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BAHAI FAITH IN EGYPT
Families Allowed New ID Cards
An Egyptian court ruled Tuesday that members of the Bahai faith can get new identification cards that don't state their religious affiliation, ending four years of court controversies.
The decision follows an appeal filed by two Bahai families who were refused ID cards by the Egyptian interior ministry because their religion is not recognized under the law. Egypt recognizes only Judaism, Christianity and Islam and requires ID papers and other documents, such as birth certificates, to state a person's religion.
The court said the Bahais would be "allowed to put a hyphen" in the religion column in documents instead of filling it out. The two Bahai families had asked the court allow them to leave the column blank.
-- Associated Press
ISLAMIC HEAD SCARVES
Turkey Lifts Ban at Universities
Turkey's ruling party and an opposition party have agreed to lift a decades-old ban on Islamic head scarves at universities in the mainly Muslim but secular nation.
A constitutional change would need a two-thirds majority in the 550-seat assembly, but the two parties have more than enough legislators.
The wearing of head scarves in universities was banned shortly after a military coup in 1980, but enforcement of the ban has varied over the years.
