CAIRO, Egypt: Egypt must change its policy of not allowing converts from Islam and members of the Bahai faith to register their religion in official documents, two human rights groups said Monday.
Egypt Jails More Christian Activists from Rights Group
Like colleagues just released, MECA workers accused of ‘defaming Islam.’
by Peter Lamprecht
CAIRO, November 12 (Compass Direct News) – Just days after two Christian activists from a human rights group were released from jail, Egyptian authorities took three of their colleagues into police custody over the weekend.
Arrest of two new members of the Middle East Christians Association in Egypt
MECA
In the first hours of this morning November 10th, 2007 at 4:00 am two new members of our organization "Middle East Christians Association" were arrested in Egypt, Mr. Wagih Yaakoob the official spokesman of our association and Mr Victor a member.
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN Staff Reporter of the Sun November 7, 2007
The rivalry and violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims isn't just limited to Iraq. It is increasingly found in one place presumed shut off from the influence of faraway sectarian politics: New York's state prisons.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican - the first audience by the head of the Roman Catholic Church with a Saudi monarch.
The Vatican described the private meeting as "warm" and said the two men discussed the presence and hard work of Christians in Saudi Arabia.
The Conservative government revived a controversy focused largely on veiled Muslim women by announcing plans to legally require all voters to show their face before casting a ballot in a federal election.
Cairo, October 22 (Advocates For The Persecuted) – The Egyptian government has issued a summons to six people involved in the one-time publication of a magazine, “Egypt First,” to appear in court for questioning on October 23.
Ramzi Yousef, Al-Qaeda terrorist 'converts to Christianity'
THE mastermind of the first terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Centre claims to have converted from Islam to Christianity.
Ramzi Yousef, a self-proclaimed Muslim extremist with past links to al-Qaeda, plotted with others to blow up the twin towers in lower Manhattan. Six people died in the February 26, 1993, bombing.
Bishoy “formerly Mohamed Hegazi” flat contents in Cairo is smashed and burnt down.
Bishoy “formerly Mohamed Hegazi” the convert to Christianity with his wife now in hiding in Cairo were informed by friends that their flat contents was smashed and it’s contents burnt down in the middle of the street on 11 October.
A third of a million bodies could be dug up from a historic east London cemetery to make way for a new Muslim burial site.
Ed Harris, Evening Standard 11.10.07
Tower Hamlets council is considering reopening its Cemetery Park in Mile End in response to a long-running campaign for a Muslim graveyard in the area.
The park, off Bow Common Lane, was deconsecrated as a Church of England cemetery by Parliament in 1966, after being deemed full with about 350,000 bodies buried there.
'Osama bin London' Muslim fanatic 'trained 21/7 bombers'
By CHARLOTTE GILL
A Muslm fanatic who mockingly called himself "Osama bin London" radicalised and trained the July 21 bombers, a court heard yesterday.
Mohammed Hamid is said to have taken his brainwashed followers on paintballing trips and training camps in the English countryside to prepare them for fighting.
Egyptian Islamists Join Case against Convert to Christianity
Former Muslim sues Egypt for right to become Christian.
by Peter Lamprecht
ISTANBUL, October 10 (Compass Direct News) – Conservative Islamic lawyers came out in support of the Egyptian government last week at the opening court hearing of a Muslim convert to Christianity.
In a move that has caused national uproar, former Muslim Mohammed Ahmed Hegazy is suing Egypt to change the religion listed on his identification papers to Christianity.
Riazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent Tuesday October 9, 2007 The Guardian
Muslims must respect people of all faiths and not exclude them on the grounds of religion, race or any other personal characteristic, a senior Vatican official said this week. In a message to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of Ramadan, the Pope's interfaith expert has called for a "culture of peace and solidarity" between different religious communities and to spread a teaching "which honours all human creatures".
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Harper government bill would force citizens to bare their faces to vote
