Egypt’s government threatens world’s oldest monastery
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St. Catherine’s Monastery, 275 miles from Cairo in the depths of the Sinai desert, is the oldest continually inhabited Christian monastery in the world. In May, an Egyptian court issued a ruling that allows the state to control what is and is not allowed at St. Catherine’s, stripping the monks of all legal authority. The government has already taken control over academic access to the site and continues to undermine its autonomy. With enough pressure, the monks may be forced to abandon the ancient monastery altogether. However…
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