cwnewz.com – An attempt by an Egyptian convert from Islam to legally change the religion on his ID to “Christian” hit a setback on Jan. 6 when a judge ordered security to remove his lawyer from court.
At Cairo’s Administrative Court, attorney Nabil Ghobreyal, was expelled from the courtroom after an intense argument with Judge Mohammad Ahmad Atyia.
It was after Atyia refused to acknowledge the existence of legal documents detailing the successful attempt of a Muslim man to convert to the Baha’i faith when the dispute came about. Ghobreyal had court records and was planning to submit them in support of his case.
August 2008 was when Maher Ahmad El-Mo’otahssem Bellah El-Gohary first submitted his request to alter the religious status stated on his ID. After Muhammad Hegazy, El-Gohary was only the second Egyptian Christian convert raised as a Muslim to request such a change.
In his early 20's, El-Gohary recieved Christ. Now at age 56, he decided to legally change his religious affiliation out of concern over how his “unofficial Christianity” has had an effect on his family. He said he was most concerned about his daughter, Dina Maher Ahmad Mo’otahssem, who is 14. Though raised as a Christian, when she reaches the age of 16 she will be issued an ID stating her religion as Muslim, with the exception that her father’s appeal is successful.
She has been refused the right to attend Christian religious classes at school that are offered to Egypt’s Christian minorities and she has also been forced to attend Muslim classes. A mandatory part of the Egyptian curriculum is Religion.
There has yet to be a date set for resumption of court proceedings, which, due to the dispute, will proceed under a different judge.
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