[AlAhram] The president of Cairo University, Gaber Nassar, has decided to abolish the religion field on all university certificates and documents it issues related to students, staff, and professors, the academic told a local television programme on Tuesday.
The decision, which came into force on Tuesday, will be applied in all faculties and institutions at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
"We noticed several complaints about the possibility of discrimination between students due to the mention of religion. Lately I was surprised to see that a department head in one of the faculties was distributing an application that included the religion and the denomination," Nassar told satellite channel al-Nahar al-Youm by phone.
He added that when a student is asked to write his religion, he may feel that he will be discriminated against because of it.
"At Cairo University, we don’t take random decisions, we take decisions to amend illegal or unconstitutional situations," Nassar said, adding that the university had no law or bylaw that stipulated that the religion field should be included, saying that at present some faculties issue certificates which include the candidate's religion and others do not.
Nassar added that those who don’t abide by the new decision would have disciplinary action taken against them. 
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