Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2001
The Commission was able to reach consensus on statements summarizing the situation in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The Commission decided that no statement should be issued regarding Israel and the Occupied Territories. Dr. Al-Marayati is opposed to this decision and formulated her own findings. Her...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2001
The report notices "some recent positive developments in the promotion of religious freedom." The areas of church building and preparing new history textbooks for public school children are explicitly mentioned.
However, the Commission finds that serious problems of discrimination against a number...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom asked President Bush to raise religious-freedom issues with President Mubarak during the latter’s state visit to the United States. The request follows the return of a Commission delegation from a visit to Egypt.