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Date of source: Saturday, December 3, 2005 to Friday, December 9, 2005
Shoura Council Speaker Safwat al-Sharīf has received an official notice from lawyer Nabīh al-Wahsh calling for denying the Bahā’is any chance to set up a political party in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, November 17, 2005
The Bahā’īs in Egypt, estimated at more than 10,000, are raising heated controversy due to their increasing authority.
Date of source: Thursday, November 17, 2005
The Bahā’ī faith saw the light of day in Egypt one hundred years ago. With more than 10,000 followers, Bahā’īs are demanding more rights and a place in the Egyptian political domain.
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2007
The U.S. Administration continues to care and fund a series of suspicious conferences that aim to defame Islam through promoting false concepts and slogans about it under the pretext of ’Islamic reformation.’
Date of source: Saturday, October 15, 2005
Bahā’īs are prohibited from joining political parties, running in any elections and partaking in any political activities lest this should open a can of worms with the national various political and religious powers.
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 2004
In the three reports issued by the Commission on Religious Freedom
about Egypt from 2000 to 2002, Egypt was placed in the third category. These reports noted an
improvement in the [Egyptian government’s] respect for religious freedoms. These reports were
basically focused on Copts. Reports...
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
Last Friday night, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom arrived in Cairo in a secretive atmosphere. The Commission delivered a brief statement concerning the objectives of the visit, which takes place between July 16 and July 23. The Commission is paving the way for the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 2004
The attitude of
the US Commission on International Religious Freedom in speaking of the rights of certain
religious minorities, described by the Commission as being ostracized and unrecognized, is
strange. In the United States, certain religious groups do not enjoy the right of “living in
peace...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2001
The Religious Freedom Commission is not a non-governmental organization. It is an official committee financed by the United States Federal Government. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom [USCIRF] was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 27 January 1998,...
Date of source: Saturday, February 17, 2001
Sixteen members of the Baha’i group were arrested in a village in Upper Egypt. They are accused of apostasy of the real Islam and therefore should not be treated as Muslims. The Mufti stressed the necessity of applying the doctrinal punishment for apostasy to the Baha’i group.
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