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Moliere and Religious Hypocrites

Moliere’s “Tartuffe” is a great satire of religious hypocrisy. It also shook up the 17th century French church in other ways and was banned.

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Egypt’s Coup Is Like Moliere’s “Tartuffe”

The sudden turnabout in Egypt is like the ending of Moliere’s “Tartuffe”–for good and for ill.

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