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The text is a summary of an article in AlAhram, Egypt’s most influential daily, in which the author argues that Israel and the USA are trying to create religious tensions in Egypt by targeting Islam. The author reports that a picture of the Prophet Mohammed as a pig on the Holy Qur’an came at the...
 According to the Egyptian public statistics bureau, the number of divorces in Egypt reached 2.5 million in 2011 as expenditures related to divorce also peaked at 350 thousand Egyptian pounds. Personal Status Law allows a woman to request a divorce if her husband is absent for more than a year.
A report that the National Council for Human Rights will publish on the human rights situation in Egypt after the June 30 revolution will confirm a major improvement in the state of human rights compared to the period prior to the revolution. The report explains the improvement in human rights...
A Dutch tourist residing in the city of Hurghada declared that he had converted to Islam and changed his name to Sīsī in reference to Egyptian President ‘Abd al-Fatah al- Sīsī. The tourist says the President led him to Islam despite him lacking religious affiliation before. The tourist held a...
The pressures exerted upon the Egyptian government from foreign government in Turkey, Qatar, and others has failed to stop the government from issuing death sentences against the Muslim Brotherhood’s top leaders. The Global Post reported that it was unlikely that exiled Brotherhood groups in...
Hudā Badrān, the President of the General Council for Egyptian Women, condemned the campaign to disgrace women who do not wear the hijāb. The campaign is spreading over social media and is set to take place throughout Ramadan. Badrān criticized the campaign, saying that it contradicts the 2014...
General Leader of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī has sent a message of congratulations to Pope Tawadros II on the occasion of Coptic Christmas celebrations, saying ‘it gives me great pleasure to congratulate our brothers the Copts during these celebrations … May God...
The Church of Qasr al-Dūbārah celebrated Christmas the day before yesterday, as Revered Sāmih Morris, pastor of the church, apologized for the high level of security, saying this was in anticipation of ‘any explosion that might target the church and its occupants during the celebrations’. 
Saudi Arabian theologian Muhammad al-'Arīfī has issued a fatwá against congratulating Christians during the Christmas celebrations, stating that Muslims may wish Christians well on happy occasions such as graduation, but not for religious festivals.    
This investigation sheds light on the controversry regarding the real target behind the Coptic organizations. Is it really charity work to help the Egyptians or a way to convert Muslims to Christianity?     

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