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The Justice Ministry's statement warned that authorities would strictly implement laws "governing thuggery and demonstrations that threaten security."
The conversion controversy began two years ago when a woman married to a Coptic priest was reported to be having marital problems. Muslim leaders charged that Copts were holding her against her will because she was attempting to convert to Islam — an allegation Copts have denied.
The woman, Camilla Shehata, gave an interview televised Saturday in which she said she remained a Christian and disputed that she had attempted to convert to Islam.
After the interview aired, Coptic leaders said, Muslims in Imbaba began to assert that Christians were holding a second woman hostage to prevent her from converting to Islam.
The original controversy and others like it were cited as the motive in the Oct. 31 attack on a Syriac Catholic church in
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Bahraini monarch orders early end to emergency rule; 21 activists go on trial
BY BRIAN MURPHY
Bahrain's king set on Sunday a fasttrack timetable to end martiallawstyle rule in a bid to display confidence herve leger dresses for cheap authorities have smothered an uprising for reforms even as rights groups denounced the hardline measures.
The announcement to lift emergency rule two weeks early, on June 1, came just hours after the start of a closeddoor trial of activists accused of plotting to overthrow the
The decision appears part of
markets and bring back highprofile events. They include the coveted Formula One grand prix, which was canceled in March amid deadly clashes and protests by the country's majority Shiites, who are seeking greater rights and freedoms.
But the crackdown has come at a high price in the strategic island nation, which hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.
At least 30 people have been killed since the protests began in February, inspired by revolts against autocratic leaders in
they say they face widespread discrimination and are denied top posts in the government and security forces.
Tensions have soared in the gulf region between Shiite power
Meanwhile, watchdog groups — including the top U.N. rights agency — have accused Bahraini authorities of overstepping their bounds with closeddoor trials
and mass detentions ofhundreds of protesters, activists and others. A major
The declaration to lift the emergency rule gave no details of what would take its place, including whether the nighttime cur
few would end or whether the numerous checkpoints would be dismantled. Last month,