Call To All Believers: Write A Letter

Recently, Amnesty International issued an International Urgent Action concerning members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light in Egypt. As you're aware, they were arbitrarily arrested and forcibly disappeared from their homes after being systematically targeted by Egyptian authorities.

In this case, Ahmed Al-Tawani was forcibly deported to Syria, where he faces serious threats from extremist Islamic groups, along with the risk of arbitrary arrest, torture, and death by the Syrian government. The remaining members continue to be held in custody, facing charges of “joining a group established in violation of the law and constitution,” based solely on their peaceful practice of religion. They are also being denied access to legal representation of their choice.

Urgent Actions represent Amnesty International’s most critical emergency response efforts, initiated when individuals face an imminent threat of severe human rights abuses like torture, enforced disappearance, unjust trials, or execution. This particular action aims to mobilize global pressure on the Egyptian authorities through coordinated letter-writing campaigns, both digital and physical activism, media outreach, and other advocacy strategies to stop the violations and achieve justice for our members.

Call to Action: Write Your Letter Today

To all Ansar and believers around the world:

We urge you to respond to Amnesty International’s International Urgent Action and stand in solidarity with our brothers from the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light who have been arbitrarily arrested, detained, and forcibly disappeared in Egypt for no reason other than peacefully practicing their religion. Now is the time to unite our voices and take meaningful action against this injustice.

What You Can Do:

Raise your voice by writing a letter to the Egyptian authorities demanding the immediate release of the detained members and an end to the persecution. Your letter will make a great difference in creating lasting change and stopping injustice against our members worldwide, not just in Egypt. 

You can copy the letter below or write your own.

Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawky Ayyad 

Office of the Public Prosecutor, Madinat al-Rehab 

Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt

Fax: +202 2577 4716/ X: @EgyptianPPO 

Dear Counsellor,

I write to you to express my grave concern over the ongoing arbitrary detention of members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light who have been detained solely for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief. On 11 March 2025, police officers in plain clothes arrested Ahmed Mohammed Al-Tenawi and his brother, Hussein Mohammed Al-Tenawi, two Syrian asylum seekers registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), at their house in 6th of October City in Giza governorate, without presenting an arrest warrant, according to a family member. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Tenawi was held incommunicado at the 6th of October First Police Station for 28 days before being unlawfully deported to Syria on 9 April. On 10 March, security forces arrested Omar Mahmoud Abdel Maguid, another member of the Ahmadi community, following a violent raid on his home in Cairo. A relative said that police officers searched the house again on the same day to arrest Omar Mahmoud Abdel Maguid’s brother-in-law, Hazem Saied Abdel Moatamed, also a member of the religious minority, who had fled. However, he was arrested three days later, on 13 March, in 10th of Ramadan City in Sharqia Governorate, according to his family. Security forces subsequently forcibly disappeared Hussein Mohammed Al-Tenawi, Omar Mahmoud Abdel Maguid and Hazem Saied Abdel Moatamed for periods ranging between 29 to 34 days before bringing them before a prosecutor. Their families submitted complaints to the prosecution on 25 March, inquiring about their whereabouts, but have not received a response. On 10 and 13 April 2025, authorities brought Omar Mahmoud Abdel Maguid, Hazem Saied Abdel Moatamed and Hussein Mohammed Al-Tenawi, for interrogation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) without allowing them access to a lawyer of their choosing. Prosecutors investigated them along with 10 other members of the religious minority on charges of “joining a group established in violation of law and constitution”. They have all been detained pending investigations and are currently held in the 10th of Ramadan Prison.I urge you to immediately and unconditionally release Hussein Mohammed Al-Tenawi, Omar Mahmoud Abdel Maguid, Hazem Saied Abdel Moatamed and all other members of the Ahmadi religious minority who have been arbitrarily detained solely for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief, to open an investigation into the three men’s enforced disappearance and to stop prosecuting Ahmadi believers solely for peacefully exercising their faith.

Yours sincerely,

Get A Sample Letter Below:

RELEASE AHMADI MINORITY MEMBERS

Write To:

Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawky Ayyad Office of the Public Prosecutor, Madinat al-Rehab Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt X (Twitter): @EgyptianPPO

And copy your letter to:

His Excellency Ahmed Abdallah Ibrahim Hafez Ambassador Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt 454 Laurier Avenue East Ottawa, ON K1N 6R3 Tel: (613) 234-4931, 4935 Fax: (613) 234-9347 / 234-4398 Email: embassy@egyptembassy.net

Show Your Support Publicly:

We encourage you to film or photograph yourselves writing the letters—whether individually or in groups—as a visible expression of solidarity. Send your videos and photos to:

Outreach@theahmadireligion.com

These materials will help amplify the campaign and show the world that the Ansar stand united.

Deadline to Act: Please send your letters by August 20, 2025.

Let us act together, with urgency and purpose, to help secure the freedom and safety of our detained brothers. Every letter is a step toward justice. Every image is a symbol of unity. 

The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release all arbitrarily detained members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. They must also end the systematic targeting of religious minorities who do not conform to state-sanctioned beliefs.