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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 15, 2009
Egypt

EGYPT: 2 CHRISTIANS FACE DEATH PENALTY

two Egyptian Christians were sentenced to death for the murder of a Muslim man who married one of their relatives after she converted to Islam, a judicial source said

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two Egyptian Christians were sentenced to death for the murder of a Muslim man who married one of their relatives after she converted to Islam, a judicial source said. Rami Atef Khella and Raafat Khella, the brother and uncle respectively of Mariam Atef Khella alledgedly shot Ahmed Salah, and wounded Nur and the couple's daughter Nur. Egypt's mufti, Ali Gomaa, has to approve the court's death sentences.
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  • (Sources: News24.com, 15/11/2009)