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Posted: 5/18/2013 2:40:11 AM EST
The parents of 24-year-old school teacher Dimyana Abdel-Nour, who is accused of insulting Islam while teaching fourth graders history of religions, pose for a photograph in their home in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, Egypt, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Freed on Tuesday on a 20,000-pound (nearly 3,000 dollars) bail after nearly a week in detention, Abdel-Nour is due to stand trial later this month. Criminalizing blasphemy was enshrined in the country's new Islamist-backed constitution adopted in December. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Zayed)
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Posted: 5/18/2013 2:40:11 AM EST
Abdel-Nour, the father of 24-year-old school teacher Dimyana Abdel-Nour, who is accused of insulting Islam while teaching fourth graders history of religions, cries about his daughter in his home in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, Egypt, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Freed on Tuesday on a 20,000-pound (nearly 3,000 dollars) bail after nearly a week in detention, Abdel-Nour is due to stand trial later this month. Criminalizing blasphemy was enshrined in the country's new Islamist-backed constitution adopted in December. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Zayed)
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Posted: 5/18/2013 2:40:11 AM EST
The mother of 24-year-old school teacher Dimyana Abdel-Nour, who is accused of insulting Islam while teaching fourth graders history of religions, talks about her daughter in her home in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, Egypt, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Freed on Tuesday on a 20,000-pound (nearly 3,000 dollars) bail after nearly a week in detention, Abdel-Nour is due to stand trial later this month. Criminalizing blasphemy was enshrined in the country's new Islamist-backed constitution adopted in December. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Zayed)
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Posted: 5/18/2013 2:40:11 AM EST
Abdel-Nour, the father of 24-year-old school teacher Dimyana Abdel-Nour, who is accused of insulting Islam while teaching fourth graders history of religions, speaks on the phone to a live television show about his daughter from his home in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, Egypt, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Freed on Tuesday on a 20,000-pound (nearly 3,000 dollars) bail after nearly a week in detention, Abdel-Nour is due to stand trial later this month. Criminalizing blasphemy was enshrined in the country's new Islamist-backed constitution adopted in December. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Zayed)
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Posted: 5/10/2013 3:57:51 PM EST
A Pakistani girl runs past a car decorated with an election banner showing Mohammed Abdullah, a candidate of a pro-Taliban religious group Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F) in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. An especially violent spate of killings, kidnappings and bombings marred the run-up to Pakistan's nationwide election, capped Thursday by the abduction of the son of a former prime minister as he was rallying supporters on the last day of campaigning before the historic vote. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 2:23:16 AM EST
In this Thursday, May 2, 2013, an armed supporter of a pro-Taliban religious group Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), stands guard as others listen the speech of their leader Maulana Shujaul Mulk, top left, during an election campaign rally in Mardan, Pakistan. Mulk is among several Pakistani Islamists and sectarian groups contesting for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, which are divided and scattered though, they are still in a position to secure enough strength to play Pakistani establishment bid to “hound” the next frail government in influencing its decisions about the U.S. forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 2:23:16 AM EST
In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 photo, Supporters of a pro-Taliban religious group Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), listen to their leader Maulana Shujaul Mulk, not pictured, during his an election campaign rally in Mardan, Pakistan. Mulk is among several Pakistani Islamists and sectarian groups contesting for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, which are divided and scattered though, they are still in a position to secure enough strength to play Pakistani establishment bid to “hound” the next frail government in influencing its decisions about the U.S. forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 2:23:16 AM EST
In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 photo, a masked supporter of a pro-Taliban religious group Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), stands guard at an election campaign rally of Maulana Shujaul Mulk, not pictured, in Mardan, Pakistan. Mulk is among several Pakistani Islamists and sectarian groups contesting for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, which are divided and scattered though, they are still in a position to secure enough strength to play Pakistani establishment bid to “hound” the next frail government in influencing its decisions about the U.S. forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 2:23:16 AM EST
In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 photo, Supporters of a pro-Taliban religious group Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), listen to their leader Maulana Shujaul Mulk, not pictured, during his an election campaign rally in Mardan, Pakistan. Mulk is among several Pakistani Islamists and sectarian groups contesting for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, which are divided and scattered though, they are still in a position to secure enough strength to play Pakistani establishment bid to “hound” the next frail government in influencing its decisions about the U.S. forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 2:23:16 AM EST
In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 photo, Maulana Shujaul Mulk, center, pro-Taliban Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), talks to shopkeepers during his election campaign at a market in Mardan, Pakistan. Mulk is among several Pakistani Islamists and sectarian groups contesting for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, which are divided and scattered though, they are still in a position to secure enough strength to play Pakistani establishment bid to “hound” the next frail government in influencing its decisions about the U.S. forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 2:23:16 AM EST
In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 photo, Maulana Shujaul Mulk, pro-Taliban Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), offers mid-day prayer at his election office in Mardan, Pakistan. Mulk is among several Pakistani Islamists and sectarian groups contesting for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, which are divided and scattered though, they are still in a position to secure enough strength to play Pakistani establishment bid to “hound” the next frail government in influencing its decisions about the U.S. forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 2:23:16 AM EST
In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 photo, Maulana Shujaul Mulk, center, pro-Taliban Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), wave to shopkeepers during his election campaign at a market in Mardan, Pakistan. Mulk is among several Pakistani Islamists and sectarian groups contesting for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, which are divided and scattered though, they are still in a position to secure enough strength to play Pakistani establishment bid to “hound” the next frail government in influencing its decisions about the U.S. forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 2:23:16 AM EST
In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 photo, Maulana Shujaul Mulk, center, pro-Taliban Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), meets with workers during his election campaign at a market in Mardan, Pakistan. Mulk is among several Pakistani Islamists and sectarian groups contesting for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, which are divided and scattered though, they are still in a position to secure enough strength to play Pakistani establishment bid to “hound” the next frail government in influencing its decisions about the U.S. forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 2:23:16 AM EST
In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 photo, Maulana Shujaul Mulk, center, pro-Taliban Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), surround by guards as he greets a supporter during his election campaign at a road in Mardan, Pakistan. Mulk is among several Pakistani Islamists and sectarian groups contesting for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, which are divided and scattered though, they are still in a position to secure enough strength to play Pakistani establishment bid to “hound” the next frail government in influencing its decisions about the U.S. forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 2:23:16 AM EST
In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 photo, Maulana Shujaul Mulk, center, pro-Taliban Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), is greeted by a supporter as he arrive to address an election campaign rally in Mardan, Pakistan. Mulk is among several Pakistani Islamists and sectarian groups contesting for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, which are divided and scattered though, they are still in a position to secure enough strength to play Pakistani establishment bid to “hound” the next frail government in influencing its decisions about the U.S. forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo shows a Pakistani Ahmedi praying in his mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. Ahmedis are reviled by mainstream Muslims as heretics because they believe a prophet followed Mohammed, defying the basic tenet of Islam that says Mohammed is the last prophet. Ahmedis worry the May 11, 2013 general elections will strengthen radical Islamists. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo shows Pakistani Ahmedi praying in their mosque which displays the Arabic language sign saying 'in the name of god, people are praying' in Lahore, Pakistan. Ahmedis are reviled by mainstream Muslims as heretics because they believe a prophet followed Mohammed, defying the basic tenet of Islam that says Mohammed is the last prophet. Ahmedis worry the May 11, 2013 general elections will strengthen radical Islamists. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo shows Pakistani Ahmedi guards protecting an Ahmedi mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. Ahmedis are reviled by mainstream Muslims as heretics because they believe a prophet followed Mohammed, defying the basic tenet of Islam that says Mohammed is the last prophet. Ahmedis worry the May 11, 2013 general elections will strengthen radical Islamists. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 9:35:25 AM EST
This Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo shows a Pakistani Ahmedi praying at a heavily fortified mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. Ahmedis are reviled by mainstream Muslims as heretics because they believe a prophet followed Mohammed, defying the basic tenet of Islam that says Mohammed is the last prophet. Ahmedis worry the May 11, 2013 general elections will strengthen radical Islamists. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Posted: 5/6/2013 1:56:16 PM EST
Activists of Hefajat-e Islam set fire to tyres and pieces of wood as they block a street during a clash with the police in Narayanganj May 6, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer
