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The Shura Council has agreed upon establishing a national council for human rights. The author interviewed many human rights activists to give their comments on the advantages and disadvantages of establishing such a council.
It came as no surprise that Baheiddin Hassan—a staunch defender of human rights and head of the Cairo Centre for Human Rights Studies—was chosen among the members of Egypt’s government-appointed National Council for Human Rights (NCHR).
The Creed and Philosophy Committee in the Islamic Research Institute has decided to give the apostate a lifetime chance to recant his apostate ideas and not only a three-day chance as is laid down in the Islamic fiqh [jurisdiction]. The article shows the pros and cons to this decision.
Abu Zayd, the Egyptian intellectual who was declared an apostate, claims that Egyptian universities are intellectually stagnant and that modern ways of thought must be introduced.
An examination of why only 20 percent of eligible voters took part in Egypt’s elections, and why so many voted for Islamist candidates.
Bahīy al-Dīn Hasan, the Director of the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies comments on the annual report that was released by the National Council for Human Right which has mentioned that Egypt was used as the CIA’s Mecca to torture prisoners and extort information before sending them either to...
Some foreign organizations that advocate freedom of individuals to be homosexual have increased pressure on Egypt to recognize gay rights, regardless of how applicable this idea is to different societies. Human rights organizations in Egypt have reaffirmed the Egyptian society’s conservative...
Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid participated in the anti-racism conference Cairo Center for Human Rights held in Egypt. He talked about Islamophobia, Europe’s perception of Islam, globalization and Huntington’s theories about the clash between civilizations.
The culture seminar that was held on Wednesday evening, in the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, under the title "An Islamic party and the freedom of thought and expression", witnessed a heated debate among the participants concerning the possibility of establishing an Islamic party and a...
The Ibn Roshd group has held a seminar about the defense of ijtihad [the freedom of interpretation in Islam] in the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, just hours before the tribunal verdict in an Hesba case which was filed by Sheikh Youssef Al-Badri, against the book "Father Adam" written by...

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