freedom of religion
People are free to believe or disbelieve in religion: grand sheikh
Egypt
March 17, 2016
People are free to believe or disbelieve in religion: grand sheikh
The grand sheikh of al-Azhar, Egypt’s highest Islamic authority, said that it is up to individuals, in Islamic law, to…
None of your business
Opinion
April 16, 2013
None of your business
During the particularly hair-raising moments of the revolution, when some of the popular committees manning checkpoints on the streets were…
Pakistan quashes Christian girl ‘blasphemy’ case, say lawyers
World
November 20, 2012
Pakistan quashes Christian girl ‘blasphemy’ case, say lawyers
A Pakistan court on Tuesday threw out all charges against a Christian girl accused of blasphemy in a case that…
Court to rule in blogger’s contempt of religion case
Egypt
November 14, 2012
Court to rule in blogger’s contempt of religion case
The Marg Misdemeanor Court is scheduled to issue a verdict in the trial of Albert Saber, a blogger accused of…
Modifying my belief
Opinion
November 13, 2012
Modifying my belief
I decided to deactivate my practice of Islam as a religion because the “cognitive dissonance” between some of its details…
Court adjourns blogger’s religious defamation trial to October
Egypt
September 26, 2012
Court adjourns blogger’s religious defamation trial to October
The Marg Misdemeanor Court on Wednesday adjourned the case of a blogger charged with defamation of religion until 17 October,…
Morsy: Egypt is civil, not secular state
Egypt
September 25, 2012
Morsy: Egypt is civil, not secular state
President Mohamed Morsy stressed that Egypt is a civil state rather than a secular one and urged, state and…
Rights groups condemn detention of atheist on blasphemy charges
Egypt
September 24, 2012
Rights groups condemn detention of atheist on blasphemy charges
Human rights organizations have criticized the arrest of atheist activist Alber Saber. Saber was originally arrested over claims that he…
Freedom of belief stirs controversy in constitutional debate
Egypt
September 10, 2012
Freedom of belief stirs controversy in constitutional debate
Controversy erupted Sunday during the Constituent Assembly’s discussion of an article on the freedom of faith and worship, which was…
Coptic activists form secular ‘Christian Brotherhood’
Egypt
July 5, 2012
Coptic activists form secular ‘Christian Brotherhood’
Coptic activists announced on Thursday the establishment of secular group called “Christian Brotherhood” as a parallel to the Muslim Brotherhood,…