USCIRF's Release of Policy Brief on Egypt

May 16, 2005

From Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

Release of Policy Brief on Egypt by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

Findings and Recommendations Presented by:

Preeta D. Bansal, Chair · Felice D. Gaer, Vice Chair · Nina Shea, Vice Chair

Commentator: Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Woodrow Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar;
Professor of Politica Sociollogy at the American University in Cairo;
Chairman of the Board, Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, Cairo, Egypt

Wednesday, June 1, 2005
12:00 - 1:00pm
6 th Floor Board Room
Woodrow Wilson Center

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to monitor the status of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief abroad, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related international instruments, and to give independent policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and the Congress.

Preeta D. Bansal, Chair
  • Felice D. Gaer, Vice Chair Nina Shea,Vice Chair Archbishop Charles J. ChaputMichael CromartieKhaled Abou El FadlElizabeth H. ProdromouBishop Ricardo RamirezMichael K. YoungAmbassador John V. Hanford III,Ex-Officio Joseph R. Crapa, Executive Director