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Last Friday night, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom arrived in Cairo in a secretive atmosphere. The Commission delivered a brief statement concerning the objectives of the visit, which takes place between July 16 and July 23. The Commission is paving the way for the...
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights organized, last Thursday, a press conference in which it announced the release of a report titled “Freedom of belief and Shiites’ issues in Egypt.” This report describes the crackdowns on Shiites in Egypt from December 2003 till March 2004.The report...
Asharq Al-Awsat received information from sources in the American administration that the American Committee on Religious Freedom is due to visit Egypt from the 16th to the 18th of July. The committee will examine developments in the fields of freedom of belief, freedom of expression and human...
America is interfering in the affairs of others with all possible means. The latest attempt was the visit of a fact-finding delegation of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom to Egypt. The US delegation was comprised of nine commissioners, including its Jewish head. Four of the...
The attitude of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom in speaking of the rights of certain religious minorities, described by the Commission as being ostracized and unrecognized, is strange. In the United States, certain religious groups do not enjoy the right of “living in peace...
Egyptian public opinion is ignorant about the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Even some important officials seem to have an inaccurate understanding of this Commission, and persist in rejecting, condemning and criticizing it – believing this to be true patriotism! For this...
The annual report issued by US State Department has criticized religious freedom in Egypt. The report accused Egypt of religious discrimination against Baha’is and Copts concerning recruitment in the public sector and preventing Christians from joining the Azhar University. Many Islamic scholars...
Christl Dabu visited Egypt in August 2004 for an investigative report about Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt, resulting in this article and several travel and news articles. This article was placed in AWR with permission of the author.
A top official from the Religious Freedoms Committee of the U.S. Congress visited the Upper Egyptian governorate of Asyout last Thursday and met with a number of priests including Father Makarius at Abu Qurqās and bishop Paphnotius of Samāllout.
Any action from the Egyptian government to spur reform of the Azhar is met with accusations and lawsuits from Azhar scholars, parliament members, and Islamist activists, claiming that these reforms are in response to American pressure. Nevertheless, the debate continues as to whether the Azhar...

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