Egypt's Continued Repression of Religious Minorities

The Egyptian government continues to systematically restrict freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) by enforcing laws, policies, and judicial decisions that repress non-Muslim and Muslim religious minority communities. Such FoRB violations have had severe impacts on Coptic Christians, Jews, Baha’is, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Qur’anists, as well as nonbelievers. 

On this episode of the USCIRF Spotlight Podcast, Commissioner Stephen Schneck is joined by Mariam Wahba, an Egypt expert and Research Analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Mariam has written extensively on the Egyptian government’s targeting of Egypt’s indigenous Coptic Christian community, and will elaborate on specific government acts that are systematically repressing religious minority life in Egypt.