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"en.20111027.17.4-136-000"2
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"Madam President, the position of religious minorities has been a cause of concern to the European Parliament on many occasions. Following the democratic revolution, and after Mubarak’s administration withdrew, in Egypt it was believed and hoped that a new age would dawn. The attacks on religious minorities, however, have only continued.
Although Egypt is at a critical and difficult stage in its transition to democracy, outrages committed against human beings are never acceptable. All citizens must have the right to express their opinion freely. A total of 25 Egyptian citizens died and more than 300 were injured quite needlessly during a peaceful march. Coptic Christians were marching to protest against an attack on a church. They were marching against discrimination and calling for a law to be enacted in the country to criminalise religious discrimination. Furthermore, they have every right to do so.
The Egyptian state needs to rebuild the church that came under attack immediately, and initiate genuine national dialogue, for Egypt also to have a future."@en1
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