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In an interview with Watanī International, writer Amīn al-Mahdī said that the mere discussion of a unified law for places of worship proves there is a crisis and to demand it would be trying to solve the crisis “superficially.” He pointed out the exponential growth in the number of Islamic schools...
Farouk writes about the case of a women who brought a sexual harasser to court and the broader social issues which surround sexual harassment increasing in Egypt.
In 2002 the Ministry of Education introduced the subject ’ethics and values’ into the curriculum, however in recent years it have received substantial criticism and now seems to be on the way out.
The article looks at two recent Administrative Court rulings. One which allows Bahā’īs to either leave the religion box in their ID cards empty or just have a dash and the other ruling stopped Muhammad Hijāzī, a Muslim born Christian convert, from being officially recognized as a Christian.
The author looks at the status of the Baha’ī religion in Egypt and comments on the effects that this status can have on individuals.
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