One Law for All campaign is organising a rally on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 1200pm in London’s Hyde Park. The rally aims to oppose religious laws in Britain and elsewhere, show solidarity with people

CAIRO, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) - A new report on religious freedom in Egypt says Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the 80 million population (CIA factbook), face major rights violations and are being increasingly persecuted.

“Half century of Coptology”, the first Coptology conference held by the Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo, opened last month at the grand conference hall at the grounds of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbassiya, Cairo. Even though we received the invitation rather late, I made a point of attending the three-day event which I regarded as a significant

Islamabad, Paksitan (CNN) -- Life is slowly getting back to normal at the women's campus of Islamabad's International Islamic University. The young women who study here chatter on the school's well-manicured lawns, their brightly-colored scarves and Pakistani dresses blowing in the wind on a sunny autumn day.

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo and Mubarak Public Library invite you to a book discussion on the translated title The Advantages of Democracy: How Democracies Promote Prosperity and Peace by Morton H. Halperin,

Reports of Muslim men abducting and forcibly marrying and converting Coptic Christian women and girls have filtered out of Egypt with increasing frequency over the past decade.

The brothers Nayel and Alaa’ Mansour Sahrab who last month killed one Copt and injured three others in the village of Dalga in Deir Mawwas, Minya, Upper Egypt, were last week referred by Deir Mawwas prosecution to the criminal court in Minya.

The Queen forced to wear a burkha and Buckingham Palace turned into a mosque - that was the vision of Britain under Sharia law proposed by a Muslim firebrand yesterday.

Inside the sleek, modernistic house of worship located in Manhattan, Imam Shamsi Ali preaches against the violence that now sweeps many Muslim countries, “What we try to do is reminding our people about the real Islam,” Ali said. “We tell them what the real Islam is all about. Islam is about peace. Islam is about moderation. Islam is about friendship. Islam is opposed to any kind of hatred against anybody.”

Federal agents working on a counterterrorism task force in Detroit, Michigan reported that during a gun battle they shot and killed the Imam of a radical Islamic group. Agents say the gunfight began after Luqman Ameen Abdullah failed to surrender and face with various criminal charges.

ISTANBUL, October 31 (Compass Direct News) — A Coptic Christian blogger in Egypt entering his second year of prison without charge is being pressured to convert to Islam in exchange for his freedom, his attorneys said.

CAIRO: The International Coptic Council, which has among its ranks 12global Coptic organizations and associations, called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to expedite the adoption of a unified law

The much-hyped, soon-to-open Breslin restaurant, situated in the 12-story Ace Hotel on Broadway and 29th, is giving members of the Masjid Ar-Rahman mosque across the street some agita. “Five times a

CAIRO: Sectarian strife has broken out again in southern Egypt. On Saturday morning, in the Abu el-Jabal area in the center of Dayrut City of the Assiut Governorate, 300 kilometers south Cairo, after police arrested four Muslims accused of killing a Christian man who was shot dead last week.

(AINA) -- Sectarian violence targeting Christian Coptic inhabitants of the Upper Egyptian town of Dairout, 313 kilometers south of Cairo, erupted on Saturday, October 24. Hundres of Muslims, mainly from Al-Azhar Institute in Dairout, and secondary school students chanted 'God is Great' while attacking and looting Christian-owned homes and businesses, as well as churches and the Coptic Orthodox Diocese building. They were demanding revenge from the Christian young man who "shamed the Muslims."

CAIRO — Muslims students stoned Coptic Christian churches and homes in a southern Egyptian village on Saturday after four Muslims suspected of killing a Copt were kept in custody, police said.

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A Christian man was killed in southern Egypt by attackers who accused his son of having an affair with a Muslim girl, police said yesterday.

Informants helped the FBI track Tarek Mehanna to the Middle East in search of terrorist training, according to government documents. Agents also copied his computer hard drive.

Montreal's mayoralty race is heating up as the November 1 voting day swiftly approaches. Former separatist militant Louise Harel of the Vision Montréal party, thought to be the front runner over somewhat

The global Muslim population stands at 1.57 billion, meaning that nearly 1 in 4 people in the world practice Islam, according to a report Wednesday billed as the most comprehensive of its kind.

FURIOUS opponents last night called for a mass rally by radical Muslims to be outlawed over fears it could spark violent clashes. There are concerns that the march by the fanatical group Islam4UK in