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Egyptian Christian Girl Banned From School For Not Wearing a Veil

    Mr. Wagdy Halfa, the student’s attorney, said the school administration of Shaikh Fadl Secondary School, a public school in Bani Mazar, had sent a warning to Christian students [...]

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The State Department’s Skewed Standards

For instance, where is the condemnation for the attack in Sool, Egypt, when a Muslim mob torched a church, even as an imam called for Muslims to “Kill all the Christians?” As for the [...]

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Congressman Aderholt: Religious Freedom a Fundamental Right for All

    Since I first was elected to Congress in 1996, I have supported countless initiatives promoting and protecting freedom of religion. Recently, I co-sponsored H.R. 2867, the U.S. Commission on [...]

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Muslims Barricade Christians in Village over Church Building

      At a “reconciliation” meeting on 2 September, Christians – for the sake of peace – conceded to the Muslims’ demands that the building be stripped of crosses and bells, despite the permit [...]

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“Don’t Tell Me Crusaders in Egypt Should Have Equal Rights; Democracy Is Founded on Principles of Heresy” Says Egyptian Cleric Wagdi Ghoneim

  Following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian cleric Wagdi Ghoneim, which aired on Al-Jazeera on August 5, 2011 Wagdi Ghoneim: “I do not acknowledge all these terms: secular, [...]

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Coptic Christians Torn Over Egypt’s Future

  Boutros, 36, is on the far edge of an uneasy change that is sweeping the Washington region’s Coptic community as a swirl of horrific and hopeful events shake their homeland. Over the past [...]

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Egypt Overlooked in State Department’s Religious Freedom Report

Attacks against Egyptian Christians in 2011 include, but are not limited to:• The bombing outside the Church of the Two Saints on New Year’s morning that killed 23 worshippers leaving a midnight [...]

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Goodbye Egypt, Hello Iran

  “Beach tourism must take the values and norms of our society into account,” Muhammad Saad Al-Katany, secretary-general of the Freedom and Justice Party, told Egyptian tourism [...]

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The U.S. 2010 International Religious Freedom Report

        Now, the people of the region have taken exciting first steps toward democracy—but if they hope to consolidate their gains, they cannot trade one form of repression for another.Shining a [...]

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Security Vacuum and Terrorism Risks in Egypt and Tunisia, EU Warns

He also said there was a risk al Qaeda had secured arms and ammunition looted in the Libyan conflict, including surface-to-air missiles that could pose a threat to flights in the [...]

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