Former Culture Minister Gaber Asfour expressed his support for removing the religion field on Egypt’s national ID cards. “No one abroad asks you if you are an Egyptian Muslim or an Egyptian Christian,” he said. Meanwhile, Professor of Faith and Philosophy at Al-Azhar University Amna Nosseir opposes removing the religion field from ID cards. Nosseir opined that the issue of religion field on ID cards has been exaggerated. Parliament member Ismail Nasr Eddin back in 2018 had presented to parliament a bill to remove the religion field from the national ID card.
