Egyptian identification card
controversy
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The Egyptian identification card contro-
versy resulted from a ruling of the Supreme
Administrative Council of Egypt on December
16, 2006 against the Bahá’ís stating that the
government may not recognize the Bahá’í
Faith in official identification cards.[1]
The ruling left Bahá’ís unable to obtain
the necessary government documents to have
rights in their country unless they lied about
their religion, which conflicts with Bahá’í re-
ligious principle.[2] Bahá’ís cannot obtain
identification cards, birth certificates, death
certificates, marriage or divorce certificates,
or passports.[1] Without those documents,
they could not be employed, educated,
treated in hospitals, or