Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Turkey for violating article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, after receiving complaints from the owner and editor-in-chief of a monthly publication [Reviewer: no name given] about the government’s restrictions...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
In an interview with Rose al-Yousuf, the head of the Protestant Majlis al-Mīllī or Community Council in Egypt, Rev. Safwat al-Bayyādī speaks about freedom of expression, Coptic marriage, divorce, U.S. Copts’ conferences and more.
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2007
A CD distributed for free in downtown Cairo shows the process of the conversion of a young terrorist to Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
In an interview with al-Ahālī, Egyptian intellectual Dr. Nasr Hāmid Abu Zayd, who left Egypt after Islamists filed a lawsuit against him accusing him of apostasy and forcibly divorcing him form his wife, speaks out on the current stagnant situation of Egyptian society.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
The author analyses the case of Heidi Hakīm Manqarius Salīb, a Christian girl who converted to Islam. This case was reported in Al-Katība al-Tībīya (The Theban Legion) and on the websites of several Christian organizations as a kidnapping, but in fact there is no proof of any physical force or...
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2005
CSI’s focus on defending the religious freedom of persecuted Christians seems to lead them to very quickly interpret any incident, or rumor of an incident, as persecution. As a response, the author suggests that, rather than sending protest letters to the respective governments, international...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Coptic human rights lawyer Najīb Jibrā’īl claims that the Egyptian regime is responsible for the internationalization of Copts’ issues.
Date of source: Friday, December 12, 2003
The writer presents an overview toof the status of Muslims in France and its governmental leadership in the light of the new call for issuing a law that eliminates wearing the hijab and other religious forms and manifestations in schools and public corporations.
Date of source: Saturday, December 6, 2003 to Friday, December 12, 2003
The Azhar decided to ban Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid´s book “Al-Khetab Wa Al-Ta´weel” [Discourse and Interpretation], allegedly because it challenge two main pillars of Islam: monotheism and the [divine] preservation of the Qur´an. The author comments that this argument indicates accusing Abu Zeid of...
Date of source: Saturday, November 29, 2003 to Friday, December 5, 2003
The slogan which the takfīr-based groups were raising is “Kill and you will be rewarded…kill an unbeliever and you will go to paradise.” At one point, the kufār [infidels] were said to be the country's leaders and senior officials, another time they were the police officers and soldiers, tourists...