Farag Foda

Farag Foda
فرج فودة
Farag Foda in the 1980s
Born(1945-08-20)20 August 1945
El Zarqa, Kingdom of Egypt
Died8 June 1992(1992-06-08) (aged 46)
Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
Cause of deathAssassination by al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya
NationalityEgyptian
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]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Amnesty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Miller, Judith (19 July 2011). God Has Ninety-Nine Names: Reporting from a Militant Middle East. Simon and Schuster. p. 26. ISBN 9781439129418. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ^ de Baets, Antoon (2002). Censorship of Historical Thought: A World Guide, 1945-2000. Greenwood Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 9780313311932. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2020-11-11. In December 1992 Foda's collected works were banned