The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Monday called on the international community to support an independent Palestinian state, as it opened a conference also focusing on the crises in Syria and Mali, reported AFP. Outgoing chairman Mahmoud Ali Youssouf described the issue of the Palestinian state as the "central question" for the world's
Hamas has "resumed" relations with Iran after a temporary falling out over the Syrian conflict, according to AFP. "Relations between Hamas and Iran have resumed," senior official Mahmud al-Zahar told reporters at a Monday news conference in Gaza. Ties had been "affected by the Syria situation, and Hamas has withdrawn from Syria so
In response to reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry will delay the third batch of terrorist releases by a month, a spokesperson of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas declared Monday that the PA will not agree to the delay, reports Kol Yisrael government radio. Issa Karaka, PA Minister of Prisoner Affairs,
A referendum on Egypt’s much-debated constitution will be held in the middle of January, a government minister said on Monday. The nationwide vote will be held two days, Hany Mahmoud, minister of administrative development, said in an interview with Egyptian TV channel CBC. When asked about a date for the referendum, Mahmoud said:
An Egyptian prosecutor on Friday ordered the detention for two weeks of a Coptic Christian activist and journalist arrested on suspicion of inciting religious strife, state media reported. Bishoy Armia, a convert to Christianity, made headlines in 2008 when he lobbied to have his religion changed from Islam on his national identification card.
Egypt said Sunday it has recovered a statue of pharaoh Tutankhamun's sister looted from the southern Mallawi museum during riots by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi. The 32 centimeter (12.6 inches) limestone statue of Ankhesamon, sister of the famous boy king and daughter of pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled around 1,500 BC, was stolen
Gender mixing is a “heinous crime” which endangers women and society, warned Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti on Friday, according to local media reports. In a sermon during Friday prayers, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh said women who call for gender mixing “want to corrupt their morals,” according to the Saudi newspaper al-Eqtisadiah.
Arab investments in Egypt to date have reached $50 billion, an Egyptian minister said on Thursday, adding that the government is working to improve its investment climate to attract businesspeople. Egyptian Investment Minister Osama Saleh added that foreign, non-Arab investments equal $47 billion, as quoted by Ahram Online. Saleh made the remarks at
The most persecuted group in the world today is Christians. Christians in Nigeria, Egypt, Syria and other nations are murdered, raped, kidnapped, enslaved and persecuted on a daily basis. The reason for the vast majority of all of this violence is that they are Christian among Muslims. But their abuse does not stop with
Egypt’s new protest law went into use last week. The law has been divisive. Muslim Brotherhood thugs and Islamists are flat-out against it preferring chaos and spontaneity. Families are pleased because it safeguards their well-being. Pro-democracy protesters see the value in a law to protect citizens and don’t appear to be threatened, but there is
