Things are heating up in Egypt again.
You might recall that Egypt is in a modernization movement, where for example all citizens are to get identification papers. These papers are to list religious affiliation but the religious/cultural norms of the society allow for recognition only of Islam, Christianity, Judaism. Baha'is therefore would enter a legal no-man's land if they insist on recognition of their religion - and the thousands of Baha'is in Egypt, and the history entertwining Egypt and the Baha'i Faith would certainly enter a new era.
A couple seeking a marriage license had to get such identity papers and wanted their religion noted as Baha'i but were refused. They went to court and they agreed and it was appealed by the government. The matter became a subject of public debate in their Parliment, of a series of TV talk shows and newspaper coverages, and commentary among the blogs (both in arabic and english.)
There had been a scheduled hearing in Sept for the Supreme Court but it was postponed for a report reviewing the facts of the case to be made for consideration. The Court is scheduled to reconvene on the matter Nov 20th.
That report was released in 12 October.
It was entirely against the Bahá'ís as far as I can find...
A blog has covered the topic in depth.
Baha'i Faith in Egypt but here's a summary:
it concluded that since the Baha'i Faith is not recognized in Egypt as a "divine religion," therefore its followers in that land have no rights whatsoever and that they simply do not exist! Consequently, they concluded that Egypt's Constitutional guarantees of freedom of belief and religion do not apply to the Baha'is. That Egypt is not bound to its commitment as a cosignatory to the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and that the Baha'is, in Egypt, should not be under its protection--since, as far as they are concerned, Egypt should have no obligations towards them! That the Baha'i are apostates (whether or not they descended from an Islamic background). That they are a threat to the "general [public] order" of the State, and that all their marriages are null and void.... That "methods must be defined that would insure that Baha'is are identified, confronted and singled out so that they could be watched carefully, isolated and monitored in order to protect the rest of the population as well as Islam from their danger, influence and their teachings." The report also calls for the original plaintiffs (the Baha'i family that won the case) to be charged for all court costs!
- note the language reminiscent of the Iranian secret plan to track Bahá'ís (but also understand that Egypt is a Sunni-Moslem country while Iran is a Shi'a-Moslem one and they have little tolerance even for eachother.) It's specifically commented on by the Anti Defamantion League.