In the blood-soaked
Middle East...An Egyptian court has ruled the government must recognize the right of Christians who had converted to Islam to return to their old faith.
Democracy, rule of law, common human decency... all the things those nasty Conservatives believe are worth fighting for...
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled Saturday in the case of 12 former Coptic Christians. After converting to Islam, they had been prevented from returning to Christianity on the grounds that Islamic law would consider it an abandonment of the faith.
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