Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Egyptian authorities charge at least four Shiites with blasphemy

CAIRO: Egyptian police have arrested and charged at least four Shiite Muslims, including a visiting Australian, with insulting and denying tenets of religion, a judicial source said on Tuesday. The Shiites, who also include two Iraqis, were among 24 men rounded up last week in a Cairo suburb, a security official said, adding that most of them have since been released.
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