April 15, 2012

How Egypt's Copts Are Coping

Joseph Hammond, The European

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The past fourteen months have been a trying time for Egyptian Christians. After decades of repression, Copts must come to terms with new freedoms and discrimination. Their response: A diversification of views, not unlike their Muslim contemporaries.

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