Place Egypt on watch list, Commission on International Religious Freedom says

Place Egypt on watch list, Commission on International Religious Freedom says Tourists walk at the beach during a low tide in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Feb. 14, 2021. Sharm el-Sheikh is hosting the United Nations climate summit, COP27, Nov. 6-18, 2022. (CNS photo/Amr Abdallah Dalsh, Reuters)

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is calling on the Trump administration to place Egypt on a watch list after a Christian man was sentenced to five years in prison with hard labor for allegedly violating the country’s blasphemy laws “for his online content critical of Islam.” “Egypt is systematically enforcing laws, policies,…

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