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Egyptian girls walk in front of a Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. The prospect of an Islamist victory in the election has Egypt's Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the population of 85 million, terrified that one day strict Islamic law will be imposed. Talk of leaving Egypt has increasingly circulated among many Christians since Mubarak's fall, raising fears over the fate of a community that predates the coming of Islam to the country in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)