Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom
![Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) looks on as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi speaks during a meeting at the Plaza Hotel on September 19, 2016 in New York. (DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/13176/feature_20161222_tadros_getty_images_608555102.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=7Cbj86uR)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) looks on as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi speaks during a meeting at the Plaza Hotel on September 19, 2016 in New York. (DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images)
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In the Media
![Atef's grandchildren present on their right wrist the tattoo of a blue cross, a sign of their belonging to the Copts of Egypt, Cairo, November 9, 2010. (Alvaro Canovas/Paris Match via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/13160/feature_20161217_tadros_getty_images_160685247.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=ZMMSDkF-)
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Atef's grandchildren present on their right wrist the tattoo of a blue cross, a sign of their belonging to the Copts of Egypt, Cairo, November 9, 2010. (Alvaro Canovas/Paris Match via Getty Images)
Commentary
![A nun reacts to the scene of a bomb explosion at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church on December 11, 2016, in Cairo's Abbasiya neighbourhood. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/13150/feature_20161214_tadros_getty_images_629091432.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=l4lb6pG8)
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A nun reacts to the scene of a bomb explosion at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church on December 11, 2016, in Cairo's Abbasiya neighbourhood. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
![Broken windows are seen after an explosion at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016. (Ahmed Gamil /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/13137/feature_20161212_wrm_getty_images_629096244.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=qmewc5fT)
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Broken windows are seen after an explosion at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 2016. (Ahmed Gamil /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Commentary
![A crucifix is seen hanging as Egyptians attend a candle vigil on December 17, 2016 outside the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/13147/feature_20161212_tadros_getty_images_630144932.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=00kttiOj)
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A crucifix is seen hanging as Egyptians attend a candle vigil on December 17, 2016 outside the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
![Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas mass at the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance/Salvation (Sayidat al-Nejat), in central Baghdad, on December 25, 2015. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/13122/feature_20161208_shea_getty_images_502440752.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=rmCfonwO)
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Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas mass at the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance/Salvation (Sayidat al-Nejat), in central Baghdad, on December 25, 2015. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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In the Media
![Iraqi Christians, who fled the violence in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, pray during a Christmas mass in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq on December 24, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/13021/feature_20161114_gilbert_getty_images_460825494.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=_Hi-hKeV)
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Iraqi Christians, who fled the violence in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, pray during a Christmas mass in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq on December 24, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Asia Bibi (Wikimedia Commons)
![Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. (Chris Tobin)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/12939/feature_20161021_gilbert_getty_images_164941842.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=CRN05wjy)
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Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. (Chris Tobin)