A large number of Coptic Orthodox Christians will collectively quit their denominations in writing on Thursday by offering "mass resignation applications" to the church and the justice ministry and later will have them documented at the notary public, an activist revealed.

'Azah Sulaymān, the director of the Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA), said that the step comes in protest against the church's refusal to grant them permits for divorce and remarriage as well as the government's slackness to take the proper measures to solve this problem.

Sulaymān noted that the state would soon face the problem of having Christian citizens without any denomination.

[Reviewer's Note: News story was also covered in al-Wafd, page 3, September 16, 2011 and Rose al-Yusuf, page 4, September 15, 2011]

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