House Religious Affairs Committee must respect the division of church and state

The House Religious Affairs Committee must respect the division of church and state, and stop trying to outlaw specific practices and beliefs that it thinks contradict mainstream Islam, Hamdy Rizk writes for Al Masry Al Youm. Rizk bluntly points out committee head Omar Hamroush for proposing to outlaw atheism. He points out that the House’s efforts would be better spent understanding the reasons behind the increased prevalence of atheism to nip it in the bud, rather than persecuting them and not changing their beliefs.