The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists

Israeli occupation authorities prevented five Orthodox priests from the Diocese of Jerusalem from traveling to Cairo on Monday to participate in the first round of the Egyptian papal elections.

Sectarian violence and discrimination against Copts in education and the media has increased since the 25 January revolution, said Millet Council Secretary Kamil Seddiq on Monday. “The Bible was burned and the officials did not move … It is time President Morsy proved that he is president of all Egyptians through his deeds, not his words,” Seddiq said.

After several days of violence on the Gaza-Israel border saw at least seven Palestinian militants dead

Coptic Christians are to vote for the final three papal candidates, Monday, one of which will succeed Pope Shenouda III who held the apostolic throne of the Coptic Orthodox Church from 1971 until his death in March.

As different political forces begin campaigning for and against the impending constitutional referendum, the Salafi-oriented Jama’a al-Islamiya said it would organize a million-man march to fight for the application of Sharia in the new constitution.

The National Council for Women (NCW) called on Egypt's Ministry of Interior and security officials in Egypt's northwestern governorate of Matrouh, Saturday, to take the required action to find Sara Abdel-Malik, a 13-year-old girl who was reportedly kidnapped in September.

Informed sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm Saturday that Islamist leaders have nominated Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat al-Shater for the post of People's Assembly speaker in the next Parliament.

Both Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb and the acting Patriarch of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius called on the Egyptian people

Bishops who have been meeting for three weeks to plot a way forward for a Church whose membership is dwindling in Europe are concerned by Islam's growth

AFTER six decades of military dictatorship, Egypt sorely needs a constitution to set it on the path to democracy

The Shiites and Bahais are often overlooked in discussions about Egypt’s religious minorities

Intellectuals and writers have lashed out at Islamic preacher Youssef al-Badry’s call to destroy statues because he considers them idols

Egypt's Interior Minister says security forces have intercepted a group of smugglers bringing in weapons from Libya

Egyptians are feeling the squeeze from nearly 20 months of political turmoil that have gutted the nation's economy

Egypt is deep into the messy process of drafting its new constitution. In the past few weeks, two different drafts were released within days of each other

Terror group says Morsi’s arrival would break blockade

The Obama administration actually appears to be drawing closer to an Egyptian government dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood

Nonetheless, in the current climate, Israel simply cannot afford to let down its defenses -- not on the borders and not within the country

The Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt on Tuesday denied involvement in the demonstrations in Kuwait against Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah’s decision to amend the law on parliamentary elections, which the opposition says would hurt their chances in the upcoming race.

The Salafi Front, one of Egypt’s most revolutionary Islamist movements, has established a new political party: Al-Sha’ab, or the People’s Party. While not particularly groundbreaking in light of Egypt’s current political fluidity, the group’s mix of policies favoring social justice with a strict Islamist frame of reference is intriguing.