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<\/a> LEGISLATION WATCH- A bill that would remove the \u2018religion\u2019 field from national ID cards is back from the dead: <\/strong>A private member\u2019s bill will seek to remove the religion field from national ID cards and all other official state documents, according to El Watan News<\/a>. Rep. Ismail Nasr El Din, the backer of the bill, he will be seeking co-signers for his bill. A similar bid in 2016<\/a> to strike religion from ID cards went nowhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LEGISLATION WATCH- A bill that would remove the \u2018religion\u2019 field from national ID cards is back from the dead: A private member\u2019s bill will seek to remove the religion field from national ID cards and all other official state documents, according to El Watan News. Rep. 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