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16/04/2017 GMT

A Coptic Easter

BBC World Service - Weekend, A Coptic Easter

The situation of Copts in Egypt; the UK's first Muslim Cabinet Minister on her new book

It's Easter Sunday for both the Western and Orthodox Churches, but what is the situation of Copts in Egypt following bomb attacks on their churches?

(Picture: An Ethiopian Christian Orthodox woman taking part in an Easter mass in Cairo's Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral. Credit: Getty Images)

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