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Egypt: Death toll of Christian Muslim clashes rises to 12

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At least 12 people were killed and 232 injured in clashes that erupted outside a Coptic church Saturday night in Cairo, Egypt’s state-run Nile TV reported on Sunday.

The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), in a statement on its Facebook page, decided to refer 190 detained persons involved in Imbaba sectarian incidents to the supreme military council.

The SCAF also said it would “set up a committee to assess the damage caused by the clashes and to restore all properties and places of worship, adding that it will strongly face any attempt to mess with the worship houses.

The SCAF warned of the dangers facing Egypt during this critical phase and called on all communities in Egypt, the youth of the revolution, the national forces and Islamic and Christian scholars to stand like a wall against any attempt by forces of evil to tear the national fabric.

Prime Minister Essam Sharaf called an emergency cabinet meeting following sectarian clashes and decided to postpone his Gulf tour scheduled on Sunday.

Giza Governor Ali Abdel-Rahman said it is much quieter in Imbaba now and the police and the army were deployed there and have taken control of the situation.

MENA news agency said earlier that the victims include six Muslims and three Copts, among the injured two cases are in critical condition.

Clashes erupted outside Saint Mena Coptic Orthodox Church Saturday night in Imbaba neighborhood, Giza Governorate when groups of angry Muslims headed to the church where they said a Coptic girl was held inside for consenting to marry a Muslim.

On the other hand, a blaze erupted at Al-Azra (Virgin Mary) Coptic Orthodox Church in Imbaba neighborhood on Saturday night, and was under control now. There were no reports of any casualties but the church was severely damaged in the blaze.

Minority Coptics account for about 10 percent of Egypt’s total population. Coptics and Muslims in Egypt generally live in peace but sporadic violence between them occur due to the construction of churches or romantic affairs between worshippers of the two groups. xinhua

Photo: Coptic Christians make up around 10 percent of Egypt’s population

May 08, 2011

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40 responses to “Egypt: Death toll of Christian Muslim clashes rises to 12”

  1. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    Moving forward I will spare you the time and say: Ditto!

  2. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    Moving forward I will spare you the time and say: Ditto!

  3. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    Moving forward I will spare you the time and say: Ditto!

  4. josephphdman Avatar
    josephphdman

    the egyptian authorities should not and cannaot allow any one to take the law on there own hands ;if there is any wrong doing a kidnapping or whatsoever this should be the the work of the police ; therefore the scaf should arrest the attackers and bring them to justice and they should get life in prison for murder and arso ; otherwise justice is not served
    the coptic are also egyptians citizens and they have lived in egypt more than 2000 years log before any other relgion came to egypt ; they deserve justtice and the sacf will be making a big mistake if they do,nt provide it to them

    1. Patience2 Avatar
      Patience2

      Speaking of ‘law in their own hands’, what about HA in ‘civilized’ Lebanon ??

  5. josephphdman Avatar
    josephphdman

    the egyptian authorities should not and cannaot allow any one to take the law on there own hands ;if there is any wrong doing a kidnapping or whatsoever this should be the the work of the police ; therefore the scaf should arrest the attackers and bring them to justice and they should get life in prison for murder and arso ; otherwise justice is not served
    the coptic are also egyptians citizens and they have lived in egypt more than 2000 years log before any other relgion came to egypt ; they deserve justtice and the sacf will be making a big mistake if they do,nt provide it to them

  6. Avatar
    Anonymous

    the egyptian authorities should not and cannaot allow any one to take the law on there own hands ;if there is any wrong doing a kidnapping or whatsoever this should be the the work of the police ; therefore the scaf should arrest the attackers and bring them to justice and they should get life in prison for murder and arso ; otherwise justice is not served
    the coptic are also egyptians citizens and they have lived in egypt more than 2000 years log before any other relgion came to egypt ; they deserve justtice and the sacf will be making a big mistake if they do,nt provide it to them

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      Speaking of ‘law in their own hands’, what about HA in ‘civilized’ Lebanon ??

  7. Fauzia45 Avatar
    Fauzia45

    These clashes are alarming!This religious intolerance is a serious menace and continues to endanger peace!All citizens should be free to worship as they please and their place of worship should be respected and protected!!

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    Anonymous

    These clashes are alarming!This religious intolerance is a serious menace and continues to endanger peace!All citizens should be free to worship as they please and their place of worship should be respected and protected!!

  9. FadiAbboud Avatar
    FadiAbboud

    Christian cleansing is happening all over the middle east.

    1. Fadi81 Avatar
      Fadi81

      its secretly drives our enemies mad that we the strong Lebanese christians have faught, survived and remained in our ancestrial home land for this long.

  10. FadiAbboud Avatar
    FadiAbboud

    Christian cleansing is happening all over the middle east.

    1. Fadi81 Avatar
      Fadi81

      its secretly drives our enemies mad that we the strong Lebanese christians have faught, survived and remained in our ancestrial home land for this long.

  11. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Christian cleansing is happening all over the middle east.

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      its secretly drives our enemies mad that we the strong Lebanese christians have faught, survived and remained in our ancestrial home land for this long.

  12. Susan Avatar
    Susan

    All Christians should leave the Muslim Heartland as soon as possible to be safe…

    1. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      And go where Susan? Lebanon?

      1. Fadi81 Avatar
        Fadi81

        Ha! ya, they should come to the Christian heartland…instead of Lebanon exporting all the lebanese christians we should be importing them back to the Holy land. only if christian families had 5-10 kids each we would stand a chance, but at this rate we will all be gone within 100years. Our history and culture is the back bone of the Lebanese way of life. God Bless Lebanon!

        1. libnan1 Avatar
          libnan1

          I have 5 kids (3 boys and 2 girls), I barely met your minimum. The only problem with having more than 5 is transportation, you have to buy a van that beeps when backing up. I think 3 well educated is the ultimate.

        2. Fadi81 Avatar
          Fadi81

          @libnan1:disqus Haha! well good for you! you are definetly doing your part lol…I wouldn’t wish a minivan with backup beeping on anyone! in all honesty I havn’t done my part as I do not have any children, but soon enough nshallah (my mothers dreams will be answered as im the only boy in the family). we may have different political views but we are one and the same people. God bless you and your family!

        3. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          Let me get this straight… We need to have 5-10 kids so we play catch up with the moslems and then what? Get at each others throat? Or better yet all of us die of hunger? The main reason we have this upheaval in the ME is resource scarcity (water, food, energy, etc…) and we are going to solve the problem by exacerbating it having more kids to tit for tat our moslem compatriots and get at each others throats? I say if the uneducated poor are having more kids it is exactly because they are blindly following a religion that tells them to multiply like the stars. Well the stars have the universe to expand into and there will be no collisions but Lebanon is a tiny country and more kids will only drive it to look more and more like a cement block. Lubnan el akhdar anyone? more like Lubnan el ramadi… LOL

    2. oddchild Avatar
      oddchild

      This won’t solve anything. The Muslim heartland will soon follow. Look at Europe. Christians have been fleeing the middle east since the ottomans. It hasn’t made things any better…

  13. Susan Avatar
    Susan

    All Christians should leave the Muslim Heartland as soon as possible to be safe…

    1. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      And go where Susan? Lebanon?

      1. Fadi81 Avatar
        Fadi81

        Ha! ya, they should come to the Christian heartland…instead of Lebanon exporting all the lebanese christians we should be importing them back to the Holy land. only if christian families had 5-10 kids each we would stand a chance, but at this rate we will all be gone within 100years. Our history and culture is the back bone of the Lebanese way of life. God Bless Lebanon!

        1. Fadi81 Avatar
          Fadi81

          @libnan1:disqus Haha! well good for you! you are definetly doing your part lol…I wouldn’t wish a minivan with backup beeping on anyone! in all honesty I havn’t done my part as I do not have any children, but soon enough nshallah (my mothers dreams will be answered as im the only boy in the family). we may have different political views but we are one and the same people. God bless you and your family!

    2. oddchild Avatar
      oddchild

      This won’t solve anything. The Muslim heartland will soon follow. Look at Europe. Christians have been fleeing the middle east since the ottomans. It hasn’t made things any better…

  14. Susan Avatar
    Susan

    All Christians should leave the Muslim Heartland as soon as possible to be safe…

    1. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      And go where Susan? Lebanon?

      1. Avatar
        Anonymous

        Ha! ya, they should come to the Christian heartland…instead of Lebanon exporting all the lebanese christians we should be importing them back to the Holy land. only if christian families had 5-10 kids each we would stand a chance, but at this rate we will all be gone within 100years. Our history and culture is the back bone of the Lebanese way of life. God Bless Lebanon!

        1. Avatar
          Anonymous

          I have 5, I barely met your minimum. The only problem with having more than 5 is transportation, you have to buy a van that beeps when backing up. I think 3 well educated is the ultimate.

        2. Avatar
          Anonymous

          @libnan1:disqus Haha! well good for you! you are definetly doing your part lol…I wouldn’t wish a minivan with backup beeping on anyone! in all honesty I havn’t done my part as I do not have any children, but soon enough nshallah (my mothers dreams will be answered as im the only boy in the family). we may have different political views but we are one and the same people. God bless you and your family!

        3. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          Let me get this straight… We need to have 5-10 kids so we play catch up with the moslems and then what? Get at each others throat? Or better yet all of us die of hunger? The main reason we have this upheaval in the ME is resource scarcity (water, food, energy, etc…) and we are going to solve the problem by exacerbating it having more kids to tit for tat our moslem compatriots and get at each others throats? I say if the uneducated poor are having more kids it is exactly because they are blindly following a religion that tells them to multiply like the stars. Well the stars have the universe to expand into and there will be no collisions but Lebanon is a tiny country and more kids will only drive it to look more and more like a cement block. Lubnan el akhdar anyone? more like Lubnan el ramadi… LOL

    2. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      And go where Susan? Lebanon?

    3. Avatar
      Anonymous

      This won’t solve anything. The Muslim heartland will soon follow. Look at Europe. Christians have been fleeing the middle east since the ottomans. It hasn’t made things any better…

  15. Beiruti Avatar
    Beiruti

    In North America everyone has the same basic rights and everyone must follow the law. No police gives a shit if your Muslim Jew or Christian you break the law your going to jail. People are saying this is no big deal because there is 10 Million Christians in Egypt, but that is nothing compared to 70 Million Muslims. This must be stopped it is ridiculous, I live in Lebanon, im a Christian, i have many Muslim friends and we treat eachother like brothers we couldnt care less about our religious differences. Were all tired of hearing this garbage enough is enough.

  16. Avatar
    Anonymous

    In North America everyone has the same basic rights and everyone must follow the law. No police gives a shit if your Muslim Jew or Christian you break the law your going to jail. People are saying this is no big deal because there is 10 Million Christians in Egypt, but that is nothing compared to 70 Million Muslims. This must be stopped it is ridiculous, I live in Lebanon, im a Christian, i have many Muslim friends and we treat eachother like brothers we couldnt care less about our religious differences. Were all tired of hearing this garbage enough is enough.

  17. Avatar
    Anonymous

    In North America everyone has the same basic rights and everyone must follow the law. No police gives a shit if your Muslim Jew or Christian you break the law your going to jail. People are saying this is no big deal because there is 10 Million Christians in Egypt, but that is nothing compared to 70 Million Muslims. This must be stopped it is ridiculous, I live in Lebanon, im a Christian, i have many Muslim friends and we treat eachother like brothers we couldnt care less about our religious differences. Were all tired of hearing this garbage enough is enough.

  18. Avatar
    Anonymous

    In North America everyone has the same basic rights and everyone must follow the law. No police gives a shit if your Muslim Jew or Christian you break the law your going to jail. People are saying this is no big deal because there is 10 Million Christians in Egypt, but that is nothing compared to 70 Million Muslims. This must be stopped it is ridiculous, I live in Lebanon, im a Christian, i have many Muslim friends and we treat eachother like brothers we couldnt care less about our religious differences. Were all tired of hearing this garbage enough is enough.

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