Egypt

During the 1970s, President Sadat’s diplomacy ended the dominance of Egypt by the USSR and won back control of the Suez Canal and Sinai oil-fields from Israel. 

Islam is the state religion, and Cairo is the intellectual capital of Islam. Archaic discriminatory laws and the rise of Islamic Fundamentalism has resulted in the authorities turning a blind eye to a culture of police brutality and to Islamist violence and terror against Christians. 

International pressure since 1998 has provoked governmental efforts to rebuild its image. Islamic fundamentalism continues to grow in Egypt with every economic setback. 

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