Monday, February 11, 2008

Egypt Supreme Court Allows Return to Christianity

Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled this past weekend that 12 Christian converts to Islam can “re-convert” back to Christianity.

The legal battle of the 12 Coptic Christians, which lasted over a year, concluded Saturday when Cairo’s highest civil court upheld the right of religious minorities.

“Our request was fully granted,” said Hossam Bahgat, director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a Cairo-based group that filed the case in association with Human Rights Watch, according to the New York Times. “The defendants are going to receive their ID cards, as Christians.”

Read more of this story on The Christian Post.

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