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An Egyptian pharmacist earlier beaten up by her female colleagues for not wearing the Islamic veil (hijab) has been released from custody earlier this week, pending trial over charges of “being involved in a terrorist group and spreading false news”, among others, according to a local prominent rights group that defends her. Last September, Isis Moustafa filed a complaint at a local police station in Sharqiyah Province, northeastern Egypt, accusing her female colleagues of persecuting her and beating her at a public medical centre for being Muslim but unveiled, the Egyptian Initiative for Pers…