Egypt update (kinda).
Ok, so this isn’t really an update, but I was pointed to a good source for some more background information. It seems that back in July a resolution was submitted to the US congress which expressed concern over the amount of US foreign aid provided to Egypt in light of that countries lack of political reforms and ongoing human rights violations including specific mention of the persecution of the Egyptian Baha’is:
Whereas converts from Islam to another religion have difficulty obtaining new identity cards when they attempt to register their change in religion with Egyptian authorities and often face harassment;
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Whereas all Baha’i institutions and community activities in Egypt are banned under a 1960 presidential decree, members of the Baha’i faith cannot obtain mandatory identity cards unless they list themselves as one of the three state-sanctioned religions, and Baha’is have been labeled as apostates by Al-Azhar’s Islamic Research Center funded by the Government of Egypt ;
The bill is currently sitting with the House Committee on International Relations.
(thanks to Amelia for the tip)