---
title: "Memo to the Prime Minister: Proposed unified law for houses of worship is a revised version of the Hamayouni Decree"
slug: "memo-to-the-prime-minister-proposed-unified-law-for-houses-of-worship-is-a-revised-version-of-the-hamayouni-decree"
post_type: "post"
published_at: "2011-06-19T01:00:00+01:00"
modified_at: "2011-06-19T00:00:00+01:00"
url: "https://cihrs.org/memo-to-the-prime-minister-proposed-unified-law-for-houses-of-worship-is-a-revised-version-of-the-hamayouni-decree/?lang=en"
category:
  - "Egypt /Road Map Program"
causes_and_rights:
  - "Freedom of belief and the rights of religious minorities"
country:
  - "Egypt"
field:
  - "Studies and Research"
interest:
  - "Statements and Positions"
studies_and_research:
  - "Legal Comments"
---

# Memo to the Prime Minister: Proposed unified law for houses of worship is a revised version of the Hamayouni Decree

**Memo to the Prime Minister**

**Press statement**

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies sent a memo to Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, Deputy Prime Minister Yehya al-Gamal, and Minister of Justice Mohammed Abd al-Aziz al-Gindi asking the cabinet to withdraw the proposed unified law for houses of worship.

**Memo attached**