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Some Copts are seeking for a law that regulates the construction of places of worship in Egypt.
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Statement from The Middle East Council of Churches
Voice of the Copts received the following statement from Guirguis Ibrahim Saleh,
General Secretary of The Middle East Council of Churches.
On behalf of Copts, Voice of the Copts President, Board of Directors and members, we thank The Middle East Council of Churches for their feeling regarding our persecuted Copts.
Egypt sexual harassment hits savage levels
Egypt's deputy parliament speaker said women needed a law to protect them from sexual harassment which had reached "savage" levels in the country, Al-Destour newspaper reported on Tuesday. ...
CAIR backstage coordination of media in Rifqa Bary case
Since early August we have been following the ongoing saga concerning Rifqa Bary, the Ohio Muslim-turned-Christian convert teenager who fled her home to Florida in fear of her life after her family discovered her conversion. ...
Exclusive Report on Yemenite Jewry
Stefan Kirschner, a resident of New Jersey, has just returned from a trip to Yemen where he met with the few Jews who still remain there. An interview with him upon his return appeared in The Wall Street Journal. Kirschner has written the following article, with accompanying photos, serving as a recorded view of a vanishing portion of Jewish history....
Saudi female lawyers to practice in KSA
Saudi judiciary officials have announced that female lawyers would soon be allowed to represent their clients in the courtroom, reported the Saudi Arabic daily al-Madina. ...
Hezbollah rearming for imminent conflict with Israel
Militant group Hezbollah is rapidly rearming and reinforcing positions in southern Lebanon in preparation for a new conflict with Israel, British newspaper the Observer reported on Sunday. ...
Arabs Could Outnumber Jews in Jerusalem
The demographic balance in Israel's capital of Jerusalem is shifting and Arabs could outnumber Jews there in the not-distant future, according to a new study by Nadav Shragai for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA). ...
Iran to appoint clerics in all schools
Iran's government is planning to appoint a cleric in every school, a reformist newspaper reported Sunday on a move that could radicalize education in the Islamic republic....
OIC initiated Goldstone inquiry
Established in 1969 to safeguard global Muslim interests, the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) is the second largest inter-governmental body after the UN. ...
Terrorist plot unravels at rural Oregon ranch
Oussama Kassir, a self-proclaimed al-Qaida tough guy, flew into a rage after his late-night arrival at a remote Oregon ranch. ...
US To unveil new policy on Sudan
The Obama administration will unveil a Sudan policy on Monday that calls for pressure and incentives to encourage Khartoum to pursue peace in Darfur and resolve disputes in south Sudan, according to US newspaper reports reported....
luring girls online and forcing them to convert to Islam
The High Court of Kerala asks the state police and the Interior Minister in New Delhi to investigate the forced conversion campaign dubbed "Love Jihad" and "Romeo Jihad." Young people attracted by promises of marriage end up in the hands of Islamic organizations. It is feared that there are over 4 thousand cases. For the boys who act as bait there is a reward of 100 thousand rupees. ...
Iran has know-how for atom bomb
Iran has “sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable” atom bomb according to the tentative conclusions of a confidential report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the New York Times reported late Saturday....
Paradise Hotel Bomber Among Dead in Somalia
Wanted Al-Qaeda terrorist Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan was killed Monday in an airstrike in southern Somalia, local civilians have reported. Nabhan is wanted for multiple terrorist attacks, including a 2002 hotel bombing and attempted attack on an airplane that targeted Israeli citizens....
More Brits heading to Somalia for 'jihad'
More and more young Britons are travelling to war-torn Somalia for “jihad training,” prompting British intelligence chiefs to warn that the country is becoming a more popular “holy war” training ground, a local newspaper reported Sunday....
Ramadan Arrests Is Unconstitutional
An Egyptian clampdown on religiously prohibited eating and drinking during Ramadan is producing human rights abuses, advocates say....
Egypt cracks down on breaking Ramadan fast
Fines and arrests follow in footsteps of Gulf states. A bite and a sip can now land you in jail in Egypt. Egyptians who eat or drink in public during Ramadan are being arrested as part of a new government campaign that has human rights organizations crying foul....
Annual Report on International Religious Freedom May 2009
Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom May 2009...
Obama's remarks at White House iftar - [TRANSCRIPT]
THE PRESIDENT: Please, everybody have a seat. Thank you. Well, it is my great pleasure to host all of you here at the White House to mark this special occasion -- Ramadan Kareem. ...
US president holds Ramadan iftar at White House
Obama highlights Muslims' contributions at iftar dinner . Ambassadors, high-ranking officials and leading Congress members were greeted by a fig centerpiece and gathered around tables draped in green at the White House’s annual Ramadan iftar, the meal that breaks the day-long fast during the Muslim holy month, Tuesday night....
Egyptian Regime protecting drug dealers and abusers
Voice of the Copts received the following information from an Egyptian citizen. CHRISTIAN MAN UNDER ATTACK FROM EGYPT NEED HELP URGENT ( minority rights ) ( human right ) urgent ... help ......
Burqa Furor Scrambles the Political Debate in France
PARIS — It is a measure of France’s confusion about Islam and its own Muslim citizens that in the political furor here over “banning the burqa,” as the argument goes, the garment at issue is not really the burqa at all, but the niqab....
Teen suspended for criticizing Muslim student
While showing off her JROTC uniform, 16-year-old Heather Lawrence told us joining the Army is her next big goal, to follow in the footsteps of her father and grandfather. ...
Preacher's Moses story controversial in Egypt
Egyptian preacher Amr Khaled is at the center of a controversy over an episode on his popular Quran program that discussed the story of Moses and allegedly linked it to current events and aroused sympathy for Jews. ...
Iran nuclear program may have 'military dimensions'
A new report commissioned by the International Atomic Energy Agency says that Iran's nuclear energy program may contain "military dimensions." ...
Glad to Take Ethiopian Kids from Petach Tikva
The Shomron (Samaria) Regional Council and the community of Peduel offered Friday to absorb Ethiopian-Jewish children from Petach Tikva in their schools....
A new job for Moroccans, Bus preaching
Moroccan youths have devised a new occupation for the holy month of Ramadan: bus preaching. The new controversial practice has garnered the approval of religious scholars and the criticism of sociology researchers...
U.S. to Help Egypt Demolish Gaza Tunnels
A delegation of experts from the United States is in Egypt to help wage war on Gaza smuggling tunnels, according to an anonymous Egyptian official quoted by the Arab media outlet Maan....
Somalia in worst humanitarian crisis in 18 years
Persistent violence and a prolonged drought have plunged Somalia into its worst humanitarian crisis since civil war erupted two decades ago, with a third of its 10 million people needing relief aid, a United Nations report said Tuesday....
Iran Could Have Nuclear Bomb in One Year
Iran has the technology to create a nuclear weapon within a year, the London Times reported Monday. If Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei gives the go-ahead to build a bomb,...
IDF and Iran already Engaged in 'Cyber War'
While Israel has publicly refrained from striking Iran, a secret “cyber war” may have already begun, according to ABC's Simon McGregor-Wood. Clandestine computer battles are used both to gather information and to launch offensive strikes, he says....
UN takes firm stand on women's rights in Afghanistan
Widespread violence against women in Afghanistan is being ignored in a culture of impunity that neither challenges nor condemns this violence, says the United Nations in a new report calling for an end to the prevailing abuse. ...Log in
- US woman accused of terror plot in Sweden
- Muslims outraged at UK screening of 'Fitna' film
- US apologizes to Libya for Gaddafi jihad jibe
- UN agency punished Somalia whistleblower
- Saudi woman divorces husband over 2nd wife
- Egyptian State Security Forces Demolishes Coptic Church's Services Building
- Muslim Burns a Young Copt Alive and Murders His Father Because of a Rumor!!!
- Repeated Scenario: Another Copt Murdered on Pretext of Harrassing Muslim Female!!!
- The International Society for Human Rights nominates Coptic Priest Metaos Wahba as "prisoner of the month of November 2008"
- Film: How? And Until When?
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