The Italian senate on Wednesday voted to approve a proposal by two lawmakers for the exceptional granting of Italian citizenship to Egyptian activist Patrick George Zaki.

Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism warned that the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization has called on its “lone wolves” to conduct attacks during Ramadan.

An Austrian academic’s account of being interrogated at gunpoint over alleged “terrorist” sympathies and opposing the Egyptian government has provoked outrage, raising fears about rising Islamophobia in the country.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is causing controversy by ordering education officials to restrict verses from the Quran to Islamic religion textbooks in the schools of the predominantly Muslim nation.

Egypt’s Dar Al-Ifta, the national body responsible for issuing religious edicts, said yesterday that there is no objection to the state taking whatever means and measures it deems necessary to regulate the country’s birth rate.

Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education Khaled Abdel Ghaffar has been the subject of fierce criticism from students in the country following his announcement that all students must return to school for exams amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“Military Zone: No trespassing … No photos allowed!” While such warnings are visible around military zones in Cairo and cities of the Nile Valley, all Egyptian border areas have also been declared military zones according to presidential decree No. 444—2014. For researchers working in Egypt, especially on border issues, this …

Dr. Ibrahim Nagm Senior Advisor to Egypt’s Mufti said Egypt’s Dar al-Iftaa will organize new programs at universities, schools and various places to disseminate awareness against extremism as part of his institution’s five-way plan.

Egypt‘s Al Azhar university has issued a religious decree forbidding membership of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

Human rights campaigners around the world celebrated when security agencies in Cairo released three leading members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) on December 3.