At this crucial juncture, regional leaders seem to be taking one of two approaches, both of them counterproductive. Either they are turning a blind eye to religiously inspired hate speech, or they are manipulating sectarianism to their advantage.
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By Tom Porteous | July 20,2013
The last month hasn't been a good one for religious tolerance.
As Egypt teetered on the edge of chaos following the military's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, unknown assailants killed a Coptic Christian priest in Sinai and Muslim extremists attacked churches in Minya and burned down Christian homes in Luxor.
In Pakistan on June 30, a suicide bomber killed 28 people, including three children, in an attack on Hazara Town, a Shiite area of the city of Quetta. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an extremist Sunni group, claimed responsibility for what was just the latest in a string of sectarian atrocities in Pakistan.
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