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Egyptian court sends Copt to prison over anti-Islam post
Egypt Independent
September 18, 2012
http://www.legal-project.org/3114/egyptian-court-sends-copt-to-prison-over-anti
Excerpt:
An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced a Christian teacher to six years in prison after convicting him of blasphemy and defamation of President Mohamed Morsy and a plaintiff lawyer, according to Egyptian news reports.
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