Dr. 'Alī al-Ghatīt, president of the consulting council for the Prime Minister, said that both laws on building houses of worship and criminalizing discrimination will be up for societal discussion, in order to allow all parties to express their opinion about it before being presented  to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).

Meanwhile, Coptic churches announced their refusal of the unified law for building houses of worship. Three Coptic denomination figures had met with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III in his Papal See to discuss the law on the morning of June 15, 2011.

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