03 October 2012

Egypt Christian boys, 9 and 10, taken from parents, arrested after accused of desecrating Qur’an

Two Egyptian Christian children, Nabil Rizk, 10, and Mina al-Farag, 9, have been taken from their parents and arrested after a Muslim man accused the two youngsters of desecrating the holy Qur’an in a small village in Bani Sweif in the Nile Delta region.

They will face the public prosecutor on Sunday as the investigation begins.

According to reports, confirmed by local media, both secular and religious, the children are now facing an investigation for allegedly urinating on the holy book and putting it next to a mosque, al-Shorouk newspaper reported. [Bikya Masr] Read more