http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23925/muslim-violence-against-coptic-christians-in-egypt http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23925/muslim-violence-against-coptic-christians-in-egypt#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:13:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23925 Since the early morning of November 21, the Upper Egyptian town of Farshoot has been the scene of ongoing Muslim mob violence against Coptic Christian residents. The violence has also extended to a number of neighboring villages.

According to a story by Mary Abdelmassih for the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), the mob ramsacked and burnt Coptic property, while Copts hid indoors fearing to go outside. Reuters Cairo reported a witness said, “Chaos is overwhelming (in the city).”]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23925/muslim-violence-against-coptic-christians-in-egypt/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23893/religious-persecution-egypt http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23893/religious-persecution-egypt#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:20:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23893 A Coptic Christian was believed to remain under police surveillance Friday, November 6, after he was reportedly detained for two days in central Egypt for "praying without a license."

The Christian man said he was eventually released after two days on “compassionate grounds”, but added that Egypt's feared State Security service has placed him under observation by three policemen.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23893/religious-persecution-egypt/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23851/blogger-hani-nazeer-forced-islam-conversion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23851/blogger-hani-nazeer-forced-islam-conversion#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:03:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23851 A Coptic Christian blogger in Egypt entering his second year of prison without charge is being pressured to convert to Islam in exchange for his freedom, his attorneys said.

On Oct. 3, 2008, Hani Nazeer, a 28-year-old high school social worker from Qena, Egypt and author of the blog “Karz El Hob” (“Love Cherries”), was arrested by Egypt’s State Security Investigations (SSI) and sent to Burj Al-Arab prison.

Although police never charged him with any crime, Nazeer has been detained for more than a year under Egypt’s administrative imprisonment law.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23851/blogger-hani-nazeer-forced-islam-conversion/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23764/no-covering-up-egypts-niqab-row http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23764/no-covering-up-egypts-niqab-row#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:50:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23764 There have been demonstrations by women students in Cairo after a leading cleric backed moves to ban the wearing of full women's veils, known as the niqab, in classrooms or dormitories. The BBC's Christian Fraser has been hearing both sides of the argument.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23764/no-covering-up-egypts-niqab-row/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22181/hijab-egypt http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22181/hijab-egypt#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:46:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22181 Female travelers consider Egypt one of the worst countries in the world for harassment on the streets -- second only to Afghanistan, where the Taliban forced all women behind the veil and into seclusion in their homes.

And it's not just women's perceptions. The United States and Britain both warn female visitors in travel advisories that they may face unwanted attention, or sexual attacks, in Egypt.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22181/hijab-egypt/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21700/a-prayer-bump-causes-division-amongst-muslims-in-egypt http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21700/a-prayer-bump-causes-division-amongst-muslims-in-egypt#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:13:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21700 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21700/a-prayer-bump-causes-division-amongst-muslims-in-egypt/feed 0