Christian men cannot marry Muslim women in Egypt unless they convert to Islam first, but Muslim men can marry Christian women. Coptic Christians walk outside St. Markos Church in Minya, south of Cairo, Egypt. Extramarital affairs or sex between unmarried couples are taboo among Muslims and Christians in Egypt. ( Roger Anis / AP )CAIRO—An armed Muslim mob stripped an elderly Christian woman and paraded her naked on the streets in an attack last week in which seven Christian homes were also looted and torched in a province south of the Egyptian capital. A Muslim mob ransacked and torched seven Christian homes in a province south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after rumors spread that a Christian man had an affair with a Muslim woman, according to a statement by the local Orthodox Coptic church.

Source: thestar May 26, 2016 12:29 UTC