Egypt

Termite Infestations Plague Egyptian Residents ————————– Widespread termite infestations in several residential areas of Egypt have caused extensive damage to housing structures, reduced the market value of affected properties by up to 35 percent, and imposed heavy financial burdens on…

French Muslim Group Warns Against Normalization of Anti-Muslim Hate Speech —————————— The Muslim Coordination of the Toulouse Metropolitan Area (CMAT) has issued a warning over what it describes as the growing normalization of anti-Muslim hate speech in France, urging political…

Egypt’s Shia Minority: Persistent Growth Confronts Systemic Suppression ———————– Egypt’s Shia Muslim community is facing a critical juncture as intensifying security pressures and institutional marginalization clash with a reported rise in the minority’s population. According to reports from Ahed News…

Egypt Opens Museum of Quran Reciters ————————- Egypt has inaugurated its first Museum of Quran Reciters at the Egypt Cultural and Islamic Center in the New Administrative Capital near Cairo. According to IQNA, the opening ceremony was held on December…

Grand Ceremony Honors More Than 1,000 Quran Memorizers in Giza, Egypt ——————————– A large ceremony was held in the city of Giza, Egypt, to honor 1,030 memorizers of the Holy Quran, with scholars, local officials, and families in attendance. According…

French justice system prosecutes Islamophobic mayor ——————————- The anti-racist organization MRAP (committee 89) has announced plans to revive legal proceedings against the mayor of Piffonds (Yonne), affiliated with the National Rally (RN), IQNA reported. According to franceinfo, the association stated…

Paris Grand Mosque Criticizes French Senate Report on Muslim Religious Practices ………….. A report by a group of Republican senators in France has sparked widespread controversy after proposing 17 measures that critics say directly target Muslim religious practices. In a…

Rights Groups Urge African Commission to Address Escalating Human Rights Crisis in Egypt —————- A coalition of 22 human rights organizations has called on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to take firm action in response to what…

79-year-old Egyptian woman successfully memorizes entire Qur’an ——————— Fatma Atito, a 78-year-old woman from the city of Qena in southern Egypt, has managed to memorize the entire Qur’an despite being unable to read or write, completing the achievement just before…

Egyptian Youth Arrested for Reciting Quranic Verses About Pharaoh in Grand Egyptian Museum ————————————- An Egyptian youth has been arrested after reciting Quranic verses referring to Pharaoh inside the Grand Egyptian Museum, according to BBC News. The Egyptian Ministry of…