In Egypt, Christians can suffer under strict laws – and a pattern of lawlessness

Cairo — Four Coptic Christian teenagers face up to five years in prison after an Egyptian court found them guilty of insulting Islam, continuing a trend of blasphemy accusations in a country whose Christian minority lacks many basic social and legal protections. The charges are "only the latest case in a pattern that can be seen since the Egyptian revolution" according to Samuel Tadros, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom.

Cairo — Four Coptic Christian teenagers face up to five years in prison after an Egyptian court found them guilty of insulting Islam, continuing a trend of blasphemy accusations in a country whose Christian minority lacks many basic social and legal protections. The charges are "only the latest case in a pattern that can be seen since the Egyptian revolution" according to Samuel Tadros, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom.…