Nearly six years since the beginning of the war in Iraq, Iraqi's are increasingly saying that their country is becoming a safe place to live, according to a recent survey. For Christians, however, the daily threat of violent attacks means these are still uncertain times.
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At a seminar organized by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights on Saturday under the title "The new anti-terror law: fears and aspirations", human rights activists and security experts disagreed on the need to introduce a new anti-terror law, but agreed that violence might escalate in the coming years.
In a closed-door meeting with 22 representatives of Cameroon’s Muslim community, Benedict said religion is the basis of human civilization, according to The Associated Press.
According to human rights lawyer Ms. Howaida El-Omda the whole incident started when allegedly a woman lodged a complaint with Al-Khosous Police Station accusing the Copt Mr. Maher Fahmy of trying to burn down her apartment's door.
An Egyptian woman, who went to file a complaint at a police station on 19 January, has since been subjected to torture, ill-treatment and death threats against her and her family by members of the local police force.
Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) issues its report entitled â€When will the crime of torture stop?â€,
A lawyer for a U.S. couple jailed in Egypt in an adoption case said Egypt should pass a law allowing Christian families to adopt, because a legal gap that disallows the practice is pushing them to do so in secret.
Egyptian author Youssef Ziedan has won the second International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for his novel ‘Azazeel’ (Beelzebub). Ziedan will receive USD 60,000 prize money.
Dr Naguib Gilbraeel: ''the legal process of converting to Christianity is much harder than for those wishing to convert to Islam''