Date of source: Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Jamāl al-Banna forcefully attacked new scholars accusing them of reactionary and backwardness for their incorrect understanding of Qur’ānic texts, at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s dialogue forum.
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2007
The author highlights the discriminatory practices regarding Egyptian identity cards, and the problems of changing one’s religion therein.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2007
During the Egyptian Association for Dialogue’s conference, Muslim scholars welcomed decreeing a law to organize the construction of houses of worship using equal standards in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, April 6, 2007
A group of members of German Parliament [Bundestag] have addressed an interpellation to the Federal Government on the human rights situation and persecution of the Bahā’īs in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
The minorities’ conference was held in Zurich, Switzerland from March 24 to 26, 2007. The conference, attended by representatives of about ten minorities groups in the Middle East, came out with a final declaration of the foundation of an organization for defending women and minorities in the...
Date of source: Monday, April 2, 2007
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahā’īs of the United States has filmed a new documentary about the persecution of Bahā’īs in Egypt and Iran.
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2006
International Religious Freedom Report 2006, released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2007
‘Ādil Jindī discusses the amendment of article two of the Constitution in Egypt.
Date of source:
The report released by the US Commission for International Religious Freedom is considered by the Egyptian press to be one of the most critical reports by an American organization because it represents serious interference in Egyptian domestic affairs, especially in terms of education. Journalists...
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
The Administrative Court ruling issued last April in favour of the
right of
Bahā’ī citizens to be acknowledged and to indicate their faith on official documents
divided
public opinion into supporters and opponents, although a same ruling was issued in 1983.