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CAIRO, 21 September (BWNS)-- The Supreme Administrative Court here has again postponed its hearing on the government appeal of a lower court's ruling upholding the right of a Bahá’í couple to have their religion properly identified on government documents.

In a brief hearing on Saturday, 16 September 2006, the Court continued the case until 20 November in order to await the completion of an advisory report from the State Commissioner's Authority on the case.

In April, a lower administrative court ruled that the couple should be identified as Bahá’ís on official documents, a decision that if upheld will essentially overturn the government's policy of allowing people to choose from only the three officially recognized religions -- Islam, Christianity and Judaism -- on state documents.