Naguib Gobrail, the Coptic lawyer who heads the Egyptian Federation for Human Rights, has submitted a 12 article freedom of religion bill to the Ministry of Justice. The bill contains a number of important ideas, including the protection of the right to convert.
The State Supreme Court has ordered the Ministry of Interior to release the remaining prisoners after 12 Egyptians were arrested for being Shiite.
The founder of the Muslim Brotherhood has filed a lawsuit against the Egyptian Radio and Television Union over a documentary on the origins of the Brotherhood, alleging that the show is defamatory speech.
A new controversy involving the Coptic Church has arisen. Comments made by a Coptic bishop questioning the historical accuracy of some Quranic verses published in the Egyptian press have led to criticism from Al Azhar, the Muslim Brotherhood, and others.
Egyptian cleric Ali Ibrahim al-Sudani was deported from France back to Egypt for the second time, after being accused of spreading hate and promoting crime and violence.
Extremists in Indonesia such as the ‘Islamic Defenders’ Front’ group, are trying to prevent the building of a church in Bekasi, Indonesia. Meanwhile, the religious affairs minister made official statements calling for the banning of the Ahmadiya Muslim community.
In California, the Disney company and a Muslim employee reconciled differences over the wearing of a hijab by designing a special hijab that would fit the company’s employee uniform.
In Kuwait, the government announced the censorship of some 25 titles from an upcoming book fair, drawing praise from Islamist groups and criticism from liberal MPs.
Seven leaders of the Bahaii community in Iran have now been sentenced to 20 years in jail in what are believed to be trumped-up charges. The sentencing follows two years of imprisonment and one of their lawyers, a Nobel laureate, cannot even return to Iran to represent her client.
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