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Civil Liberties

Brickbat: A Teaching Moment

Charles Oliver | 10.11.2013 6:00 AM

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An Egyptian court has fined Dimiana Abdel-Nour 100,000 pounds (about $14,000) for blasphemy. Three of Abdel-Nour's fourth-grade students said she feigned nausea when talking about Mohammad, the founder of Islam, and said the late Coptic Pope Shenouda performed more miracles than Mohammad.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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