Muslims should not consider Islam and democracy to be mutually exclusive, said an Egyptian lawmaker last month.
Human Rights Watch urged Egyptian authorities to withdraw prison sentences for the Coptic Christian teenagers convicted of blasphemy on February 25.
Ibrahim Negm, advisor to the Grand Mufti in Egypt, said Dar al-Iftaa would be conducting seminars to counter atheism.
A Coptic Christian, who was arrested for distributing the Bible, recently had his detention extended for the second time.
A lawyer in Egypt appealed the verdict of television host Islam El Beheiry, who had been acquitted of blasphemy charges by a misdemeanor court.
Last month the Minister for Religious Endowments in Egypt called for an international law that would criminalize contempt of religion.
A singer in Egypt upset her fans around the world after a photo emerged of her bare back displaying a tattoo that implies she might be an atheist.
Authorities in Egypt arrested five Coptic Christian youths after a Muslim mob accused them of blasphemy, saying they mocked Islamic State in a video.
Atheists in Egypt launched a campaign for the formation of a new political party that would be comprised of atheists, secularists and liberal thinkers.
The veil once again figures in the culture war in Egypt with a photo of a woman who got a black eye after taking off her hijab going viral on Facebook.
