Egypt Today, January 6
Egypt’s Minister of Education, Ibrahim Ghoneim, told Akbar Al-Youm newspaper that Bahais cannot enroll in public schools in Egypt, saying it would violate the Constitution.
“The Constitution only recognizes the three Abrahamic religions, and as religion is a subject taught in schools, they do not meet the requirements for enrollment,” he said. [By this reasoning, atheists, Buddhists, Hindus and many other groups will also be excluded from education in Egypt under the new administration. It is notable that Dr. Ghoneim is a technocrat, not affiliated with either the Brotherhood or the Salafists ~ Sen]
Update: The Minister’s actual words are online in a bilingual, Arabic and English, format on the Rose Bouquet blog.
Short link: http://wp.me/pNMoJ-1BH
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Shame on these ignorants…
Comment by nazanin — January 7, 2013 @ 4:32 pm |
Incredible! I can´t believe, what I´m reading!! .. :-0
Comment by Hanna — January 7, 2013 @ 5:01 pm |
I am sure, we can solve it in a different way can’t we? We can’t just not allow them at school, i mean we all deserve education and its one of the rights when you are born as a human being … Doesn’t matter where we are from and which religion ..
Comment by sujon — January 7, 2013 @ 6:08 pm |
This is against all common desency. There is no reason that these Baha’i children can’t be taught the three Abrahamic religions as Baha’is learn from all religions. So this man is so wrong!!!
Comment by Cindy Catches — January 7, 2013 @ 8:27 pm |
Mr. Ghoneim,
We are all children of one God. To torment any of his children is a deviation from His Messenger’s teaching. No human government should sit in judgment of God’s children. The judgement is for Him alone. Be aware that you may not violate His Books, for our time one earth is but a blink of an eye!
Comment by Hamid Taghdiri — January 8, 2013 @ 10:45 am |
Professor Basma Moussa, a Baha’i activist in Egypt, has made a response to the Minister:
“I have a question for the Minister. What are these conditions that are required for a Baha’i child to enroll in a public school, a school that we all used to attend without conditions, a school from which we succeeded and went on to hold prominent positions that serve our dear country, Egypt? According to the new constitution itself, education is the right of every child, so please tell us, what are your conditions for an education so that Baha’i parents can figure out how to enroll their children in Egyptian schools, school that are built from the taxes that are taken from us, like they are taken from all Egyptians without discrimination. Please respond, thank you.”
Comment by norma beatriz latapie — January 8, 2013 @ 2:31 pm |
Congratulations to our dear Bahai’ Children of Egypt and their families since they have been chosen by the Blessed Beauty Himself to proclaim The Greatest Name all over the world and follow His own way in their lives. We only wonder why The government of Egypt haven’t experienced that these persecutions only cause The Bahai’ Faith to be known better and therefore, be accepted by the people of the world sooner?! Hope to see the world without any prejudice, injustice and war, the very wishes that Bahai’s are doing their best to fulfill them and are honered to bear any cruelty for that.
Comment by elham — January 8, 2013 @ 8:35 pm |
What a pity that the ignorant people are in charge. Ignorance is a bliss for them. They are just deranged.
Comment by Frank Master — January 10, 2013 @ 3:06 am |