|
2020-02-12 Africa North
|
|
Egypt govt has legalised 1,500 unlicensed churches since 2017: Cabinet
|
[AlAhram] Almost 1,500 churches and service buildings have been made legal over the past three years
A cabinet committee tasked with legalising the status of unlicensed Christian places of worship on Tuesday approved the legalisation of 82 churches and service buildings that had been operating without a permit, the cabinet said in a statement.
This brings to 1,494 the total number of unlicensed Christian places of worship and service buildings that have been granted legal status so far, the cabinet said.
Christians make up around 10 percent of the 100 million population of Egypt,
| ... 100 million being the latest population count. Fortunately, the birth rate has been falling in recent years, encouraged by various government programs... |
a predominantly Moslem country.
In 2016, Egypt’s parliament approved a long-awaited law regulating the building and renovation of churches.
The committee to legalise the status of unlicensed churches was established in 2017 by the prime minister.
The 10-member committee comprises one Christian representative, six government officials from several ministries, representatives from the national security apparatus, the intelligence apparatus, and the administrative control body.
During its meeting on Tuesday, the cabinet also reviewed the situation of security requirements for legalised churches. 
|
Posted by trailing wife 2020-02-12 00:00||
||
Front Page|| [11142 views ]
Top
|
|
Posted by Tom 2020-02-12 11:54||
2020-02-12 11:54||
Front Page
Top
|
|
Posted by trailing wife 2020-02-12 15:11||
2020-02-12 15:11||
Front Page
Top
|
|
08:52 Matt
08:38 Gleng Whaick2262
08:35 Gleng Whaick2262
08:35 Gleng Whaick2262
08:33 Gleng Whaick2262
08:32 Gleng Whaick2262
08:31 Gleng Whaick2262
08:28 Gleng Whaick2262
08:24 Matt
08:20 SteveS
07:43 Procopius2k
07:42 BrerRabbit
07:42 Procopius2k
07:39 Procopius2k
07:36 Procopius2k
07:35 Procopius2k
07:34 trailing wife
07:31 Procopius2k
07:30 NN2N1
07:22 NN2N1
07:18 trailing wife
07:14 Richard Aubrey
07:10 NN2N1
07:09 Besoeker
|
