An Egyptian court has postponed a hearing to determine if the Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa can regain its independence, Anglican News reported. The hearing was the first stage of a legal claim to overturn a previous ruling which considers the diocese legally a part of the Evangelical Church Association. A lawyer from the ECA was present at the hearing and asked the judge to refuse the request, said Archbishop Mouneer Anis, claiming this “is proof enough that it is they [ECA], rather than the government, who want us to be under them.”