With the arrest of Bishoy Armiya, Egypt proves Islam is more important than freedom of religion Newsmax and Egyptian newspapers have just reported the arrest in Egypt of “the nation’s most well-known convert from Islam to Christianity.” Voice of the Copts brought the convert’s original appeal to the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner
Hamas's leader-in-exile Khaled Mashaal telephoned Palestinian Authority Chairman and Fatah head Mahmoud Abbas this past weekend, in a rare telephone call between leaders of the rival parties, the official news agency Wafa said. "Mashaal telephoned president Abbas to thank him for his efforts at different levels, particularly sending aid to the Gaza Strip," Wafa
The Islamist supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi will boycott a referendum on a new constitution next month and organize a campaign against the vote, a spokesman said Monday, according to AFP. The Anti-Coup Alliance led by Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement had initially considered calling on its supporters to vote against the constitution,
Coptic Christians fear continued turmoil, new Constitution in Egypt An interview with Coptic activist Ashraf Ramelah Dr. Ashraf Ramelah is the founder and president of Voice of the Copts, a human rights nonprofit organization 501 (c) (3). The organization has offices in Italy and the United States. Dr. Ramelah is a Coptic Christian
In Saskatoon, Canada, Muslim taxi drivers are refusing to give rides to blind people with seeing-eye dogs. The drivers have been citing religious grounds, saying dogs are considered "unclean" animals in Islam. Mike Simmonds, who has been blind for close to 10 years, requires a guide dog with him at all times. He reported
A report released Wednesday by Tiny Kox, a Dutch member of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, claims that Palestinians are not "democratic partners" according to the Council of Europe's standards, and further blames Israel for the phenomenon. In the report Kox, a member of Holland's Socialist Party, attributed the prevention of weapons smuggling
Anwar Abd al-Hadi, director of the PLO Political Department, met with Dr. Faisal Miqdad, deputy Syrian Foreign Minister Foreign Ministry headquarters in Damascus, and briefed him on developments in the negotiations with Israel. According to the Palestinian news agency Maan, Abd al-Hadi stated that negotiations are stalling due to "Israeli intransigence" and Israel's emphasis
The Turkish government has supplied Syrian rebel forces with more than 47 tons of weapons in the past few months it has been revealed - this despite the Islamist government strenuously denying such charges in the past. According to official documents filed under UN Comtrade (the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database), Turkish arms
Israel will allow the import of 450,000 liters of industrial diesel to Gaza on Sunday morning in order to allow the region’s sole power plant to begin working again, an official told the Ma'an news agency on Saturday evening. The president of the committee for the import of goods, Raed Fattouh, confirmed the planned
A Palestinian Authority (PA) source on Friday told AFP that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas formally rejected US proposals for Israel to keep troops in a future Palestinian state along the Jordan border. The source further formally stated Abbas' position of refusing to recognize Israel as the Jewish state. Abbas' rejection of US Secretary of
