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Egypt PM: worship places not to be “disposed of ”

Michael Ireland July 10, 2019 2 min read

A church building in Egypt

CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) — Churches and church affiliated buildings licensed for worship in Egypt cannot be “disposed of” or used in any other way, ruled Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli on July 1 when another 127 church buildings were granted legal status.

A church building in Egypt

BarnabasAid reports the new batch of approvals by the cabinet-approved committee brings the total number of church buildings licensed under the new Law for Building and Restoring Churches to 1,021.

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Ottoman-era restrictions on church buildings were repealed in 2016, but long licensing processing times mean many congregations are still having to worship illegally in unregistered buildings.

Progress seems to be have been gaining pace since April when Madbouli told the committee overseeing the process to speed up the work it began in 2017 and clear the backlog of unlicensed church buildings as soon as possible.

Of the 3,730 churches that originally applied for approval after the law was introduced, 2,709 are still awaiting licences. A number of churches were already licensed before the law was introduced in September 2016.

The author of this story, Michael Ireland, is a self-supported media missionary with ANS. Click here to support him as a missionary journalist. 

Michael Ireland

Michael Ireland is an Internet journalist and Media Missionary serving as Chief Correspondent for the ASSIST News Service. He is also an ordained minister and an award-winning local cable-TV host/producer. Michael has served with Dan Wooding and ASSIST News Service (ANS) since its beginning in 1989. He has reported for ANS from Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Israel, Jordan, China, and Russia. Follow Michael on Facebook at MichaelIrelandMediaMissionary and on Twitter at @Michael_ASSIST. You may support Michael as a media missionary at https://actintl.givingfuel.com/ireland-michael

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Tags: BarnabasAid Egyptian Church Buildings Michael Ireland Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli

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