Farag Foda فرج فودة | |
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Born | |
Died | 8 June 1992 | (aged 46)
Cause of death | Assassination by al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Occupation(s) | Professor, writer |
Farag Foda (Arabic: فرج فودة [ˈfɑɾɑɡ ˈfoːdæ, ˈfuːdæ]; 20 August 1945 – 8 June 1992) was a prominent Egyptian professor, writer, columnist,[1] and human rights activist.[2]
He was assassinated on 8 June 1992 by members of the Islamist group al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya after being accused of blasphemy by a committee of scholars (ulama) at al-Azhar University.[1]
Farag Foda was one of 202 people killed by "Islamist motivated assaults" in Egypt between March 1992 and September 1993.[2] In December 1992, his collected works were banned.[3]
Amnesty
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).In December 1992 Foda's collected works were banned