Religious freedom conditions have worsened in insurgency-wracked Iraq as well as Egypt, while communist China has embarked on a crackdown on foreign missionaries ahead of the Olympics, the US government warned in a report Friday.
Source: Human Rights Watch (New York, September 15, 2007) – Egypt continues to imprison journalists and editors who publish stories critical of President Hosni Mubarak and other high officials, Human Rights Watch said today. ...
Religious freedom conditions have worsened in insurgency-wracked Iraq as well as Egypt, while communist China has embarked on a crackdown on foreign missionaries ahead of the Olympics, the US Government warned in a report.
Egyptians attend Coptic celebrations for Feast of Assumption in August 2007. In Egypt, a key US ally, respect for religious freedom has "declined," a State Department report said, citing particularly a court ruling this year that reinstated a policy not to provide a legal means for converts from Islam to Christianity to amend their civil records.
Religious freedom conditions have worsened in insurgency-wracked Iraq as well as Egypt, while Communist China has embarked on a crackdown on foreign missionaries, the US government warned.
Religious freedom conditions have worsened in insurgency-wracked Iraq as well as Egypt, while communist China has embarked on a crackdown on foreign missionaries ahead of the Olympics, the US government warned in a report today.
Strong late bookings for Turkey, Greece and Egypt meant that demand for Spain dropped sharply last month, according to the latest monthly FVW Giata destination ranking.
Egypt said on Thursday it had yet to see any major U.S. effort to prepare for the Middle East peace conference which President George W. Bush has proposed to convene in the United States later this year.
UNICEF on Monday called for pressure to be maintained on Egypt to stop the practice of female genital cutting, AFP/Yahoo! News reports (AFP/Yahoo! News, 9/10). Egypt in June announced that it will impose a total ban on female genital cutting, rescinding a provision that allowed the practice to be performed by qualified physicians in exceptional cases. [click link for full article]
A local professor spent about a month last summer doing research in Egypt on an academic fellowship, and is encouraging other people to visit the Islamic nation as well — in spite of the Middle Eastern turmoil.