Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2007
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies reported on the Egyptian Supreme Administrative decision about rejecting acknowledging the Bahā’ī faith. The rejection is considered to be a violation of the Egyptian Constitution article 40.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
The article explains that the Bahā’is of Egypt are entitled to have their faith acknowledged by the government.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Talking about censorship and freedom of thought, the writer argues that Islām is the religion of freedom as it calls for it before secular communities. It is manifested as the Muslims in the past did not know any inspection courts of nowadays.
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2007
AWR was invited to The Program for Civilizational Studies and Dialogue of Cultures at Cairo University to present a film about its work and explain to the students the necessity of caution in media reporting.
Dr. Ṭāriq Heggy visited AWR’s office to speak about what motivates him to write.
Remarks...
Date of source: Monday, December 25, 2006
A Supreme Administrative Court ruling denying Egyptian
Bahā’īs the right to have their religion recognized on official documents has
sparked
heated controversy in human rights circles. The ruling stated that the
Bahā’ī faith is
not a religion, hence it should not be listed on identification...
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2006
The article gives a brief review of the Bahā’īs’
‘Most Holy
Book,’ which they believe was revealed by God to their prophet Bahā’ Allāh.
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2006
The Supreme Administrative Court has issued its verdict brushing away the Administrative Judicial Court’s decree, which had permitted the notation of Bahā’ism in official documents.
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
The Supreme Administrative Court set the date of December 16, 2006 to release its final verdict on the issue of registering the Bahā’ī faith in official documents in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
‘Ādil Hammūdah writes a full-page report
and photo spread about his visit to the
Bahā’ī temple in New Delhi, trying to find answers to
questions about who the
Bahā’īs are, when and how the Bahā’ī movement
started, and what
their holy books are.
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
A number of
Bahā’īs respond to the State Commissioner Authority’s report that considered them
murtad. The article stresses how the Bahā’īs will appeal this decree in an
attempt to
gain equal status as Egyptian citizens.