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.”

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