By: NabilE

NabilE — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:48:41 +0000

As you indicate in this article, the case of the Baha’is in Egypt focuses on the denial of Egyptian citizens of their civil and human rights as citizens of that country. Unfortunately the government and the supreme administrative court have decided to attack the Baha’i Faith as “not divine” and “not true” instead of dealing with the issue of human and civil rights. Theological arguments are for theologians and are not matters of civil and human rights. Jews have denied the divinity of Christ and the prophet Muhammed (PBUT). Christians have denied the divinity of the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH). Majority Christian countries have not legally denied the human and civil rights of Muslims as some majority Muslim countries have done to Baha’is. For example, an American Muslim living in the United States, Canada, or Britain has the right to obtain birth certificates for her children, her Islamic marriage is recognized, she can own property, open a bank account, obtain a social security card, a passport, a driver’s license, and so on. In Egypt, Baha’is simply do not exist and have no human rights even if their ancestors of six generations ago were also Baha’i. Justice demands the Egyptian government to emanicipate the Baha’is in Egypt, grant them the rights of every other Egyptian citizen, and let the theological debate about which Faith is right or wrong to theologians and individuals alike to decide for themselves. Egypt, the cradle of civilization has to take the lead in guaranteeing the human rights of every citizen regardless of religion, creed, or beliefs. Religion is God’s, and the country is for all its citizens.

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By: NabilE