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The children would be interrogated after a complaint from residents of the town of Beni Sewif accusing them of "insulting Islam" by urinating on a paper which had verses from the Koran on it, the source said.
The Egyptian authorities recently sentenced a Coptic teacher to six years in prison for insulting the Prophet Mohammed and Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on Facebook.
The trial of another Copt for posting excerpts from an anti-Islam film, the "Innocence of Muslims," on the Internet will resume on October 17.
Egypt's Copts fear that the low-budget film produced by a Copt from the United States would lead to further persecution at home. Christians make up six to 10 percent of Egypt's 82 million population.
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The Egyptian authorities recently sentenced a Coptic teacher to six years in prison for insulting the Prophet Mohammed and Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on Facebook.
The trial of another Copt for posting excerpts from an anti-Islam film, the "Innocence of Muslims," on the Internet will resume on October 17.
Egypt's Copts fear that the low-budget film produced by a Copt from the United States would lead to further persecution at home. Christians make up six to 10 percent of Egypt's 82 million population.
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