Freedom of Religion and Belief
EGYPT: Egypt divided over recent niqab ban at schools Egyptians talk to Al Jazeera about the recent government decision to prohibit students from wearing niqab. By Umut Uras Aljazeera (12.09.2023) – The Egyptian government has banned female students from...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Women with hijab found to face bias in Egypt Women wearing hijabs (Muslim headscarves) are being discriminated against by businesses in Egypt, a BBC Arabic investigation has discovered. By Ahmed Elshamy BBC News (27.08.2022) – https://bbc.in/3QDYWiR...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Mobs attack Christians’ homes, businesses after church’s legal recognition By Anugrah Kumar The Christian Post (16.07.2022)- https://bit.ly/3v5VIwC – Outraged over the newly received formal legal recognition of a church in Egypt, Muslims in large...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
A Yemeni convert to Christianity under threat of deportation The Egyptian initiative warns against deporting a Yemeni asylum seeker to his country because of his declaration of his conversion to Christianity, and expresses its fears that he will be in grave danger...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
9 Copts imprisoned for demonstrating for the reconstruction of their church Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (13.04.2022) – https://bit.ly/3jJAK0d – Sunday, March 13, 2022, the Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to renew the detention of...