S8 Ep386: PREVIEW FOR LATER TODAY Guest: Mariam Wahaba. Wahaba discusses the ongoing persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt.

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PREVIEW FOR LATER TODAY Guest: Mariam Wahaba. Wahaba discusses the ongoing persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt.
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0:00.0	This is John Batchel, speaking to colleague, Merriam Wahaba, about persecution of Christians in Africa.
0:07.0	We speak of Nigeria, but in here, Mariam brings us up to date on the persecution of a Coptic Christian in Egypt,
0:15.1	who is incarcerated for a YouTube channel talking about Christianity.
0:20.7	Mariam explains much more of this tonight and in coming weeks to follow these stories.
0:27.0	Absolutely. We spoke of Augustus Samaan, a young Coptic man who's being held in Egypt on
0:32.7	blasphemy charges for hosting a YouTube show where he talks about Christianity and defends the Christian
0:39.1	faith. As of this week, he is still incarcerated. There was supposed to be an appeals hearing
0:45.6	earlier this week, but to my knowledge, it has been rescheduled until next week. So until then,
0:51.7	we will have a little more information, but I think the appeal will give us
0:55.7	a little bit more insight onto what not only his legal defense is thinking, but more so on
1:00.8	where the Egyptian government stands on the blasphemy charges.

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