Coptic church issues first conversion certificate.CAIRO: Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church Coptic Orthodox Church Principal Christian church in Egypt. Until the 19th century it was called simply the Egyptian Church. It agrees doctrinally with Eastern Orthodoxy except that it holds that Jesus has a purely divine nature and never became human, a belief the Council has for the first time issued a certificate of conversion to a Muslim-born Christian, his lawyer said, in a country where religious conversion is highly sensitive Adj. 1. highly sensitive - readily affected by various agents; "a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock"; "a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated" . Maher Al-Gohari, who is seeking to change his religion on his official documents from Muslim to Christian, was asked by a court to provide a conversion certificate from the Egyptian church. "He handed it in today," Nabil Gabriel told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. . "It is the first time the church provides this sort of certificate." In Egypt, citizens are required to carry their personal ID cards at all times. Without an ID card, one has no access to basic services basic services, n.pl frequently insurance companies split dental procedures into basic and major categories. Basic services usually consist of diagnostic, preventive, and routine restorative dental services. . It is only the second time that such a request has been formally made in a country where converting to Christianity Christianity, religion founded in Palestine by the followers of Jesus. One of the world's major religions, it predominates in Europe and the Americas, where it has been a powerful historical force and cultural influence, but it also claims adherents in virtually , while not illegal, is practically impossible. Last year, a court rejected a request by a Christian convert from Islam, Mohamed Hegazy, to have his new religion written on his identity card. Highlighting the sensitivity of the topic, the church would not comment on Gohari's case specifically. "In general, the church cannot turn away anyone who reaches out to it, otherwise it would be abandoning one of its roles as a church." Egypt's Copts -- the largest Christian community in the Middle East -- account for an estimated six to 10 percent of the country's 80 million inhabitants
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