12 August 2008

COPTIC CHRISTIANS IN EGYPT

IN EGYPT, MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIVIDE SEEMS WIDER
By Michael Slackman
Published: August 2, 2008

CAIRO: A monastery was ransacked in January. In May, monks there were kidnapped, whipped and beaten and ordered to spit on the cross. Christian-owned jewelry stores were robbed over the summer. The rash of violence was so bad that one prominent Egyptian writer worried it had become "open season" on the nation's Christians.

Does Egypt face a sectarian problem?

More here: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/02/mideast/egypt.php

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