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Iraq Bikers aim to heal sectarian divide
Middle East

Iraq Bikers aim to heal sectarian divide

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Roaring along Baghdad’s highways, the “Iraq Bikers” are doing more than showing off their love of outsized…
Police arrest 17 suspects in Coptic Church attack
Egypt

Police arrest 17 suspects in Coptic Church attack

  Security forces in Giza arrested 17 people on Saturday on suspicion of participating in the mob of hundreds which stormed…
Report: 45 sectarian conflicts resolved by customary reconciliation since 2011
Egypt

Report: 45 sectarian conflicts resolved by customary reconciliation since 2011

In a study published on Wednesday, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said that customary reconciliation assemblies have resolved 45…
Analysis: Israeli-Palestinian riddle won’t answer Middle East’s wider woes
Egypt

Analysis: Israeli-Palestinian riddle won’t answer Middle East’s wider woes

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which once transfixed the Arab world, has lost much of its resonance in a Middle East riven…
HRW: Copts have faced assault since Morsy’s ouster
Egypt

HRW: Copts have faced assault since Morsy’s ouster

Copts have faced several incidents of assault since the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsy by the Armed Forces earlier this…
Regulations on Syrians entering Egypt only temporary: MENA
Egypt

Regulations on Syrians entering Egypt only temporary: MENA

New regulations facing Syrians travelling to Egypt are only temporary security measures, according to the state-owned MENA news agency.  …
Abu Islam imprisoned for three years for insulting Christianity
Egypt

Abu Islam imprisoned for three years for insulting Christianity

North Cairo Court sentenced a controversial Salafi preacher to three years in prison on Monday.   Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah, better…
Saudi jails two Shias over protests
Egypt

Saudi jails two Shias over protests

A Saudi special court has sentenced two Shia men to eight and nine years in jail, respectively, for taking part…
Attackers injure 6 Copts outside Assiut monastery
Egypt

Attackers injure 6 Copts outside Assiut monastery

Unknown attackers assaulted seven Copts on Tuesday as they were going to the al-Mahraq monastery in Assiut’s Qousiya City. The…
At least 36 killed in wave of Iraq blasts
World

At least 36 killed in wave of Iraq blasts

More than 20 bombs hit cities and towns across Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 36 and wounding almost 150,…
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