sectarian violence
Facebook users demand justice for 2 Copts killed Sunday
Egypt
October 10, 2011
Facebook users demand justice for 2 Copts killed Sunday
Information and photos of two youths named Mina Danial and Michael Mosaad, whose lives were lost during violence outside the…
Islamist presidential hopefuls condemn violence at Coptic protest
Egypt
October 10, 2011
Islamist presidential hopefuls condemn violence at Coptic protest
Egyptian Islamist presidential hopefuls on Monday condemned violence that erupted during a Coptic protest outside the state TV building late…
A firsthand account: Marching from Shubra to deaths at Maspero
Egypt
October 10, 2011
A firsthand account: Marching from Shubra to deaths at Maspero
The march from the Cairo district of Shubra was huge, like the numbers on 28 January. In the front row…
Several feared dead as Coptic protesters clash with military at Maspero
Egypt
October 9, 2011
Several feared dead as Coptic protesters clash with military at Maspero
Military and security personnel have clashed with a group of about 2000 protesters, mostly Copts, as they marched towards the…
500 Copts protest in Beni Suef over Aswan church burning
Egypt
October 5, 2011
500 Copts protest in Beni Suef over Aswan church burning
About 500 young Copts gathered Tuesday in front of the Beni Suef Governorate headquarters to protest the burning of a…
Coptic group slams govt, military council over Christians’ rights
Egypt
October 4, 2011
Coptic group slams govt, military council over Christians’ rights
A group of Coptic activists on Tuesday accused the cabinet and the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)…
Thousands of Copts protest Aswan church attack
Egypt
October 1, 2011
Thousands of Copts protest Aswan church attack
Thousands of Copts staged a demonstration Saturday to condemn the attack on a church in Aswan Governorate in southern Egypt,…
Muslims burn part of Aswan Governorate church
Egypt
September 30, 2011
Muslims burn part of Aswan Governorate church
A group of Muslims burnt part of a church in a village in Aswan Governorate, 800km south of Cairo, eyewitnesses…
Police, military deployed to Shubra in anticipation of sectarian violence
Egypt
August 26, 2011
Police, military deployed to Shubra in anticipation of sectarian violence
Egyptian military and police troops were deployed Friday to Shubra, a working-class neighborhood in the north of Cairo, to prevent…
1 killed, 4 injured in sectarian clash in Upper Egypt
Egypt
August 8, 2011
1 killed, 4 injured in sectarian clash in Upper Egypt
Secretarian clashes on Sunday left a Copt killed, four Muslims injured and six houses burned in Minya, Upper Egypt. Eyewitnesses…