Football now a game of inclusion for Muslim women
By Jens Juul Petersen BEIRUT: Many female Muslim football players are celebrating a recent decision by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), football’s international governing body, to allow them to…
Islamic union rebukes France over cleric ban
By AFP DOHA: The International Union of Muslim Scholars, headed by Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, on Monday criticized France for denying the influential cleric a visa, but said it respects the…
UN: Asylum requests to rich countries rose in 2011
By AP GENEVA: Afghans topped the list of asylum claimants to the world's richest countries in 2011, followed by Chinese and Iraqis, the UN refugee agency reported Tuesday. Tunisians, Libyans…
Egypt must stop trials of children in military courts: HRW
By AFP CAIRO: Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on Egypt's military rulers to end all investigations and trials of children before military courts. The New York-based rights watchdog said…
Egyptian Christians await new pope, debate role
By Yasmine Saleh and Abdel Rahman Youssef / Reuters CAIRO: Picking a new pope for Egypt's Orthodox church could take months, officials said on Sunday, allowing debate to gather pace among…
Egypt among world’s worst violators of religious freedom, says report
By Mennatallah Fouad Youssef CAIRO: Egypt once again ranked among the world’s worst violators of religious freedom by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF) in its annual report. The…
Ultras continue PA sit-in, MP criticizes Port Said isolation
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: Hundreds of Ultras Ahlawy, Al-Ahly soccer team’s fan club, continued a sit-in for a second day in front of the People's Assembly to demand swift trials for…
Egypt ex-intelligence mulls presidency: report
By AFP CAIRO: Former Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, a stalwart of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime, could run for president in upcoming elections, local press reported on Monday. "Omar…
Tugboat explosion kills three in Egypt’s Suez
By AFP CAIRO: Three people were killed and a dozen others injured when a tugboat engine exploded in Egypt's Suez Canal on Monday, security officials said. Movement in the vital…
Walkouts from Constituent Assembly put PA in the hot seat
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Four members of the Constituent Assembly elected to draft Egypt’s new constitution declared Monday their withdrawal from the Islamist-dominated panel, putting the total number of walkouts…