Wilders: "It's a very sad day for freedom of speech in the UK"
A Dutch MP who called the Koran a "fascist book" has been sent back to the Netherlands after attempting to defy a ban on entering the UK.
Freedom Party MP Geert Wilders had been invited to show his controversial film - which links the Islamic holy book to terrorism - in the UK's House of Lords.
EGYPT: RULING ON BID FOR CHRISTIAN ID EXPECTED SOON
Attorney says he is ‘90 percent sure’ that convert from Islam will win case.
ISTANBUL, February 10 (Compass Direct News) – Following a hearing on Saturday (Feb. 7), the lawyer for a Christian convert in Egypt said he is hopeful that his client will become the first Muslim-born Egyptian to be granted official identification as a Christian.
CORRECTING STORY INITIALLY TITLED: Coptic Woman Wins Landmark Case, Custody of Children
The initial story published on February 3 wrongfully attributed a landmark custody victory to a Coptic woman for her 9-year-old son to another woman, Camillia, who currently finds herself in a custody battle. However, it has come to the attention of MET after speaking with Camellia that the lawyer who initially revealed the information has lied to Camellia and the press about this case "for personal gains." This correction hopes to end any confusion that may have occurred in errors in the initial story.
Toronto: Order to take off niqab pits law against religion
Woman to appeal ruling forcing her to unveil face in sexual assault trial
The Star
A judge has ordered a Toronto woman to testify without her niqab at a sexual assault trial – raising the thorny issue of whether Muslim women should be allowed to appear as witnesses wearing a veil that covers everything but the eyes.
Egyptian Judge Ejects Lawyer for Christian from Court
Dispute over evidence stalls bid by convert from Islam to change official ID.
By Roger Elliott
ISTANBUL, January 13 (Compass Direct News) – An attempt by an Egyptian convert from Islam to legally change the religion listed on his identification card to “Christian” hit a setback on Jan. 6 when a judge ordered security personnel to remove his lawyer from court.
Attorney Nabil Ghobreyal was expelled from the courtroom at Cairo’s Administrative Court following a heated argument with Judge Mohammad Ahmad Atyia
Ministers voice fears Gaza will radicalise British Muslims
LONDON- AFP
Government ministers expressed concern Monday that Israel's military campaign in Gaza was radicalising Muslims in Britain.
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said she was "very concerned" that the conflict could help extremists, and justice minister Shahid Malik warned it was having a "profoundly acute and unhealthy" effect on Muslim communities here.
Egyptian Wins Rare Legal Victory to Revert to Christianity
Copt who became Muslim, then returned to Christ, gets ‘new’ faith officially recognized.
By Michael Larson
ISTANBUL, January 8 (Compass Direct News) – An Egyptian convert to Christianity who spent 31 years officially identified as a Muslim has won a rare legal victory to be officially registered in his “new” faith.
LONDON: The British authorities are investigating how a United Kingdom (UK) citizen flew to Pakistan using his sister’s passport before he was discovered by Pakistani officials and sent back.
"I am saying it out loud to everyone, the mother and I are threatened to be killed or being falsely charged of committing a crime by the Security Authorities and the Muslim Brotherhood. Should something happen to us, you know who did it" said Mr. Atef Helmy, journalist and activist in the Egyptian Human Rights Organization.
As Christmas Approaches, Muslims Raricals Erect ‘Allah Has No Son’ Banner in Nazareth
A banner proclaiming a verse from the Koran that denies God has a son hangs in front of the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth (Photo: Julie Stahl)
Nazareth, Israel (CNSNews.com) – As Nazareth’s Christians prepare to celebrate Christmas, they are playing down the appearance of a confrontational Islamic banner that challenges an elemental Christian belief.
Egyptian Convert to Christianity Tortured, Raped in Egypt
Martha Samuel, an Egyptian Muslim who converted to Christianity 5 years ago, was arrested at Cairo airport on Wednesday as she and her husband and two sons (4 and 2) were leaving for Russia (AINA 12-17-2008). Her name was on the observation list of people prevented from leaving the country.
A Saudi court has rejected a plea to divorce an eight-year-old girl married off by her father to a man who is 58, saying the case should wait until the girl reaches puberty, a lawyer involved told AFP.
"The judge has dismissed the plea (filed by the mother) because she does not have the right to file such a case, and ordered that the plea should be filed by the girl herself when she reaches puberty," lawyer Abdullah Jtili told AFP in a telephone interview after Saturday's court decision.
Egyptian Muslim Refuses to Give Child to Christian Mother
Court grants custody of 3-year-old to woman, but police refuse to enforce order.
By Roger Elliott
ISTANBUL, December 19 (Compass Direct News) – Egyptian authorities have refused to hand over a 3-year-old girl to her Christian mother even after a court granted her custody in a legal battle with her Muslim ex-husband.
At 03.00 am on Sunday 14th December the Egyptian State Security officers at "El Pharana", Alexandria, in a barbaric-style operation arrested:
1. Mr. George Masoud Masoud Fam, (55 years old), a lawyer from Alexandria who works at the social services office of the Alexandria Coptic Episcopate, as well as the Clerical Council in Alexandria.
Coptic Christian Fights Deportation to Egypt, Fearing Torture
By NEELA BANERJEE
An Egyptian Coptic Christian who was permitted to stay in the United States because of the probable threat of torture back home is now fighting deportation on a murder charge in Egypt.
CSW calls for official investigation into Cairo church riot
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is calling for an official investigation into a recent attack on a Coptic church building in the East Cairo district of Ain Shams that later flared into mass rioting on the streets.
The Coptic Church of St Mary and Anba Abraam was attacked on Sunday by a mob of thousands, who began by protesting outside the church’s newly constructed extension building.
This delightful story just came in thanks to getreligion.org: The Saudis have recently asked permission to build a mosque in Moscow, a city where there are only four mosques and 2 million Muslims. The Russians, however, are saying they want, in return, an Orthodox church in Saudi Arabia.
