Minorities – Page 4 – Middle East Policy Platform

Al-Azhar’s Role in Freedom of Belief in Egypt

2018 Culture, Education and Development Egypt Islam Barakat Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Media Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 07, 2018 16:04 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Islam Barakat Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/al-azhars-role-in-freedom-of-belief-in-egypt/ “Today, there is no freedom, especially the freedom of religion. The Ministry of Religious Endowments will not allow unlicensed preachers to give sermons at mosques. We are the sole competent authority to decide on this...

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Dashing Nubians’ Hopes of Returning Home

2018 Carnegie Egypt Judicial Affairs Khaled Mahmoud Minorities Paper

August 14, 2018 13:06 pm

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Khaled Mahmoud Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/77026 On June 5, the Egyptian parliament approved the Upper Egypt Development Agency bill, dealing a crushing blow to the hopes of the Nubian minority. The community, which represents around 3 percent of the population, has been struggling for decades to return to their home villages from...

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At the terminal: Stories from the Rafah Border Crossing

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Hamza Abu Eltarabesh Madamasr Military Affairs Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Year

June 18, 2018 00:00 am

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Source: Madamasr Author(s): Hamza Abu Eltarabesh Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/12/feature/politics/at-the-terminal-stories-from-the-rafah-border-crossing/ It has been one month since the Rafah Border Crossing was opened, marking the longest window in which Gazans have been permitted to leave and reenter the besieged Gaza Strip since 2013. What was initially purported to be...

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Egypt: Al-Sisi Should End Rights Abuses

2018 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Human Rights Watch Minorities Paper Sinai

April 11, 2018 15:33 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/10/egypt-al-sisi-should-end-rights-abuses Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should prioritize reforms to end serious human rights violations during his second term, Human Rights Watch said today. Al-Sisi won the April 2, 2018 election with 97 percent of the votes cast following months of intimidation...

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Raising the Stakes: Implications of a Second Sisi Term

2018 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Women Affairs

March 21, 2018 16:13 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute Author(S): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/special-reports/raising-the-stakes-implications-of-a-second-sisi-term/ Summary: Egypt’s 2018 presidential elections offer little illusion of any outcome than incumbent Abdel-Fattah el Sisi’s certain reelection to a second term; any expectation for free and fair elections was lost after four years of unprecedented...

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Egypt’s Diversifying Insurgency

2017 Hassan Hassan Minorities Nancy Okail Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

December 01, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Nancy Okail, Hassan Hassan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-diversifying-insurgency/ On two Fridays about a month apart, Egypt faced two of the worst terrorist attacks in its modern history. The attacks typify the diversifying threats this country is facing and highlight how Egypt is emerging as a new jihadi

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Closed on security grounds: Sectarian tensions and attacks resulting from the construction and renovation of churches

2017 Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Ishak Ibrahim Judicial Affairs Minorities Mohammed Medhat Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

November 30, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim, Mohammed Medhat Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/closed_on_security_grounds_web.pdf Introduction In August 2016, the House of Representatives adopted Law 80/2016 on the construction of churches to fulfill the terms of Article 235 of the 2014 Constitution, which required the House to issue a...

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Refugees in Egypt: Violations and Challenges

2017 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Minorities Mostafa Gawish Paper

November 19, 2017 19:59 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mostafa Gawish Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/refugees-egypt-violations-challenges/ Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health has released a memo to the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, to alert Nigerians on the high rate of kidney trafficking in Egypt, according to Daily Post, a Nigerian newspaper, on October 17th. 2017. The memo was...

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The Trap Punishing sexual difference in Egypt

2017 Adel Ramadan Ahmed Mahrous Alaa Farouk Dalia Abdel Hamid Egypt Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Human Rights Judicial Affairs Media Minorities Paper

November 01, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights Author(s): Dalia Abdel Hamid, Ahmed Mahrous, Alaa Farouk, Adel Ramadan Original Link: https://eipr.org/sites/default/files/reports/pdf/the_trap-en.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In this report, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, documents a four-year period in which Egyptian police have escalated a targeted crackdown on people whose sexualities...

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Nubians, the Egyptian State, and the Right of Return

2017 Egypt Human Rights Minorities Mohamed El Dahshan Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

October 19, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Mohamed El Dahshan Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/nubians-the-egyptian-state-and-the-right-of-return/ Smiling faces playing tambourines on the deck of a sailboat in the southern city of Aswan are a staple of Egyptian official tourism promotion videos. Aswanis, and Nubians in general, are renowned for kindness and...

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Egypt’s Ban on Church Trips Sends Dangerous Message

2017 Human Rights Ishak Ibrahim Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

September 01, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Ishak Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/egypts-ban-on-church-trips-sends-dangerous-message/ Coptic monasteries and moulids, the celebrations of saints that bring hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and visitors to holy sites across Egypt, are usually overflowing during the summer. But this year, they are almost...

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Egyptian Copts Under Attack: The Frailty of a National Unity Discourse

2017 Bård Helge Kårtveit Middle East Institute Minorities Paper

July 13, 2017 05:53 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): Bård Helge Kårtveit Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/map/egyptian-copts-under-attack-frailty-national-unity-discourse On May 26, 2017, 30 Egyptian Coptic Christians were killed on a bus headed for St. Samuel’s Monastery near Minya.[1] This attack followed the Palm Sunday bombing of two Coptic Churches in Tanta and Alexandria. In less than six...

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