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More delays for Egypt’s Baha’is

Toady, the Egyptian Supreme Court was set to issue a final verdict on whether Baha’is can obtain identification papers with a dash “-” listed under the religion field.

While there were hopeful signs that the Supreme Court would uphold the January 29 ruling, the case was once again postponed after a group of protesters (led by the former member of parliament Mortada Mansour) disrupted the court proceedings. The group reportedly insulted the Baha’is present in the courtroom, slandered the Baha’i Faith and accused Baha’is of working for Israel.

[...] under the religion field in identification papers, or leave it blank. The ruling has yet to be implemented, but now and in a separate court ruling issued yesterday, a university student was allowed to [...]

[...] before the Supreme Administrative Court, the case is expected to appear before court on the 15th of December, and it can only be hoped that a final ruling will be delivered following months of postponement. [...]

[...] the Supreme Administrative Court of Egypt was set to deliver its verdict on the appeal launched against the January 29 ruling. Unfortunately, the case was [...]

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