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Egypt court sentences two defendants to death over 2017 church attack
[AlAhram] A Cairo criminal court sentenced on Tuesday two defendants to death over a 2017 terrorist attack against the Saint Menas
The court has referred the sentence to the country’s grand mufti for his non-binding opinion, as required by Egyptian law, pending a final verdict. The court has set 12 May to issue sentences on all 11 defendants in the case. The defendants in the case were referred to court on charges of forming, operating, joining and financing a takfiri  ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...group, murder, attempted murder, and forceful resistance of coppers. The Arabic word "takfiri" refers to hardline Sunni Moslems who accuse other Moslems and followers of other religions of being infidels, often as a justification for using violence against them. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-17 |
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