Egyptian Baha’is still struggle with IDs

Three months after the landmark ruling, allowing the minority Baha’i community to obtain official papers, Baha’is in Egypt continue to face difficulties in procuring the important documents.

Teenage twins Imad and Nancy Raouf Hindi, as well as other Baha’is have so far been unable to obtaining the documents, states the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.

Hossam Bahgat, head of the EIPR, was optimistic because the government hadn’t appealed the ruling, but expressed disappointment that the process of change was taking long.

We are encouraged by the positive signal that they did not appeal. But we think that all the necessary changes should not take three months,”

To read the EIPR report, click here.