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Egyptians win the right to drop religion from ID cards.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor
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April 20, 2009|
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Byline: Liam Stack Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Cairo -- Egyptian followers of the Bahai religion celebrated a long-awaited legal victory last week when the country's Interior Ministry allowed them to obtain national identity cards without falsely listing their faith as one of the only three recognized by the state.
Rights activists say the ministry's decision to honor a court ruling allowing Bahais to leave their religion off their official documents is an historic first step towards a more inclusive definition of what it means to be ...
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