Egypt’s Supreme Court to Hear Muslim-Christian Convert Case

Egypt’s highest court agreed Monday to hear the appeal of Coptic Christians who converted to Islam but now want to legally revert back to Christianity.

The case of the 12 former Copts seeking to once again become Christians was taken up by the high court despite a lower court ruling against the converts. The lower court in April had argued that recognizing such a case would be considered apostasy under Sharia (Islamic law) law.

“The decision by the Supreme Administrative Court to consider the case of Egyptian converts to Islam wanting to return to their Church is very positive,” said Ramsis Al Naggar, the lawyer for the plantiffs, according to the Middle East Times.

“It proves there is still a window of freedom in Egypt,” said Naggar, who has filed 400 similar lawsuits.