The ‘religion’ section in Egyptian national identity cards may now be left blank, after a court ruling on 16 March.

Computerised ID cards were introduced in 1995, and forced people to identify themselves with one of the three main religions: Islam, Christianity or Judaism. Refusing to do so resulted in a loss of the right to work, vote, travel and go to university, as cards could not be issued without all sections being filled. Members of the Baha’i faith have battled against the law for five years.

Read more here