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Controversy over removal of the religion field from the national identity card
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 2021
The lawyer Najīb Jibrāʾīl Mīkhāʾīl, a representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church has brought a lawsuit against the Ministry of Interior calling for the removal of religion from the National Identity Card.
One of the Most Widespread Religions in the World and Established Just Two Centuries Ago.. What Do You Know about the Bahāʾī Faith?
Date of source: Monday, March 2, 2020
The Bahāʾī Faith is a monotheistic religion that affirms the spiritual unity of the human race, focusing on three pillars that form the foundation of its teachings. 
‘The Red Ship: From Beirut to the Baha'is’, A New Publication on the Baha'i Faith
Date of source: Tuesday, January 9, 2018
In his novel ‘Al-Safīnah al-Ḥamrāʾ, min Bayrūt ilā al-Bahāʾiyīn’ (The Red Ship: From Beirut To The Baha'is’, the Egyptian novelist, Samīr Zakī, deals with a sensitive and thorny theme in some countries in the Arab region, namely, the Baha'i faith. 
Egypt: A Member of Parliament: “The number of Baha'i Adherents in Egypt Is Not A Little... Their Problems Need To Be Seriously Approached
Date of source: Saturday, December 8, 2018
MP Muḥammad Fuʾād said that the speech of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī at the World Youth Forum on the freedom of religious belief “is very progressive and there must be policies to implement this.” During his interview hosted by the ‘90 Minutes’ talk show, aired on al-Miḥwar TV channel, on...
An Egyptian Family Tells Her Experience As Baha'is: “We Are Not Spies”‎
Date of source: Friday, October 19, 2018
 The Bahā’ī faith entered Egypt in 1864. A governmental decree was issued in 1960 to dissolve all Bahā’ī gatherings in Egypt. There is no precise enumeration of Baha’is in Egypt.  The city of Acre, Akko, or ʿAkkā in Arabic, is the holiest city for the Bahā’ī faith, and is occupied by Israel.
Request to Brief the House of Representatives on the Rights of the Baha’is in Egypt
Date of source: Wednesday, November 28, 2018
MP Dr. Muḥammad Fuʾād submitted a request to the House of Representatives, suggesting a briefing to be submitted by the Cabinet on the situation of the right of worship for Egyptian citizens.
‘Not a revealed religion and nobody could set himself up to be its defender’ - The construction of the arguments against Egyptian Bahāʾīs
Date of source:
Writing in 1999 for al-Usbūʿ newspaper, Hānī Zayyāt and Muṣṭafā Sulaymān expressed the
17. the U.S. Congress held a hearing session about state of rights of minorities in Mursī's era
Date of source: Thursday, December 12, 2013
 A hearing was held in the U.S. Congress about state of rights of minorities in Morsi’s (Mursī) era. The session was entitled, “Violation of Human Rights in Egypt”.
Two Persons Arrested In Luxor For Imposing Bahā’ī Faith By Force
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2017
The police managed to arrest two persons in the village of al-‘Asha, Ṭībah, Luxor, after villagers reported that they were threatened by two men who forced the villagers to adopt Bahā’ism and vandalized agriculture acres. 
Ḥusayn Bīkār, Pioneer of Children’s Press in Egypt, Famed for “Sindbād” in Akhbār al-Yawm. He Converted to the Bahā’ī Faith and was Imprisoned for Bribery. Google Celebrated his Birthday Today and Egypt Ignored Him… Pictures
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2017
      Google celebrated the birthday of artist Ḥusayn Bīkār… First to establish the Wax Museum First artist to draw a book cover His last project to produce a cinematic film was stopped due to his religion He converted to the Baha'ī faith and was imprisoned in 1985 for bribery  He...

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