 |
 |
Sunday, December 14, 2003 |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Article 18.
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."
Adopted and proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948
1:29:52 PM 
|
|
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
12:13:43 PM
|
|
Egypt
CHRISTIAN CAPTURED AT LIBYAN BORDER
(Compass) -- A Coptic Christian secretly married to a woman convert from Islam was apprehended for the second time while trying to leave Egypt for Canada. Boulos Farid Rezek-Allah Awad, 31, was stopped at the Libyan border on November 25 and detained by Egyptian border police for 12 hours. Once the authorities had confirmed Rezek-Allah’s identity, he was refused exit permission and released. Upon returning to Cairo, security police summoned him to their Lazghouly headquarters for interrogation and told Rezek-Allah that he was blacklisted and would never be allowed to leave Egypt. An officer monitoring the case since Rezek-Allah’s first arrest nine months ago demanded to know the whereabouts of his wife, Enas Badawi Yousef Guirguis, 27. When told that Enas had managed to leave the country, the policeman vowed to find her. “I’ll bring her back and cut her into pieces in front of you,” he reportedly told Rezek-Allah. Sources in Egypt say Rezek-Allah’s only hope to leave Egypt and be reunited with his wife is through direct intervention by President Hosni Mubarak or Interior Minister Habib al-Adli.
(compassdirect.org)
10:38:25 AM
|
|
Egypt
CHRISTIAN MOTHER STILL JAILED
(Compass) -- Five weeks after her arrest tipped off a major crackdown against Egyptian converts to Christianity, Mariam Girguis Makar was sent back to El-Kanater Women’s Prison outside Cairo for another 15 days. Makar, 30, was arrested on October 20 at her home in Alexandria in front of her two teenage daughters. Her husband was also detained, beaten and interrogated, but he was released on November 1. Makar has been accused of falsifying Christian identity papers for herself and other former Muslims. When brought before the state prosecutor on November 20, she was remanded back to jail until December 5. At least 22 other Christians, some converts from Islam and others of Coptic descent, were detained and interrogated in the harsh sweep following Makar’s arrest. One convert died while in police custody, and the others face legal prosecution. Under Egyptian law, Muslims are not allowed to change their religious identities to any other faith, although Christians are free to convert officially to Islam.
10:35:44 AM
|
|
© 2004 Radio Free China
Last Update: 4/4/2004; 9:31:23 AM
|
|
|
