Items related to religious freedom

Maggie Milad Fayez, 13, the girl whose hair was cut by woman with niqab, shows her cut hair to Al-Mary Al-Youm editor during interview with her family, 7 November 2012. A woman wears niqab cut Maggie's hair in metro because of altercation among them, while Maggie was on her way to school.
Women assault, cut hair of Christian woman on metro
Egypt Independent 11 Nov 2012
Two niqab-wearing women assaulted and forcefully cut the hair of a Christian woman on the metro Sunday, the third such...
Constitution authors lean toward restricting gender equality, religious freedom
Al-Masry Al-Youm 07 Nov 2012
Political groups represented in the Constituent Assembly have tentatively agreed on four controversial articles in the...
The nine-year old girl whose hair was cut by her teacher as the girl didn't obey her order to wear the veil, Luxor, 17 October 2012.
Verdict to be issued against teacher who cut students' hair on 6 November
Al-Masry Al-Youm 30 Oct 2012
A Luxor court on Tuesday set 6 November to issue a verdict against a primary school teacher in Upper Egypt accused of...
The unbelievers: Post-Alber Saber, more atheists struggle to assert their identity
Jano Charbel
Sherif Zaazaa
28 Oct 2012
Five male members of an atheist group congregate in one of Cairo’s crowded downtown bars, sipping beer and Pepsi...
Bahai World Center in Haifa, Israel
Baha’is say constitution fails to recognize their faith
Mai Shams El-Din 21 Oct 2012
In 2009, four Baha’i homes were burned down in the Upper Egypt village of Shouraneya, Sohag after a member of one...
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy (L) talks to Ahmed al-Tayyeb Grand Imam of al-Azhar, after prayer of last Friday of Ramadan, in al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo, 17 August 2012.
Egypt is not a religious state, Morsy tells students
Al-Masry Al-Youm 05 Sep 2012
At the opening of the first General Conference of Student Unions on Wednesday, President Mohamed Morsy said Egypt is a...
Court orders detention of Coptic man accused of defaming Islam
Egypt Independent 01 Aug 2012
A court in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag on Wednesday has renewed for 15 days the detention of a Coptic man...
Copts protesting over church torching, Radio and Television Building, downtown, 7 March, 2011. Thousands of Copts protests against torching a church located in Helwan governorate. Protesters called for restoring the church and impose punishment on those who ruined it.
Religious freedom in Egypt 'quite tenuous,' says Clinton
Reuters 31 Jul 2012
WASHINGTON — Religious freedom in Egypt appears to be "quite tenuous" and its government has...
Women wearing niqabs walk on a commercial street in Marseille, France.
US hits out at Europe, Egypt over religious freedoms
AFP 30 Jul 2012
WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday accused Egypt, China and European nations of harming religious freedom,...
Shia faith
Locals in Cairo neighborhood accuse four people of proselytizing Shia
Al-Masry Al-Youm 28 Jul 2012
Bulaq al-Dakrour prosecution has started investigating about 40 claims filed against four people for proselytizing the...