Date of source: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Mājid Sam‘ān and Wā’il ‘Alī report on a press conference
organized by both Human Rights Watch and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights [EIPR], in which they
announced the release of a new report entitled "Prohibited Identities" about the Egyptian Government’s stance
toward religious...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
The National Council for Human Rights will hold a conference on citizenship in which most of the presidents of expatriate Copts organization will participate.
Date of source: Monday, September 17, 2007
Wā’il ‘Alī reports on the recommendation of the National Council for Human Rights for the Ministry of Interior as well as other state departments to keep the religious item on identity cards and to allow adding new religions, including “non-heavenly.”
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Members of the National Council for Human Rights called to abolish article 1 of the unified law for the building of houses of worship.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The article provides a listing of articles on two controversial Fatwás issued by the Muftī of Egypt and a professor at the Azhar University. The first fatwá says that the prophet’s urine used to be given to his companions for blessings. The second one urges working women to breastfeed their male co...
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007
‘Aṣfūr questioned how the Islamic Research Academy permitted a book written by Saudi Muftī Bin Bāz in which he delivered a Fatwá that prohibited women from working, and another book which states that ‘Urfī marriage is legitimate and that official marriage contracts are a fad that do not exist in...
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2007
The The National Council for Human Rights holds a conference to discuss Coptic issues.
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2007
The National Council for Human Rights ended its first session tensely; a member submitted a memo to its head and head of the Shūrá council decrying its performance as a failure.
Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2007
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies reported on the Egyptian Supreme Administrative decision about rejecting acknowledging the Bahā’ī faith. The rejection is considered to be a violation of the Egyptian Constitution article 40.