collaboration. Present with His Grace were Father Peter Saad, Deacon Adel Boulos and Deacon Shahir Guindi.

An exhibition, featuring ancient Egyptian artifacts from gallery collections around the UK, has kicked off Saturday at the Two Temple Place in central London.

Sixteen rights groups and 45 public figures have called for the immediate release of writer and researcher Hisham Gaafar, chairman of Mada Foundation NGO, decrying his arrest which has exceeded 100 days.

Sectarian clashes erupted in Dir Hennis village in Minya between Muslims and Christians after 10 Coptic workers were arrested while they were building an illegal wall for the church of the village without obtaining the due permits.

Kamal Zakher, founder of the secular trend, denounced the rejection of Coptic Orthodox Church to hold funeral prayers for Christian bride and groom who were killed by gas leakage on the first day of their marriage.

Beni Mazar Misdemeanor Court is expected to sentence 4 Coptic children to jail on charges of contempt of Islam after they filmed a short movie that criticizes ISIS terrorist organization.

Diocese of Beni Suef is preparing to receive Pope Tawadros who is going to visit the governorate on February. Abba Gobriel, bishop of Beni Suef, assigned a committee to prepare for the visit.

Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, expressed her grave concern over the destruction of Mar Elia monastery in Iraq. She said that such attack against 1400 years old monastery comes against the Iraqi people as well as humanity.

Commenting on sentencing her to 3 years in prison, writer Fatima Naaot said that she is ready for prison and refuses to apologize after being sentenced on charges of contempt of Islam.

Source in Samalout diocese said that 10 Coptic workers were arrested while they were building an illeagle wall for the church of Abu Hennis village in Samalout, Minya governorate, without obtaining the due permits.

Father Tadros Beshnwda, priest of the Church of the St. George in Atlidm village, said that the church refused to pray for the deceased according to regulations of the church.

Egyptian court sentenced writer Fatima Naaot to 3 years in jail and EGP 20.000 fine on charges of contempt of Islam.

Pope Tawadros II, congratulated president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on national police day as well as the fifth anniversary of the revolution of January 25.

10 Coptic workers were arrested while they were building a wall for the church of Abu Hennis village in Samalout, Minya governorate.

Egyptian Secular Party announced its support to civil marriage for Copts, and invited the church to worry about spiritual issues only. The Party denounced the appeal of the Coptic Orthodox Church over the rule in favor of civil marriage, adding that such appeal contradicts with former remarks of the church.

Families of the kidnapped Copts in Libya announced they will protest on Wednesday in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to demand the return of their sons.

Three people were injured yesterday in a fight between Muslims and Copts in Taha Ameda village, in Minya governorate.