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"en.20111027.17.4-140-000"2
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"Madam President, it is very important that the European Union, which is a community of values, intervenes in such matters as these, and at the same time sends a very clear message to Egypt and Syria that religious minorities, Christian minorities, must be treated properly. It is difficult for us to export to those countries the notions of democracy, human rights, freedom of opinion and the rule of law. They are still distant dreams, although some believed that the Arab Spring would lead to this. Still it seems, however, that they are very distant dreams.
Freedom of religion does not mean that people are freed from all religion, but that they have the right to practise their own faith. As far as the Copts are concerned, they have had to suffer very greatly in Egypt, and pay a high price for their religious convictions. Similarly, the Christians in Syria have gone underground, because of the tyranny that reigns there at present.
Regarding this, the European Parliament and European Union have real potential for speaking up for these Christians, and sending a clear message to both Syria and Egypt that these people have a right to human dignity, integrity and a decent life in their own country and, above all, to freedom of religion."@en1
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