---
title: "Proposed unified law for houses of worship  Is a revised version of the Hamayouni Decree"
slug: "proposed-unified-law-for-houses-of-worship-is-a-revised-version-of-the-hamayouni-decree"
post_type: "post"
published_at: "2011-06-19T15:01:30+01:00"
modified_at: "2011-12-11T14:06:20+01:00"
author: "CIHRS"
url: "https://cihrs.org/proposed-unified-law-for-houses-of-worship-is-a-revised-version-of-the-hamayouni-decree/?lang=en"
category:
  - "Statements and Position Papers"
---

# Proposed unified law for houses of worship  Is a revised version of the Hamayouni Decree

[![](https://cihrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/111111-300x66.jpg "111111")](https://cihrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/111111.jpg) The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies sent [a memo to Prime Minister Essam Sharaf](https://cihrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/655.pdf), 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. [The full memo](https://cihrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/655.pdf)