By Heba El Kodsy

 

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/417105

 

Egypt had serious problems of discrimination and intolerance under the rule of toppled President Hosni Mubarak that are still present even after his resignation, according to the 2011 report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF).

 

The report accused the Egyptian interim government of failing to protect religious minorities, especially Coptic Orthodox and religious groups such as al-Ahmadiyya, al-Quraniyin, Shiites, Muslim Sufis and Bahá'ís, pointing to the possibility of more violent attacks on religious minorities.