How do Egypt's official religious authorities view Shiites?
While Egypt's Al-Azhar officially accepts Shiism and teaches about Shiite schools of jurisprudence in its curricula, some claim Shiites are being persecuted in Egypt as religious authorities and security forces look the other way.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights issued a report July 21 showing that there were 70 incidents of assault against Egyptian Shiites during the period from January 2011 to May 2016.
The report also highlighted the killing of Shite cleric Hassan Shehata and three of his students in June 2013.
