freedom of religion

People are free to believe or disbelieve in religion: grand sheikh
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,…
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