After years of being denied the right to build churches due to unnecessary pro-Islamic hindrances, the Coptic Orthodox Church -- Egypt's largest Christian Church -- has welcomed a new Egyptian law to facilitate the building of Christian places of worship, the Catholic News website reports today (September 6, 2016).
On August 30 Egypt passed a law codifying the rights of Christians to build and renovate churches in the mostly Muslim country.
Under the new law -- approved by the Egyptian parliament -- regional governors must rule within four months on Christian church-building and renovation applications, and provide a "justified decision," subject to appeal, if refusing authorization.
"There have been some criticisms, but the government has tried to resolve any problems, and we now have a law which meets modern needs," said Fr. Rafic Greiche, spokesman for the Coptic Church.
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