Egypt

Congressional Resolution

glen — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:52:06 -0500

On June 24, 2008, U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (VA – 10th district) introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt.

Egypt court upholds Baha'i plea in religious freedom cases

glen — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:05:17 -0600

CAIRO, 29 January 2008 (BWNS)--In a victory for religious freedom, a lower administrative court here today ruled in favor of two lawsuits that sought to resolve the government's contradictory policy on religious affiliation and identification papers.

Audio Fearture: Situation of the Baha'is in Egypt

glen — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Kit Bigelow, director of the National Spiritual Assembly's Office of External Affairs in Washington, DC, speaks about the significance of the Baha'i community in Egypt. Though not numerically large, the community is one of the oldest in the world, formed in the late 19th century during the lifetime of Baha'u'llah. In the 1920s, in a landmark ruling, a Sunni court in Egypt in a ruled that the Baha'i Faith is an independent religion and not part of Islam, but still the Baha'is in Egypt continue to face various forms of repression (11 minutes).

Reps Kirk and Lantos protest treatment of Egyptian Baha’is

shane — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:18:58 -0600

In a letter to Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's ambassador to the United States, U.S. representatives Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) express disappointment at a recent decision by the Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court to deny Baha'is the right to document their religion on official documents.

Message to the Baha'is of Egypt from the Universal House of Justice

shane — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:10:32 -0600

HAIFA, Israel, 26 December 2006 (BWNS) -- The Universal House of Justice, the highest governing body of the Baha'i Faith, has addressed a message to the Baha'is of Egypt in the wake of a 16 December Supreme Administrative Court decision in Cairo that upheld a discriminatory government policy regarding the Baha'is and their identification cards.

Egyptian court rules against Baha'is, upholding government policy of discrimination

shane — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:11:30 -0600

CAIRO, 16 December (BWNS)-- In a closely watched case that has become the focus of a national debate on religious freedom, Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court today ruled against the right of Baha'is to be properly identified on government documents.

Congress hears testimony on serious situations of the Baha'is in Iran and Egypt

admin — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 19:55:29 -0500

For the first time since 1988, a representative of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States was invited to testify before a Congressional committee on the situation of the Baha'is in Iran and, for the first time, on Egypt.