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ADF International - Six young Christian men have spent two weeks in prison for sharing a TikTok post that authorities considered offensive to Islam. The video featured an audio clip from a popular Egyptian comedy film, which depicts a scene of prisoners who are unfamiliar with the Quranic prayers. The six, all between the ages of 17 and 23, posted the video simply reenacting the scene from the movie. Days later, they were detained and questioned by police on charges of “exploiting” and “insulting” the Islamic religion. “This is tragically common in Egypt, where Christians face threats, discrimination, and ultimately imprisonment for speech that is only seen as problematic because they are not part of the majority religion. These young men did nothing but share a lighthearted video with a voiceover from a popular and uncontroversial film, as many others on the platform have done. There is no reason to charge or imprison them. We have seen far too many cases of this nature in Egypt. Ch...