Date of source: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Several human rights activists accused
the second
article of the Egyptian Constitution of flouting the non-Muslims rights at a symposium held by Cairo
Institute for Human Rights Studies on ’ the plight of the freedom of belief in Egypt.’
Date of source: Sunday, December 24, 2006
The author
sheds light on the grand Shaykh of the Azhar’s response to the Vatican Pope’s lecture in which he
attacks Islām and Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
A research about the characteristics and
vocabularies of human rights in secondary school books of
religion revealed that issues of doctrine were present more than
human rights principles.
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, the deputy head of the government’s National Council for Human Rights (N.C.H.R.), says in this interview that it is a right and a duty of the council to express its own views, even if they run counter to the government’s opinions, adding what really preoccupies the...
Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2006
The deputy head of the National Council for Human Rights (N.C.H.R.), Dr. Kamāl Abū al-Majd, said in a press conference that members of the council have unanimously agreed on the importance of amending articles 76 and 77 of the Egyptian constitution, which deal with the nomination of the...
Date of source: Friday, August 25, 2006
Much to
the surprise of many Egyptian intellectuals and
political science experts, the director of the Ibn Khaldūn
Center for Development Studies (ICDS), Dr.
Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, recently announced
that he was ready to mediate between
political Islamic groups, in particular the Muslim...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 9, 2006
The National Council for Human Rights hosted a workshop to discuss the controversial proposal of removing the religion reference from Egyptian ID cards.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2006
The article concentrates on recent arguments amongst intellectuals and politicians over the removal of religious data from the Egyptian identification card.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
The Center for
Human Rights Research in Cairo
has agreed to put an end to the discriminatory acts between Muslims and Christians
in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, April 21, 2006
In an exclusive interview with Rose al
-Yousuf, the chairman
of the National Council for Human Rigths (NCHR), Dr. Butrus Ghālī, speaks
out on citizenship rights,
the Danish crisis, the Coptic dossier and the role of the council in serving the
community.