Christian Twins in Egypt Forced to ‘Become’ Muslim
Hearing adjourned indefinitely; Baha’i children also struggling for religious freedom.
by Peter Lamprecht
ISTANBUL, September 5 (Compass Direct News) – An Egyptian court on Monday (September 3) adjourned the hearing of young Christian twins legally forced to take Islamic education after their estranged father became Muslim.
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- The United States Ambassador to Egypt, Francis J. Ricciardone, has expressed concern about the detention of two Christian rights activists who could face up to 15 years imprisonment on charges including "insulting Islam, jeopardizing state security," and preaching Christianity, BosNewsLife established Monday September 3.
CAIRO, Egypt - An Egyptian man forced his 20-year-old wife to be circumcised after a year of marriage, resulting in her hospitalization for acute bleeding, the state-run news agency reported on Saturday.
Sunday’s national meeting for the radical Hizb ut-Tahrir included incitement to destroy Israel and a re-establishment of the Caliphate Islamic empire
Controversial Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir celebrated its annual congress in Copenhagen on Sunday with words of anger against Jews and the West, reported daily free newspaper Nyhedsavisen.
SAN DIEGO – A conflict between passengers at Lindbergh Field Tuesday night caused the overnight delay of an American Airlines flight headed to Chicago.
Flight 590 was scheduled to depart at 11 p.m. for Chicago O'Hare International Airport but was rescheduled for Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. after some kind of dispute among customers started at the gate and continued onto the plane, said American Airlines spokesman Tim Wagner.
A German orchestra arrived in Tehran on Monday, defying increasing political tensions to give the first performances in Iran by a full Western classical ensemble since the Islamic revolution in 1979.
Egypt Extends Jail Time for Christian Rights Workers
Muslim scholars demand convert’s death.
by Peter Lamprecht
ISTANBUL, August 22 (Compass Direct News) – Egypt yesterday renewed the detention of two Christian rights workers, held without charge since their arrest on August 8.
Rome, 21 August (AKI) - Italy's Foreign Ministry has instructed the country's embassy in Cairo to monitor closely the plight of an Egyptian man, Mohammed Hegazi, who has received death threats following his conversion from Islam to Christianity.
Christians remain fearful after deadline passes for converting to Islam.
ISTANBUL, August 16 (Compass Direct News) – Christians and Hindus in northern Pakistan have received dozens of letters threatening them with death if they refuse to become Muslims, church sources and a police official said yesterday.
Dr Adel Fawzi and Mr Peter Ezzat State Security Attorney hearing News update
In a telephone call to Dr Adel Fawzi and Mr Peter Ezzat Lawyer Ramses El-Nagar, first day State Security attorney hearing at the State Security building in Cairo today ended with the lawyers demonstrating that:
There was no manger, Christ is not the Messiah, and the crucifixion never happened. A forthcoming ITV documentary will portray Jesus as Muslims see him.
CAIRO -- Egyptian police are holding a woman who conducted a near-fatal circumcision on a young girl, a widely-condemned practice the authorities are trying to stamp out, the press reported Friday.
Updates Regarding Dr. Adel Fawzi and Mr. Peter Ezzat
In a telephone conversation from United Copts GB to Dr Adel Fawzi and Mr. Peter Ezzat,through their solicitors, while incarcerated at the State Security building Al-Qahira Al-Gadidah (New Cairo), both Dr. Adel Fawzi and Mr. Peter Ezzat are in single cells, 175cm x 175 cm, allowed only one hour break per day after spending the first 36 hours with out food or water.
Both are in good spirit, and looking forward to Tuesday 21/8/07, either a court hearing will take place or get discharged.
A Christian convert from Islam, Mohammed Ahmed Hegazy (24), brought a case against Egypt's interior ministry for rejecting his application to replace Islam with Christianity on his personal identification papers on August 2.
The police decision to complain to Ofcom about a controversial Channel 4 documentary raises "serious questions about media freedom", the Tories said yesterday.
NEW YORK - They preferred bookstores or hookah bars to mosques. They stopped listening to pop music and instead surfed Web sites promoting radical Islam. They threw away their baseball caps and grew beards.
VANCOUVER - A blind man denied service from a Muslim taxi driver for "religious reasons" has been awarded $2,500, the result of a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal discrimination settlement reached on Friday and made public yesterday.
By MICHAL LANDO JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT An Arabic language public school set to open in Brooklyn on September 4 is on its second principal before even opening its doors.
Pressure On Converts Increasing, Group Says
In a telephone conversation from United Copts GB to Dr Adel Fawzi and Mr. Peter Ezzat,through their solicitors, while incarcerated at the State Security building Al-Qahira Al-Gadidah (New Cairo), both Dr. Adel Fawzi and Mr. Peter Ezzat are in single cells, 175cm x 175 cm, allowed only one hour break per day after spending the first 36 hours with out food or water.
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