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Giza, an essential part of \u201cgreater Cairo,\u201d faces the city of Cairo proper across the Nile River. On its western boundary, at the edge of the Sahara Desert, stand the greatest of the ancient pyramids. This is, to put it mildly, a fairly interesting place.\u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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President Morsi is gone now, and in prison. \u00a0But, other than that, this 2012 column is still relevant as an explanation of shari\u2018a<\/em> \u2014 the controversial Islamic legal system about which much sensationalistic and unhelpful nonsense is circulated on a regular basis:<\/p>\n

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