The Daily News Egypt reported that Egyptian schools are refusing to enroll Bahai children - five months after a court ruled that Bahais in Egypt can leave religion off their national identity cards and recognized their right to state services.
Egyptians are allowed only three choices in the religion field on national ID cards - Muslim, Jewish, or Christian. Before the court ruling, Bahais were forced to either falsely claim one of the three choices or go without ID, making them unable to enroll in school and other state services. The court ruled that they could leave the field blank (though Egypt still does not recognize their religion.)
According to The Daily News Egypt, Egypt is replacing national identity cards with a new version, but has not issued the new cards to Bahais. The schools refuse to accept the old cards, according to the article, preventing the children from enrolling.
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thought you might want to add this to your post. http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/07/06/schools-out-for-the-bahais/
these guys made a cartoon about the situation in egypt and iran that relates to the school kids.
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