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Egypt: Contemplating religion after sectarian clashes

Written byOnnik Krikorian

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Posted 18 February 2012 10:22 GMT

Writing on the Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund's Tumblr, Rena Effendi comments on her conversations with Christians in Egypt who suffered from recent sectarian violence. The acclaimed photojournalist from Azerbaijan, a secular Muslim country, says faith is a personal issue and more about “relief from suffering than a path to forgiveness.”

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