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Egyptian Muslims Clash with Police amid Religious Tensions
[An Nahar] Egyptian police fired tear gas on Friday to disperse Moslem protesters outside a church in southern Egypt after claims that a women who converted to Christianity was hiding in the church, a security source.The police acted after the protesters pelted them with stones in the town of Kom Umbo, the source said. The official al-Ahram newspaper reported on its website that police also refused to allow Christian worshipers to leave the church, in order to avoid festivities between them and the protesters. The Moslems had also protested outside the church on Thursday night. Sectarian tensions are high in Egypt, which is home to the region's largest Christian minority, with violence occasionally flaring between Moslems and the Coptic Christians. Copts, who make up between six and 10 percent of the country's 83 million people, have complained of an increase in sectarian attacks since an uprising overthrew president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... in early 2011. Posted by: Fred 2013-03-02 |
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