We are pleased to announce that today, the challenge launched by a lawyer against the January 29 ruling has been rejected! For 5 years, Raouf Hindi has fought for the right to obtain birth certificates for his twins teenaged twins Imad and Nancy, but despite the landmark ruling last year, implementation was stalled by the [...]

It was only in 1924 that the Baha’i Faith first gained legal recognition as an independent religion by a Muslim-majority country, and that country was Egypt. However, the Baha’i Faith has since lost its recognition, and all Baha’i institutions and activities are currently banned by Law 263, which was enforced in 1960. Egypt has arguably [...]

Yesterday, 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 postponed (yet again) to the 19th of January. January will also feature a final verdict by Cairo’s Administrative Court on the challenge that an Islamist lawyer launched in order [...]