Items related to religious discrimination

Some of girls with hijab
Rights org decries discrimination against unveiled student
Al-Masry Al-Youm 28 Feb 2013
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information asked the Ministry of Education to launch investigations into an...
Watan Party leaders discuss discrimination against Copts with US Congress
Al-Masry Al-Youm 22 Feb 2013
Salafi Watan Party head Emad Abdel Ghafour met with a delegation from the US Congress on Thursday evening to discuss...
On the road to St. Sama’ans Church at Mokatan Hill
Church authorities: Discrimination against Copts on the rise
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Oct 2012
Sectarian violence and discrimination against Copts in education and the media has increased since the 25 January...
Coptic church at sunset
Coptic activists form secular ‘Christian Brotherhood’
Egypt Independent 05 Jul 2012
Coptic activists announced on Thursday the establishment of secular group called “Christian Brotherhood” as...
Egyptians gather as firefighters extinguish a fire on a church after clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo on May 7, 2011. Clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Egyptian capital left six people dead and about 50 others injured, the health ministry said.
Egyptian religious minorities fear rise of Islamists
Omar Halawa 03 Jun 2011
Amid sectarian clashes and uncertainty about their future, religious minority leaders are expressing concern about the...
A demonstration organized by a number of political movements in front of the Public Prosecutor's office to protest the arrest of  120 people during the violent clashes that erupted between Coptic Christians and riot police over the construction of the Church of the Archangel and the Virgin in al-Omranya, Giza, 25 November, 2010.  The protestors carried banners bearing the phrase: "Long live the Crescent with the Cross", "No to preventing the establishment of places of worship", and "I am a Muslim and I refuse the persecution of Copts and Muslims by police officers". Central Security forces surrounded the protestors to prevent them from accessing the street and blocking traffic.
Egypt reiterates rejection of US religious persecution claims
MENA 30 Nov 2010
Egypt has renewed its rejection of a recent US State Department report claiming that Egypt's Christians were...
President of the Democratic Front Party Osama el-Ghazally Harb (R), and MARED founder Mohamed Monuir Megahed (L) speak during the conference.
Conference tackles media and religious discrimination
John Ehab 30 May 2010
A conference on the role of the Egyptian press in religious discrimination took place last Saturday at the headquarters...
Church of Virgin Mary in Waraaq district in Giza
Egypt could face sanctions over sectarianism
Fathya el-Dakhakhni 31 Jan 2010
Leonard Leo, chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, told US news channel Fox News Saturday...