CAIRO: The head of Egypt’s Sharqiya governorate security, General Mohamed Nasser al-Antry, said Wednesday that the authorities will be “extremely tough” on the those who cause trouble or calling for it in the Meet Bashar village in Minya al-Qamh district in Sharqiya, where thousands of angry residents surrounded the Virgin Mary church believing a missing [...]
Oslo (dpa) – A Kurdish Islamic cleric went on trial in Norway on Wednesday charged with making threatening statements against the leader of the opposition Conservatives, among others. The trial centers on remarks Mullah Krekar, who uses the name of Najmuddin Faraj Ahmand, made during a news conference in June 2010 where he said that [...]
CAIRO: Calm has reportedly returned to the Minya Qamh district in the Egypt governorate of Sharqiya in the Nile Delta region after the 16-year-old missing girl was found on Tuesday and rejoined her mother and a sectarian crisis was contained. The issue began when Rania Khalil, 16, a recent convert to Islam, went missing and [...]
Tehran (dpa) – US filmmaker Sean Stone, the son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, has converted to Islam and chosen Ali as his Muslim first name, the Iranian news agency Fars reported Tuesday. Stone converted to Shia Islam on Tuesday at the office of an Ayatollah in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, Fars said. [...]
CAIRO: Egypt state media anchor Rasha Azab and the head of the news sector Abdel al-Aziz el-Helw of Nile News were released shortly after they were investigated with on Tuesday for their coverage presented the day of the Maspero massacre in early October 2011, which had an inciting tone against protesters. Coptic protesters, who were [...]
SANA’A: Although only a few remain in the country, Yemen’s Jewish population has expressed their concern over the departure from power of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Community leader Rabbi Yahia Youssef Mussa told Bikyamasr.com that Saleh had over his three decades in power and had always been “kind and compassionate” towards the community, adding that [...]
CAIRO: Following a four hour meeting between Egypt’s parliament members and a Coptic Christian group, it was decided that the human rights committee will investigate the forced evictions of several Coptic families from their homes in the al-Ameriyah area of Alexandria. Members from the Maspero Youth Union, a Coptic Christian rights organization, the Free Copts [...]
CAIRO: A number of Egypt’s political parties and movements issued a statement decrying the forced eviction of Coptic families in the al-Nahda village of the al-Ameriyah area of Alexandria. It comes as the incident has raised widespread controversy within the Egyptian Parliament, as a group of Coptic Youth movements marched on the Parliament Sunday to [...]
CAIRO: A Coptic Christian march of a few hundred Egyptians arrived at the Egyptian parliament and a delegation is currently meeting with members of Parliament to discuss the forced eviction of several Coptic families in Alexandria, Mina Thabet, an executive member and spokesman of the Maspero Youth Union told Bikyamasr.com on Sunday. “We marched from [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s Maspero Youth Union – a Coptic Christian group – and a number of Coptic and political movements said they would organize a march for Sunday beginning in Cairo’s Abdel Moneim Riad Square and head to the headquarters of the Egyptian parliament in protest against the displacement of 54 Coptic families from the village [...]
DUBAI: Malaysia on Sunday deported Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari accused of posting online comments allegedly insulting to Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. Malaysia’s Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Kashgari would be repatriated to face the charges. “Malaysia has a long-standing arrangement (with Saudi Arabia) by which individuals wanted by one country are extradited when detained [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s firebrand and controversial ultra-conservative presidential hopeful Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail said in a recent interview that Islam gives no guarantees of personal freedom. “If you claim that Allah considers it your personal freedom, show me your reference? Nobody has ever said that – except for people have no understanding of Sharia,” Ismail said [...]
DUBAI: Leading human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Malaysian government to not deport a Saudi journalist accused of insulting Islam on his personal Twitter account. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said Hamza Kashgari, 23, a Jeddah-based newspaper columnist, would face almost certain conviction and a death sentence for apostasy [...]
Peshawar Pakistan and the surrounding valleys are historically renowned for their rugged terrain and independent and religious people with a reputation as tenacious fighters. At the present time the Taliban have been engaged in intense fighting in northwestern Pakistan and many across the globe mistakenly think it is inevitable for tribal fighting to define this [...]
CAIRO: Egyptian prosecutors announced they are investigating Coptic Priest Flopetair Gameel, Priest Metias Nasr and activist Ramy Kamel on Thursday for their alleged involvement in the violence outside the State TV building last October 9 that killed 27 people and left hundreds injured. The three accused arrived early Thursday morning for a full day of [...]
CAIRO: A United States congressional watchdog for global religious freedom has urged Saudi Arabia to release 35 Ethiopian Christians who were arrested while conducting a prayer meeting late last year in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom. They have been detained an held for more than two months. The bipartisan American Commission on International Religious Freedom demanded [...]
Kuala Lumpur (dpa) – Valentine’s Day in Malaysia does not only make lovers’ hearts flutter but triggers acrimonious debates on whether the celebration should be stopped in the predominantly Muslim South-East Asian country. Days before the annual celebration, an Islamic group allied with the opposition urged the government to spearhead a campaign aimed at discouraging [...]
DUBAI: A Saudi Arabian columnist has been arrested in Malaysia after he reportedly made comments on Twitter that insulted Islam and the Prophet Mohamed, police confirmed to Bikyamasr.com on Friday. The international press community has been enraged over the reports of Hamza Kashgari’s arrest, with the Committee to Protect Journalists issuing a statement in condemnation [...]
Taipei (dpa) – A Taiwan couple was arrested after being accused of posing as Tantric Buddhist masters and persuading their believers to buy blessed dolls of the Sesame Street character Elmo to take home and worship, local media reported Friday. Lin Pin, 56, and Yang Mei-chiao, 53, were taken into custody Wednesday on charges of [...]
CAIRO: If religious conservatives have their way, educational reform in Egypt will reflect their strict and literalist interpretation of Islam. This will include separate programs for girls to teach them their “special roles and God-given obligations.” A member of the ultra-conservative Islamist Salafi Al-Nour party, Shabaan Abdel Aleen, will be chairing Parliament’s new education committee. [...]
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