Tags: Freedom of Religion
16 Sep 2026
“At every new beginning, I stop at the same point to ask the same questions: When will they find out [that I am a Baha’i]? How will they react? Will things go normally? There is always a hidden possibility of rejection, as if something is going to derail everything.”
With these words, 24-year-old Jamila began her response when asked if she had fears about the future as a young Egyptian Baha’i. She continued:
EIPR welcomed the decision of the Zagazig Criminal Court on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - to release Quranist researcher and blogger Reda Abdel Rahman without bail pending investigations in Kafr Saqr emergency state security misdemeanor N
In a study titled “The Democracy of the Clergy,” a commentary on the proposed bylaws that criticizes the church’s drafting of the statute in closed, non-transparent consultations based on a narrow interpretation of Article 3.
The EIPR demanded an end to legal and judicial action against Shia Muslims and the amendment of all legal provisions that may be used to punish citizens for their religious beliefs
The EIPR's Right to Privacy Program has documented at least 54 lawsuits involving citizens who have had to resort to courts because of an arbitrary refusal by the Interior Ministry's Civil Affairs Department to recognize their religious affiliations by printing them on their identity cards.
