And making sure the Christians didn’t vote in the referendum. More on this story. “Fear keeps Egypt’s Christians away from polls,” by Hamza Hendawi for the Associated Press, December 18 (thanks to Betsy): ASSIUT, Egypt (AP) – A campaign of intimidation by Islamists left most Christians in this southern Egyptian province too afraid to participate … Continue reading Egypt: 50,000 Muslims led by sword-wielding men march through Christian areas, chanting that country would be “Islamic, Islamic, despite the Christians”