The Press Trust of India reports:

Authorities in Egypt have arrested a number of American youths on charges of preaching the Mormon doctrine, a faith regarded as a supplemental testament to the Bible.

The youths were arrested by the State security intelligence service in the Luxor Governorate on June 8.

The arrest came after several Egyptians, who saw them exercising their weird rites, made complaints against them.

The number of people arrested has not been disclosed as yet and it is not known whether they were taken to the State security service in Cairo or referred to the supreme State security prosecution on charges of contempt of religions.

Moreover, no information was disclosed about the deportation of the American youth to their country.

The restrictions on religious freedom in Egypt are a joke. Atheism is also criminalized in Egypt, so we ought to be especially sympathetic to these Mormons’ plight.

This is a developing story that has yet to be confirmed by the State Department. I’ll update this post as details become available.