Following the murder of Christians in Egypt through two bombings during Palm Sunday liturgies, bishops around the world joined Pope Francis in prayer. "We also pray for our Coptic Orthodox sisters and ...

LONDON — Only weeks after three people died in riots in Egypt following protests against the sale of a DVD of a play accused of offending Islam, Egypt has launched its first Christian TV channel.

CAIRO — Egyptians in a Nile Delta province were outraged on Sunday after a cleric allegedly changed a line in the traditional Islamic call to prayer to mention Facebook. Instead of saying “prayer is ...

President Obama said on Thursday he prays for an end to the ongoing violence in Egypt on Thursday, as well as for "the rights and aspirations of the Egyptian people." Speaking at Thursday's annual ...

EL-ARISH, Egypt – Hundreds of worshippers have performed their Friday prayers at a North Sinai mosque which was the site of Egypt's deadliest terrorist attack in its modern history that left more than ...

CAIRO, March 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sheikh Mohammed Badr trained for years at the prestigious Islamic university of Al-Azhar to master the intricate pronunciation and intonation of the Muslim call to prayer ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The call to prayer is a pervasive, comforting echo across the Middle ...

Egypt has suspended mass prayers at mosques and shut down churches in an unprecedented move aimed at curbing the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the populous country. Egypt’s endowments ministry ...