Date of source: Friday, April 21, 2006
Azhar scholars have slammed a court
ruling allowing a
Bahā’ī couple to have their religion identified on official documents.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy holds
an extra-ordinary
meeting to decide on the issue of recognizing the Bahā’ī faith.
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2006
Sawt al-Umma exclusively publishes a copy of a
Bahā’ī marriage
certificate, issued in 1952 between Christian Fathī Tādrus
‘Abd al-Masīh, 26, and
Muslim Qudsīya Husayn Rouhī, 21, after they both converted
to Bahā’ism.
Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2006
Some hidden facts about Baha’i faith and its history that reveals Zionism and
American support to
its leaders and followers.
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
The
article reports on the visit the
Israeli ambassador in Cairo made to the leader of the Baha’i community
in Egypt, during which he
allegedly promised to support Baha’i demands for an official recognition of
their religious identity.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Some people argue that the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights is a puppet council, controlled by the Egyptian government. Much to the surprise of its critics, the council has successfully managed to address issues of public concern, such as emergency laws, the Coptic dossier,...
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
The recent ruling by the Administrative Judiciary Court recognizing the
Bahā’ī faith in
Egyptian official documents like identity cards, passports or birth certificates
has triggered outcry from
official Muslim religious institutions that vehemently reject the ruling.
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
Azhar scholars have slammed
an Administrative Judicial Court ruling acknowledging the Bahā’ī faith
as an official religion in
Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
The rights of Egyptian Bahā’
īs have recently been a subject of heated debate
in the Egyptian media. A number of Bahā’ī
leaders have tried to reach out to officials from the
Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), in an
attempt to establish a “legal framework” which
would solve...
Date of source: Sunday, December 14, 2003
The Philosophy and Doctrine Committee of the Islamic Research Institute issued a fatwa that forbids adopting the beliefs of the Baha´is, considering those adopting them as apostates. The Institute will send the fatwa to Madagascar in response to the question of officials there about the Baha...