Date of source: Sunday, January 3, 2010
Jeff Jacoby sets the persecution of the Copts in Egypt in a context of wider persecution against Christians all over the world, including in Iraq, China, Somalia and others.
Date of source: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Ihāb Ramzīwas the Christian lawyer representing the monks from the monastery of Abū Fānā. He took on the case a week after the attack on the monastery on May 31, 2008 and claims that he stepped down from the case after the governor of Minia pressured him to do so.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The Religious Liberty Group of the World Evangelical Alliance has written a report on the escalation of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt. Hulsman quotes from the report and adds his own comments.
Date of source: Thursday, July 17, 2008
Hishām Nājī Nazīr filed a lawsuit before the Administrative Court, demanding the cancellation of his conversion to Islam. He cites as reasons the fact that no medical exam or questioning of his motives took place.
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2007
The author talked about a book published by the Ministry of Endowments entitled, ‘Dalīl al-Imām īlà tagdīd al-khiṭāb al-dīnī.’ The book discuses several issues, one of them is al-Takfīr where the book aims to prevent people from using this term without enough knowledge.
Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2007
A Christian wife has filed a lawsuit that calls for the nullification of a divorce ruling she previously received. The wife’s appeal is based on evidence that her husband, who claimed to have embraced Islam in order to divorce her, was seen regularly attending Christian services.
Date of source: Friday, April 20, 2007
British journalist Yvonne Ridley, who was captured for 11 days by the Taliban in 2001, talks about her personal experience with Islamists in Afghanistan and her decision to embrace Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Recent studies reveal that the majority of Internet websites
and religious satellite
channels focus on theology, but fail to address vital issues in Muslims’ lives.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
A new
law forces the
Ministry of Interior to acknowledge the conversion of Coptic Orthodox Christians to Islam.
Date of source: Monday, October 22, 2001
The US embassy approached the Yemeni Ministry of Information about a copy of a video or cassette tape of last Friday’s sermon, which had been aired by Sanaa television and included a denunciation of the US and its allies arrogance. The embassy pressured the Yemeni authorities to prevent preachers...