Fez, Morocco It began with a rumor. Word had spread in an Egyptian village that a Christian man and a Muslim woman were in a romantic religionship a union religiously prohibited and socially taboo in the Arab country. As the gossip circulated, a mob of thousands torched Christian homes and churches, reports said.
Covering religion in Utah is one thing. But doing it in the Arab world? That's a whole other question.
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Fez, Morocco It began with a rumor. Word had spread in an Egyptian village that a Christian man and a Muslim woman were in a romantic religionship a union religiously prohibited and socially taboo in the Arab country. As the gossip circulated, a mob of thousands torched Christian homes and churches, reports said.
