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Christian communities will be able to complete the necessary red tape in four months. Egypt wants to improve the legal framework in which freedom of worship is exercised. The new step touches 102 churches and 64 places of prayer. Some 3,500 places of worship should follow.

Cairo (AsiaNews) - The Egyptian government has approved a plan to legalise at least 166 Church assets across the country, thus showing its support for the country’s Christian minority, which has been the recent victim of brutal attacks by extremist Islamic groups.

According to Egypt Today, the Egyptian government has approved legislation proposed by a committee established last year to vet Christian requests to legalise their places of worship. The committee was set up under a law passed in 2016 to protect Christian churches.

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