13 evangelicals were arrested this week in Agami, Alexandria for proselytizing. The president of the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights described the arrests under Emergency Law as illegal, due to the fact their arrest had nothing to do with terrorism or drugs, which make up the entire scope of the Emergency Law.
A senior security official confirmed the arrests and added that Egypt is “not in need of another source of tension.” The arrests of the 13 mainly youth were made at a meeting with Father Antonios of the Orthodox Church. The arrests are part of a major clamp down on evangelical organizations in Egypt in an attempt to tone down simmering religious tensions. The Coptic Orthodox Church instructed its media committee to carefully monitor its TV and radio channels to prevent unwanted controversy and shut downs, says Almasryalyoum.com.
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