35 kristna etiopier har deporterats från Saudi-Arabien efter att ha hållits fängslade i 7 månader. Deras "brott" var att de samlades till bönemöte inför julen 2011.
Riyadh deports 35 Ethiopian Christians for praying (Jerusalem Post)
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Egypt's new government fails to fairly represent Christians, the acting head of the Coptic church said on Saturday, saying one cabinet seat was not enough to reflect a community that accounts for a tenth of the Muslim country's population...
...Egypt's Christians and Muslims co-existed peacefully for decades but occasional sectarian clashes have taken a more violent turn following Mubarak's ouster and the rise of Islamists to power.
Christians are worried by an upsurge in attacks on churches which they blame on hardline Islamists, although political analysts say local disputes often lay behind them...
...Christians complain school books discriminate against them and as they include versus from Koran that both Muslim and Christian students are required to study, but make no reference to the Bible.
"The time has come for Egypt's new leadership to end the problems of Christians in Egypt or else the sectarian violence will increase," said human rights activist Gamal Eid.
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