CAIRO — Egyptian prosecutors have thrown out a case brought by an elderly Christian woman against several members of a Muslim mob who stripped off her clothes and paraded her naked through the streets, her lawyer said Sunday. Last May's assault in the central Minya province began after rumors spread that the son of the 70-year-old woman had an affair with a Muslim woman — a taboo in majority Muslim and conservative Egypt. Another case against the alleged perpetrators of the violence, which also targeted Christian homes, remains ongoing. "It's a calamity," Ramzy told The Associated Press about the prosecutors' decision to throw out the case. El-Sissi has since taking office in 2014 been reaching out to the religious leadership of Egypt's Christian minority.

Source: New York Times January 15, 2017 18:33 UTC