#religious freedoms
The Egyptian parliament's committee on religion, headed by Amro Hamroush, discusses plans to make atheism a crime in Egypt to fall under the category of 'contempt of religion'. Hamroush said that this "phenomenon" -referring to atheism- is widely spreading among youth claiming that it falls under the right of freedom of belief. He further asserted it is important to confront the phenomenon in society especially that many atheists are open about presenting their beliefs in society, according to a report by Youm7. He…