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Egypt: German-Egyptian activist held in secret location
Egyptian police have arrested a German-Egyptian graduate student after a rally in support of the Palestinians in Gaza and are holding him in a secret location, a fellow activist said Sunday.
Philip Rizk, a 26-year-old student of Middle Eastern studies at the American University in Cairo, was detained Friday and his whereabouts is unknown, said anti-torture activist Aida Seif El Dawla.
A security official confirmed Rizk's detention but gave no other details. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak with the press.
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Posted on 09 February, 2009 (413 reads)
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Egypt: Egyptian Court Allows Return to Christianity
Cairo’s highest civil court on Saturday ruled that 12 Christians who had converted to Islam could return to their original church, ending a bitter yearlong battle over identity and minority rights.
It was the second time in recent months that a court has upheld the rights of religious minorities, in a country that is 90 percent Muslim and where the distinction between civil law and religious principles is increasingly blurred.
By NADIM AUDI, NY Times, February 11, 2008
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Posted on 14 February, 2008 (705 reads)
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Egypt: Egyptian Christians facing deportation
Volunteers assembling a campaign to try to prevent the scheduled deportation of an Egyptian Christian couple say the need is urgent, because the couple sought religious asylum in the United States and that automatically makes them enemies of the state in Egypt.
The campaign is on behalf of Onsy Zachary and his wife Fadia, who have been living in the United States since 1998. Their supporters say they could be deported as early as the middle of September.
WorldNetDaily, Aug 30, 2007
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Posted on 04 September, 2007 (787 reads)
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Egypt: Egypt arrests three members of Toronto-based Copt group
An obscure, Toronto-based Coptic Christian association has been thrust into the spotlight after three of its members were arrested in Cairo earlier this week, signalling another salvo in a long-running battle between Egyptian authorities and expatriate Christian groups.
Adel Fawzi, Peter Ezzat Mounir and Adeeb Ramses were arrested in Cairo on Wednesday, according to multiple sources. All three were working for the Cairo offices of the Middle East Christians Association, a Coptic Christian group founded by Nader Fawzy, an Egyptian-born Swedish citizen currently living in Toronto. Mr. Fawzy founded MECA four years ago after arriving in Canada, and says the group now has offices around the world and thousands of members.
Omar Al-Akkad, The Globe and Mail, Aug 10, 2007
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Posted on 11 August, 2007 (1004 reads)
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Egypt: World Evangelical Alliance Director visits Egypt and Israel
At the invitation of Christian leaders in Egypt and Israel, Geoff Tunnicliffe, International Director for World Evangelical Alliance spent time interacting with Christian leaders in these countries to learn about the current realities for the church and finding how WEA could best serve its member alliances and the Christian Community.
WEA Web site, Feb 3, 2006
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Posted on 08 February, 2006 (957 reads)
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Egypt: Coptic Christians get own satellite television station amid Egypt tension
Egypt's beleaguered Christian Coptic minority is to launch its own satellite television this month, but even some Copts fear the church's patronage of the channel will fan sectarian strife. In the aftermath of deadly riots in Alexandria on October 21 religious Copts see the creation of the channel as an essential tool to assert their repressed identity.
By Agence France Presse (AFP), Nov 3, 2005
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Posted on 07 November, 2005 (2051 reads)
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Egypt: Alexandria, Yesterday and Today
One hundred years ago, Alexandria was a cosmopolitan city that was home to Muslims, Christians and Jews.
Over the past week, Alexandria has been home to an ugly hatred that spurred Muslim rioters to rampage through Christian neighbourhoods, attacking churches and shops. This in turn caused a Christian candidate in next month?s parliamentary elections to withdraw and left many Christians scared to leave their homes.
Four people died and a nun was stabbed in the worst religious violence in Egypt in five years.
Mona Eltahawy, Octover 27, 2005
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Posted on 27 October, 2005 (1109 reads)
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Egypt: Police guard churches in Egypt following rioting
Thousands of police manned barricades around Christian churches in Egypt's second largest city Saturday, a day after Muslim rioters attacked churches and shops, leaving four people dead in the country's worst religious violence in five years.
The Daily Herlad, Oct 23, 2005
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Posted on 24 October, 2005 (1036 reads)
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Egypt: Al-Azhar mourns Pope's death
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Mohamad Sayyed Tantawi mourned the death of Pope Johan Paul II of the Vatican.
In statements Sunday, the Grand Imam said the death of the Pontiff is a great loss for the Orthodox Church and Muslim World as he was an icon of peace and love.
He added that Pope John Paul II was a peace advocate who adopted a moderate stand vis-a-vis the Palestinian and Iraqi issues.
Regional-Vatican, Politics, 4/5/2005
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Posted on 06 April, 2005 (1092 reads)
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Egypt: Temple of the sinners
Egyptian courts are now deciding whether the way Copts are represented in the film "I Love the Cinema" is a violation of the law that prohibits insulting religious communities.
By Zvi Barel, Haaretz, July 29, 2004
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Posted on 24 November, 2004 (1032 reads)
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